Venice Critics’ Week Unveils 39th Edition Line-Up Featuring Omnes Films’ ‘No Sleep Till’
deadline.comVenice Critics’ Week has unveiled the selection for its 39th edition running from August 28 to September 7. The seven titles in Competition include U.S-French filmmaker Alexandra Simpson’s debut feature No Sleep Till, set against the background of a Florida coastal town in the lead-up to a hurricane.
The film is produced by Tyler Taormina under the banner of the Omnes Films collective which made a splash at Cannes this year with two films in Directors’ Fortnight: Tyler’s Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point and Eephus by Carson Lund.
Also out of the U.S., Micheal Premo will unveil his timely documentary Homegrown, following three right-wing activists as they criss-cross the country in 2020, campaigning for Donald Trump.
Further contenders include UK-French director Jethro Massey’s debut film Paul & Paulette Take A Bath, about a American photographer and a French girl who bond in Paris around a dark game involving the reenactment of scenes of notorious crimes from bygone eras at the sites they occurred.
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