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The program of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival is full of stars and exclusive parties, but the real protagonists, as you know, are the movies. Who will win the Golden Lion 2016? Twenty are the movies partecipating in the competition to win the Golden Lion, the award of one of the most important kermess of this industry. The 73rd Venice International Film Festival is taking place in Venice Lido from August, 31st to September 10th and its calendar is full of shows. In addition to the film in competition there are other sections: Orizzonti section (Horizons), open to the new trends and the rising filmmakers, Film out of competition, regarding movies of well-known stars who have already been part of the Festival. Paolo Sorrentino, a famous Italian director, is waited at the Venice International Film Festival with his new movie, The Young Pope, a miniseries partially set in the Venitian Lagoon. During the Festival, the first two episodes will be showed. Sam Menders has been elected as the President of the Jury this year, among the Italian actors there are Chiara Mastroianni and Giancarlo De Cataldo. THE FILMS IN COMPETITION ANA LILY AMIRPOUR – THE BAD BATCH Usa, 115’ Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Giovanni Ribisi STÉPHANE BRIZÉ – UNE VIE France, Belgium, 119’ Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Swann Arlaud, Yolande Moreau DAMIEN CHAZELLE – LA LA LAND Usa, 127’ Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, J.K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock DEREK CIANFRANCE – THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS Usa, Australia, New Zealand, 133’ Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Emily Barclay MARIANO COHN, GASTÓN DUPRAT – EL CIUDADANO ILUSTRE Argentina, Spain, 118’ Oscar Martínez, Dady Brieva, Andrea Frigerio, Nora Navas, Gustavo Garzón MASSIMO D’ANOLFI, MARTINA PARENTI – SPIRA MIRABILIS Italy, Swizerland, 121’ (documentary) LAV DIAZ – ANG BABAENG HUMAYO (THE WOMAN WHO LEFT) Philippines, 226’ Charo Santos-Concio, John Lloyd Cruz AMAT ESCALANTE – LA REGIÓN SALVAJE Mexico, 100’ Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza, Edén Villavicencio TOM FORD – NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Usa, 115’ Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Laura Linney ROAN JOHNSON – PIUMA Italy, 98’ Luigi Fedele, Blu Yoshimi Di Martino, Sergio Pierattini, Michela Cescon, Francesco Colella ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY – RAI (PARADISE) Russia, Germany, 130’ Julia Vysotskaya, Christian Clauss, Philippe Duquesne, Victor Sukhorukov, Peter Kurt MARTIN KOOLHOVEN – BRIMSTONE Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, UK, Sweden, 148’ Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Emilia Jones, Kit Harington, Carice Van Houten EMIR KUSTURICA – NA MLIJECNOM PUTU (ON THE MILKY ROAD) Serbia, UK, Usa, 125’ Monica Bellucci, Emir Kusturica, Sloboda Micalovic, Predrag Manojlovic PABLO LARRAÍN – JACKIE Usa, Chile, 95’ Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, John Hurt TERRENCE MALICK – VOYAGE OF TIME Usa, Germany, 90’ (documentary) Cate Blanchett CHRISTOPHER MURRAY – EL CRISTO CIEGO Chile, France, 85’ Michael