Venice Film Festival

Italy

The 81st Venice Film Festival, one of the most prestigious events in the global film calendar, has officially revealed its line-up for the 2024 edition. The selection was announced by the festival’s president, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, and artistic director Alberto Barbera, marking Buttafuoco's debut at the annual press conference since he took over from Roberto Cicutto in October 2023.

This year’s Competition section will see 21 films vying for the coveted Golden Lion. The line-up features an impressive array of internationally acclaimed filmmakers, including Todd Phillips, known for his work on "Joker," who returns with "Joker: Folie A Deux." Pedro Almodovar, a regular at the festival, presents his latest work, "The Room Next Door." Luca Guadagnino will compete with his film "Queer," while Pablo Larraín's "Maria," starring Angelina Jolie as the iconic opera singer Maria Callas, is also among the anticipated titles.

The selection also includes films from Brady Corbet ("The Brutalist"), Justin Kurzel ("The Order"), and Walter Salles ("I’m Still Here"). Emerging filmmakers are also well-represented, with works from Dea Kulumbegashvili ("April"), Athina Rachel Tsangari ("Harvest"), and Yeo Siew Hua ("Stranger Eyes") completing the list.

In addition to the Competition films, the festival will showcase a diverse array of out-of-competition works. The opening film, "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" by Tim Burton, promises to start the festival with flair, while Pupi Avati's "The American Backyard" will close the event.

The festival will also feature TV series by notable directors, such as Alfonso Cuaron’s "Disclaimer," Thomas Vinterberg’s "Families Like Ours," and Joe Wright’s "M - Son of the Century." These series highlight the evolving landscape of storytelling, where television has become a powerful medium for cinematic expression.

Isabelle Huppert, the acclaimed French actress, will preside over the jury, which includes a diverse group of filmmakers and artists, such as James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako, Giuseppe Tornatore, Julia von Heinz, and Zhang Ziyi. The Horizons jury will be led by Debra Granik, known for her focus on independent cinema.

The Venice Critics’ Week and the Giornate degli Autori sections, announced earlier, will also offer a platform for innovative and independent films, further enriching the festival’s diverse offerings.

The 81st Venice Film Festival will run from August 28 to September 7, 2024, continuing its legacy as a crucial venue for filmmakers to showcase their work on an international stage.

81st Venice Film Festival 2024 - Official Selection

Competition

• "The Room Next Door" (La habitación de al lado) / Pedro Almodovar / Spain
• "Battleground" (Campo di battaglia) / Gianni Amelio / Italy
• "And Their Children After Them" / Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma / France
• "The Brutalist" / Brady Corbet / UK
• "The Quiet Son" (Le fils silencieux) / Delphine, Muriel Coulin / France
• "Vermiglio" / Maura Delpero / Italy-France-Belgium
• "Sicilian Letters" (Lettere siciliane) / Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza / Italy-France
• "Queer" / Luca Guadagnino / Italy-US
• "Love" (Kjærlighet) / Dag Johan Haugerud / Norway
• "April" / Dea Kulumbegashvili / Georgia-France-Italy
• "The Order" / Justin Kurzel / Canada
• "Maria" / Pablo Larrain / Italy-Germany
• "Three Friends" (Trois amis) / Emmanuel Mouret / France
• "Kill The Jockey" (Matar al jockey) / Luis Ortega / Argentina-Spain
• "Joker: Folie A Deux" / Todd Phillips / US
• "Babygirl" / Halina Reijn / US
• "I'm Still Here" (Ainda estou aqui) / Walter Salles / Brazil-France
• "Diva Futura" / Giulia Louise Steigerwalt / Italy
• "Harvest" / Athina Rachel Tsangari / UK-Germany-Greece-France-US
• "Youth - Homecoming" (Jeunesse - Le retour) / Wang Bing / France-Luxembourg-Netherlands
• "Stranger Eyes" / Yeo Siew Hua / Singapore-Taiwan-France-US

