The Venice Film Festival, about to celebrate its eightieth year making this the world's oldest annual film event, will be held August 30th through September 9th on the island of the Lido in the Venice Lagoon. American filmmaker, Damien Chazelle has been chosen to preside over the jury which will select the prizes for this year’s edition as President. His fellow jurors are an impressive group of international figures in cinema: Palestinian actor, Saleh Bakri; New Zealand filmmaker, Jane Campion; French filmmaker, Mia Hansen-Løve; Italian filmmaker, Gabriele Mainetti; British-Irish filmmaker, Martin McDonagh; Argentine filmmaker, Santiago Mitre; American filmmaker, Laura Poitras and Taiwanese actress, Shu Qi.
The films in competition include the latest works by some of the world's greatest filmmakers. This includes Luc Besson ("Dog Man"), Bradley Cooper ("Maestro"), Sofia Coppola ("Priscilla"), Ava DuVernay ("Origin"), David Fincher ("The Killer"), Michel Franco ("Memory"), Matteo Garrone ("Io Capitano"), Ryusuke Hamaguchi ("Evil Does Not Exist"), Agnieszka Holland ("The Green Border"), Yorgos Lanthimos ("Poor Things"), Pablo Larrain ("El Conde"), and Michael Mann ("Ferrari").
Luca Guadagnino's tennis drama, "Challengers" was originally scheduled to have its premiere as the festival's opening film, but its release has been delayed due to the ongoing WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes ("Challengers" will now be released next spring). "Comandante", an Italian war drama directed by Edoardo De Angelis, will now open the fest. Set during WWII, the war submarine, Comandante Cappellini sinks the Belgian ship, Kabalo. The Italian captain (Pierfrancesco Favino) of the Comandante decides to disobey orders and attempt to rescue the Kabalo's crew.
A few highlights of films premiering Out-of-Competition are Harmony Korine's new feature, "Aggro Dr1ft", an experimental drama featuring musician, Travis Scott; a remake of the legal drama, "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" which will be the final feature film by the late William Friedkin; "Hit Man", an action-comedy by Richard Linklater that stars Glen Powell, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Linklater; and new films by two very controversial directors: "The Palace", a dark comedy by Roman Polanski and the fiftieth feature film by the eighty-seven year old, Woody Allen, "Coup de chance (Stroke of Luck)", a French-language thriller that stars Niels Schneider, Lou de Laage and Melvil Poupaud.
The Closing Night Film will be "La Sociedad De La Nieve (Society of The Snow)" from J.A. Bayona. This dramatic thriller tells the true story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashes on a glacier in the Andes in 1972 and the few passengers who lived find themselves struggling to survive in extremely harsh conditions. This is an Out of Competition screening, and the film will be released by Netflix.
And this year's recipient of Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award, which began in 2006 and honors the careers of people who have made a significant contribution to cinema, will be Wes Anderson. His latest, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", a short film based on story by Roald Dahl, will make its world premiere screening at the fest and can be seen on Netflix in September.
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