Silva, Bastian Inostroza, Ana Maria Henriquez, Mauricio Pinto FRANÇOIS OZON – FRANTZ France, Germany, 113’ Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Marie Gruber, Ernst Stötzner, Cyrielle Claire GIUSEPPE PICCIONI – QUESTI GIORNI Italy, 120’ Margherita Buy, Marta Gastini, Laura Adriani, Maria Roveran, Caterina Le Caselle, Filippo Timi DENIS VILLENEUVE – ARRIVAL Usa, 116’ Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg WIM WENDERS – LES BEAUX JOURS D’ARANJUEZ (3D) France, Germany, 97’ Reda Kateb, Sophie Semin, Jens Harzer, Nick Cave SPECIAL EVENTS “The Young Pope” Episode 1 & 2 – dir. Paolo Sorrentino “Planetarium” – dir. Rebecca Zlotowski SPECIAL PROGRAMS AMBROGIO CRESPI – SPES CONTRA SPEM – LIBERI DENTRO Italy, 70’ (documentary) THOMAS KOOLHAAS – REM Usa, 75’ (documentary) LORENZO VIGAS – EL VENDEDOR DE ORQUÍDEAS Venezuela, Mexico, 75’ (documentary) FILMS OUT OF COMPETITION BRUNO CHIARAVALLOTI, CLAUDIO JAMPAGLIA, BENEDETTA ARGENTIERI – OUR WAR Italy, Usa, 68′ (documentary) KASPER COLLIN – I CALLED HIM MORGAN Svweden, Usa, 91′ (documentary) ANDREW DOMINIK – ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING (3D) UK, 112′ Nick Cave PHILIPPE FALARDEAU – THE BLEEDER Usa, Canada, 93′ Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss, Ron Perlman, Jim Gaffigan, Pooch Hall ANTOINE FUQUA – THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Usa, 130’ Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-Hun Lee, Peter Sarsgaard MEL GIBSON – HACKSAW RIDGE Usa, Australia, 131′ Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey NICK HAMM – THE JOURNEY UK, 94′ Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore, John Hurt, Toby Stephens BENOÎT JACQUOT – À JAMAIS France, Portugal, 86′ Mathieu Amalric, Julia Roy, Jeanne Balibar YASUSHI KAWAMURA – GANTZ:O Japan, 95′ (animation) JEE WOON KIM – MILJEONG (THE AGE OF SHADOWS) South Korea, 114′ Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-Min ORIZZONTI DORIA ACHOUR – LE RESTE EST L’OEUVRE DE L’HOMME France, Tunisia, 14′ Houssin Benwarda, Anissa Daoud RAÚL ARÉVALO – TARDE PARA LA IRA Spain, 92′ Antonio de la Torre, Luis Callejo, Ruth Díaz BIBHUSAN BASNET, POOJA GURUNG – DADYAA Nepal, France, 17′ Parimal Damai, Lachhima Damai MAURIZIO BRAUCCI – STANZA 52 Italy, 13′ Vincenza Modica PETER BROSENS, JESSICA WOODWORTH – KING OF THE BELGIANS Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria, 94′ Peter Van den Begin, Lucie Debay, Titus De Voogdt, Bruno Georis RAMA BURSHTEIN – LAAVOR ET HAKIM (THROUGH THE WALL) Israel, 110′ Noa Koler, Amos Tamam, Oz Zehavi CHIARA CASELLI – MOLLY BLOOM Italia, 20′ Chiara Caselli, Enrico Carotenuto, Elisabetta de Vito, Lilian Sassanelli, Nicole Guerzoni, Lorenzo Ciambrelli FEDERICA DI GIACOMO – LIBERAMI Italy, France, 89′ (documentary) MAMADOU DIA – SAMEDI CINEMA Senegal, 11′ Fallou Keita, Assane Lo, Saikou Lo, Penda Daly Sy REHA ERDEM – KOCA DÜNYA (BIG BIG WORLD) Turkey, 100′ Ecem Uzun, Berke Karaer LUCA FERRI – COLOMBI Italy, 20′ Giovanni Colombi, Annunciata Decò, Dario Bacis BAYU PRIHANTORO FILEMON – ON THE ORIGIN OF FEAR Indonesia, 12′ Pritt Timothy GIOVANNI FUMU – GOOD NEWS South Korea, Italy, 17′ Eun U, Soonwoo Kwak FLURIN GIGER – RUAH Swizerland, 18′ Fabian Villiger, Christina Brandenberg, Annina Walt, Mona Petri, Jürg Plüss WEI HU – CE QUI NOUS ÉLOIGNE France, 18′ Camille Debray, Isabelle Huppert, Nai An, André Wilms, Zhang Xianmin KEI ISHIKAWA – GUKOROKU Japan, 120′ Tsumabuki Satoshi, Mitsushima Hikari SARA KERN – SRECNO, ORLO! (GOOD LUCK, ORLO!) Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, 14′ Tin Vulovic, Primož Pirnat, Nina Ivanišin, Tin Marn KARL LEMIEUX – MAUDITE POUTINE Canada, 91′ Jean-Simon Leduc, Martin Dubreuil JUAN PABLO LIBOSSART – AMALIMBO Sweden, Estonia, 15′ Margaretha Ulfendahl, Anna Odell JAKE MAHAFFY – MIDWINTER Usa, New Zealand, 17′ Jill Larson, Eleanor Hutchins MARCELO MARTINESSI – LA VOZ PERDIDA Paraguay, Venezuela, Cuba, 11′ Librada Martinez, Cinthia Quiñonez, Raulito Cáceres MARCO MARTINS – SÃO JORGE Portugal, France, 112’ Nuno Lopes, Mariana Nunes, David Semedo BILL MORRISON – DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME Usa, France, 112’ (documentary) KATELL QUILLÉVÉRÉ – RÉPARER LES VIVANTS France, Belgium, 103′ Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval, Bouli Lanners, Kool Shen DEEPAK RAUNIYAR – WHITE SUN Nepal, Usa, Qatar, Netherlands, 87′ Dayahang Rai, Asha Magrati, Rabindra Singh Baniya, Sumi Malla, Amrit Pariyar PARVIZ SHAHBAZI – MALARIA Iran, 100′ Saghar Ghanaat, Saed Soheili, Azarakhsh Farahani, Azadeh Namdari CHAI SIRIS – 500,000 PEE (500,000 YEARS) Thailand, 15′ Montree Reun-ngeun GASTÓN SOLNICKI – KÉKSZAKÁLLÚ Argentina, 72′ Laila Maltz, Katia Szechtman, Lara Tarlowski, Natali Maltz, Maria Soldi, Pedro Trocca, Denise Groesman TIM SUTTON – DARK NIGHT Usa, 85′ Robert Jumper, Anna Rose Hopkins, Eddie Cacciol, Rosie Rodriguez, Karina Macias, Aaron Purvis ANDREI TANASE – PRIMA NOAPTE (FIRST NIGHT) Romania, Germany, 17′ Alfredo Minea, Cristiana Luca, Mimi Branescu, Elvira Deatcu FIEN TROCH – HOME Belgium, 103′ Sebastian Van Dun, Mistral Guidotti, Loïc Batog, Lena Suijkerbuijk, Karlijn Sileghem, Els Deceukelier, Robby Cleiren RONNY TROCKER – DIE EINSIEDLER Germany, Austria, 110′ Andreas Lust, Ingrid Burkhard, Orsi Toth MICHELE VANNUCCI – IL PIÙ GRANDE SOGNO Italy, 97′ Mirko Frezza, Alessandro Borghi, Vittorio Viviani, Milena Mancini, Ivana Lotito, Ginevra De Carolis NICHOLAS VERSO – BOYS IN THE TREES Australia, 112’ Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Justin Holborow BING WANG – KU QIAN (BITTER MONEY) Hong Kong, France, 120′ (documentary) BIENNALE COLLEGE ALESSANDRO ARONADIO – ORECCHIE Italy, 90’ Daniele Parisi, Silvana Bosi, Masaria Colucci, Sonia Gessner, Francesca Antonelli, Re Salvador SHUBHASHISH BHUTIANI – MUKTI BHAWAN (HOTEL SALVATION) India, 103’ Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Palomi Ghosh, Navnindra Behl, Anil K Rastogi SOFIA BROCKENSHIRE – UNA HERMANA (ONE SISTER) Argentina, 68’ Sofía Palomino, Adriana Ferrer, Saúl Simonet, Sebastián Carbone, Mateo Giménez JORGE THIELEN ARMAND – LA SOLEDAD Venezuela, 85’ José Dolores López, Marley Alvillaes López, Adrializ López Jorge, Thielen Hedderich, Maria del Carmen, Agamez Palomino FUORI CONCORSO ORIZZONTI “Dark Night” – dir. Tim Sutton CINEMA IN THE GARDEN MARCOS CARNEVALE – INSEPARABLES Argentina, 108’ Oscar Martínez, Rodrigo de la Serna FRANCESCO CARROZZINI – FRANCA: CHAOS AND CREATION Italy, Usa, 80’ (documentary) JAMES FRANCO – IN DUBIOUS BATTLE Usa, 110’ Bryan Cranston, Ed