Out of Competition - Fiction

• "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" / Tim Burton / US-UK (Opening Film)
• "The American Backyard" / Pupi Avati / Italy (Closing Film)
• "Il Tempo Che Ci Vuole" / Francesca Comencini / Italy-France
• "Phantosmia" / Lav Diaz / Philippines
• "Maldoror" / Fabrice du Welz / Belgium-France
• "Broken Rage" / Takeshi Kitano / Japan
• "Baby Invasion" / Harmony Korine / US
• "Cloud" / Kurosawa Kiyoshi / Japan
• "Finally" / Claude Lelouch / France
• "Wolfs" / Jon Watts / US

Out of Competition - Non-Fiction

• "Apocalypse In The Tropics" / Petra Costa / Brazil
• "Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries" / Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti / Italy-Switzerland
• "Why War" / Amos Gitai / France-Switzerland
• "2073" / Asif Kapadia / UK
• "One To One: John And Yoko" / Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards / UK
• "Separated" / Errol Morris / US-Mexico
• "Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989" / Goran Hugo Olsson / Sweden-Finland-Denmark
• "Russians At War" / Anastasia Trofimova / France-Canada
• "Things We Said Today" / Andrei Ujica / France-Romania
• "Riefenstahl" / Andres Veiel / Germany
• "Songs Of Slow Burning Earth" / Olha Zhurba / Ukraine-Denmark-Sweden

Out of Competition - Series

• "Disclaimer" / Alfonso Cuaron / UK-US
• "The New Years" / Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Sandra Romero, David Martín de los Santos / Spain
• "Families Like Ours" / Thomas Vinterberg / Denmark-France-Sweden-Czech Republic-Belgium-Norway-Germany
• "M - Son Of The Century" / Joe Wright / Italy-France

Horizons

• "Nonostante" / Valerio Mastandrea / Italy (Opening Film)
• "Quiet Life" / Alexandros Avranas / France-Germany-Sweden-Greece-Estonia-Finland
• "My Everything" / Anne-Sophie Bailly / France
• "Aïcha" / Mehdi Barsaoui / Tunisia-France-Italy-Saudi Arabia-Qatar
• "Happy Holidays" / Scandar Copti / Palestine-France-Germany-Italy-Qatar
• "Familia" / Francesco Costabile / Italy
• "One Of Those Days When Hemme Dies" / Murat Firatoglu / Turkey
• "Familiar Touch" / Sarah Friedland / US
• "Marco" / Jon Garano, Aitor Arregi / Spain
• "Carissa" / Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar / South Africa
• "Wishing On A Star" / Peter Kerekes / Italy-Croatia-Austria-Slovakia-Czech Republic
• "Mistress Dispeller" / Elizabeth Lo / China
• "The New Year That Never Came" / Bogdan Muresanu / Romania-Serbia
• "Pooja, Sir" / Deepak Rauniyar / Nepal-US-Norway
• "Of Dogs And Men" / Dani Rosenberg / Israel-Italy
• "Pavements" / Alex Ross Perry / US
• "Happyend" / Neo Sora / Japan-US
• "The Ties That Bind Us" / Carine Tardieu / France-Belgium
• "Nineteen" / Giovanni Tortorici / Italy-UK

Horizons Extra

• "September 5" / Tim Fehlbaum / Germany (Opening Film)
• "Vittoria" / Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman / Italy
• "Le Mohican" / Frederic Farrucci / France
• "Seeking Haven For Mr. Rambo" / Khaled Mansour / Egypt-Saudi Arabia
• "La Storia Del Frank E Della Nina" / Paola Randi / Italy-Switzerland
• "The Witness" / Nader Saeivar / Germany-Austria
• "After Party" / Vojtech Strakaty / Czech Republic
• "Edge Of Night" / Turker Suer / Germany-Turkey
• "King Ivory" / John Swab / US