Venice Lineup Deep Dive: Rich Roster To Kick Off Fall Festival Season In Style(s)
deadline.comThe lineup announced today for the 79th Venice Film Festival is a varied and rich offering from the world’s oldest event of its kind.
There are auteur filmmakers galore who have also shown commercial mettle, previous Lido winners and some tantalizing out-of-competition entries including a short film featuring Chris Rock.
While there may not be a Dune– or Joker-sized Hollywood tentpole in the bunch, this is an intriguing mix which is sure to bring plenty of star power — notably with Olivia Wilde’s out of competition title Don’t Worry Darling ferrying Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan and Chris Pine to the island.
Politics and serious issues will also be at the fore; Artistic Director Alberto Barbera today took time to call out the war in Ukraine with “European democracies threatened by Putin’s imperialism.” There are titles from Ukraine as well as four from Iran including the competition’s No Bears by persecuted filmmaker Jafar Panahi.
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