Harris, James Franco, Josh Hutcherson, Nat Wolff, Robert Duvall, Sam Shepard, Selena Gomez KIM KI-DUK – GEUMUL (THE NET) South Korea, 114’ Ryuu Seung-bum, Lee Won-gun, Kim Young-min GABRIELE MUCCINO – L’ESTATE ADDOSSO Italy, 103’ Brando Pacitto, Matilda Lutz, Taylor Frey, Joseph Haro CHRIS RENAUD, YARROW CHENEY – THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (3D) Usa, 90’ (animation) MICHELE SANTORO – ROBINÙ Italy, 91’ (documentary) LAURIE SIMMONS – MY ART Usa, 86’ Laurie Simmons, Lena Dunham, Parker Posey VENITIAN CLASSICS – Selection of restored classic films and documentaries on cinemarc ASHIM AHLUWALIA – EVENTS IN A CLOUD CHAMBER [DOCUMENTARY] India, 20’ (documentary) WOODY ALLEN – MANHATTAN (1979) Usa, 97’ Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway ALESSANDRO BIGNAMI – E VENNE L’UOMO – UN DIALOGO CON ERMANNO OLMI [DOCUMENTARY] Italy, 47’ (documentary) NOEL BLACK – PRETTY POISON (DOLCE VELENO, 1968) Usa, 89’ Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland MARCO BONFANTI – BOZZETTO NON TROPPO [DOCUMENTARI] Italia, 75’ (documentary) ROBERT BRESSON – L’ARGENT (IL DENARO, 1983) France, Swizerland, 83’ Christian Patey, Sylvie Van den Elsen, Michel Briguet LUIGI COMENCINI – TUTTI A CASA (1960) Italy, France, 115’ Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Carla Gravina STEFANO DELLA CASA, FRANCESCO FRISARI – PERCHÉ SONO UN GENIO! LORENZA MAZZETTI [DOCUMENTARI] Italy, 61’ (documentary) NICK EBELING – ALONG FOR THE RIDE [DOCUMENTARI] Usa, 90’ (documentary) MARCO FERRERI – BREAK UP. L’UOMO DEI CINQUE PALLONI (1965) Italy, France, 85’ Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Spaak, Ugo Tognazzi INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS' WEEK – indipendent festival of 7 films – organized by a commission nominated by SNCCI MARCO BELLOCCHIO – PAGLIACCI [SPECIAL EVENT – OPENING SHORTS] Italy, 18’ Lucia Ragni, Luca Micheletti, Federica Fracassi, Rebecca Liberati, Corrado Invernizzi, Mino Manni FATIMA BIANCHI – NOTTURNO Italy, 15’ Claudia Consonni, Rosaria Girotti, Giovanna Gossi, Laura Morelli, Carmen La Corte, Elisabetta Sisti, Florinda Trombetta VINCENT BIRON – PRANK Canada, 78’ Etienne Galloy, Constance Massicotte, Simon Pigeon, Alexandre Lavigne RICCARDO CARUSO, ROBERTO TENACE, LUIGI LOMBARDI, ELISABETTA FALANGA – DODICI PAGINE Italy, 13’ Vittoria Araldi, Claudio Guain, Davide Bellofiore, Michele Galasso MARIA GIOVANNA CICCIARI – ATLANTE 1783 Italy, 20’ IRENE DIONISIO – LE ULTIME COSE Italy, Swizerland, France, 85’ Fabrizio Falco, Roberto De Francesco, Christina Rosamilia, Alfonso Santagata, Salvatore Cantalupo, Anna Ferruzzo, Nicole De Leo, Maria Eugenia D’Aquino, Margherita Coldesina, Matteo Polidoro EDOARDO FERRARO – COLAZIONE SULL’ERBA Italy, 14’ Riccardo Pandolfi, Giacomo Bottoni, Francesco Melchiorri, Giorgia Torregrossa, Davide Dentamaro ROSSELLA INGLESE – VANILLA Italy, 13’ Carolina Dovera, Eriberto Peruzzo, Mariangela Di Paolo, Antonio Iurino, Oscar Genovese KEYWAN KARIMI – DRUM France, Iran, 95’ Amirreza Naderi, Sara Gholizade, Akbar Zanjanian, Elyas Rasouli, Honaramooz, Ardalan Haji Rahim, Ahmad Ghoorchi, Ali Farschchi, Mohammad Safajouyi CHIARA LEONARDI – ALICE Itale, 14’ Francesca Leonardi, Sofia Leonardi, Chiara Leonardi, Massimo Leonardi, Elena Bonati