Stay updated with the latest announcements from the Venice Film Festival 2023, including the highly anticipated film lineup and special tributes.
Venice Film Festival Lineup Announcement – Follow Live
Alberto Barbera will announce the lineup for this year’s Venice Film Festival this morning, running from August 27 to September 6. You can follow the announcement livestream below.
Festival Highlights
The festival has already set La Grazia, the latest feature from Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, to open the event. The film, starring Toni Servillo and Anna Ferzetti, will have its world premiere screening on Wednesday, August 27, in the Sala Grande.
La Grazia, written and directed by Sorrentino, follows the final days of a fictional Italian Presidency, as reported by sources close to the film. This feature is produced by Fremantle, The Apartment, Numero 10, and PiperFilm, with Mubi holding worldwide rights, excluding Italy. The Match Factory is managing international sales.
A Tribute to Kim Novak
Elsewhere, Kim Novak will receive the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
Main Competition Jury
On the main competition jury, previously announced jury president Alexander Payne will be joined by French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé; Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero; Romanian director, writer, and producer Cristian Mungiu; Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof; Brazilian actress, writer, and screenwriter Fernanda Torres; and Chinese actress Zhao Tao.
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Venice Critics’ Week
In the Venice Critics’ Week sidebar, Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights Of Hero will have its debut screening, starring Emma Corrin, Maika Monroe, Nicholas Galitzine, Charli XCX, Richard E. Grant, Amir El-Masry, and Felicity Jones, and will close the Critics’ Week sidebar.
Follow our live list of the announced films below.
Competition Lineup
- La Grazia, Paolo Sorrentino
- This Wizard Of The Kremlin, Olivier Assayas
- Jay Kelly, Noah Baumbach
- The Voice Of Hind Rajab, Kaouther Ben Hania
- A House Of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow
- The Sun Rises On Us All, Cai Shangjun
- Origin, Yann Arthus-Bertrand (Short)
- Boomerang Atomic, Rachid Bouchareb (Short)
- How To Shoot A Ghost, Charlie Kaufman (Short)
- Portobello, Marco Bellocchio (Series)
- Un Prophete, Enrico Maria Artale (Series)
- Etty, Hagai Levi (Series)
- IL Mostro, Stefano Sollima (Series)
- Nino. 18 Giorni, Toni D’ Angelo
- Piero Pelú Rumore Deentro, Francesco Dei
- Newport And The Great Folk Dream, Robert Gordon
- Franceso De Gregori Nevergreen, Stefano Pistolini
- Kabul, Between Prayers, Aboozar Amini
- Ferdinando Scianna — Il Fotografo Dell’Ombra, Roberto Andó
- Marc By Sofia, Sofia Coppola
- I Diari Di Angela — Noi Due Cineasti. Capitolo Terzo, Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi
- Ghost Elephants, Werner Herzog
- Baba Wa Al—Qadhafi (My Father And Qaddafi), Jihan K
- The Tale Of Sylian, Tamara Kotevska
- Nuestra Tierra, Lucrecia Martel
- Remake, Ross McElwee
- Kim Novak’s Vertigo, Alexandre Philippe
- Cover Up, Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
- Broken English, Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth
- Notes Of A True Criminal, Alexander Rodnyansky and Andriy Alferov
- Director’s Diary, Alexandr Sokurov
- Hui Jia (Back Home), Tsai Ming-Liang
- Chien 51, Cedric Jimenez
- Sermon To The Void, Hilal Baydarov
- L’Isola Di Andrea, Antonio Capuano
- Il Maestro, Andrea Di Stefano
- After The Hunt, Luca Guadagnino
- Hateshinaki Scarlet, Mamoru Hosoda
- The Last Viking, Anders Thomas Jensen
- In The Hand Of Dante, Julian Schnabel
- Le Valle Dei Sorrisi, Paolo Strippoli
- Dead Man’s Wire, Gus Van Sant
- Orfeo, Virgilio Villoresi
- Rose of Nevada, Mark Jenkin
- Divine Comedy, Ali Asgari
- Mother, Teona Strugar Mitevska
- Hiedra, Ana Cristina Barragan
- Il Rapimento di Arabella, Carolina Cavalli
- Strange River, Jaume Claret Muxart
- Lost Land, Akio Fujimoto
- Grand Ciel, Akihiro Hata
- Hijra, Shahad Ameen
- Un Cabo Suelto, Daniel Hendler
- Motor City, Potsy Ponciroli
- Made in EU, Stephan Komandarev
- Ammazzare Stanca, Daniele Vicari
- La Hija de la Española, Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugás
- À Bras-Le-Corps, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
- Calle Malaga, Maryam Touzani
