Image from “Christopher At Sea”
In about a month, some of the world’s best filmmakers will descend on the “City of Canals” for the 79th Venice International Film Festival. The festival, which kicks off on August 31, typically marks the start of a new film awards season, followed closely by the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). On Tuesday, the festival released its annual lineup of films.
Most notable of the lineup is the opening night film, Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” an adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel and the first time a Netflix movie has opened the festival. The film stars indie favorites Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, as well as acting heavyweight Don Cheadle. Other standouts are “Blonde,” a drama about Marilyn Monroe, and Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling.”
Here’s a list of all the films to look forward to this year. (Directors are listed along with film titles.)
Orizzonti Competition, Short Films
“Christopher at Sea,” Tom CJ Brown
“Manuale Di Cinematografia Per Dilettanti – Vol. 1,” Federico Di Corato
“Tria – Del Sentimento Del Tradire,” Giulia Grandinetti
“Nocomodo,” Lola Halifa-Legrand
“Rutubet,” Turan Haste
“Snow in September,” Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
“Please Hold the Line,” Ce Ding Tan
“The Fruit Tree,” Isabelle Tollenaere
“III,” Salomé Villeneuve
“Love Forever,” Clare Young
“My Girlfriend,” Kawthar Younis
“Alt På En Gang,” Henrik Dyb Zwart
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