The 68th annual Venice Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, is scheduled to take place from 31 August to 10 September 2011
American film director Darren Aronofsky has been announced as the Head of the Jury. American actor and film director Al Pacino is scheduled to be presented with the Glory to the Film-maker award on 4 September, prior to the premiere of his upcoming film "Wilde Salome". Marco Bellocchio will be awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in September. The festival will open with the American film "The Ides of March", directed by George Clooney.
Official selection of International competition of feature films:
TOMAS ALFREDSON - TINKER, TAYLOR, SOLDIER, SPY
UK, Germany, 127'
Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt
ANDREA ARNOLD - WUTHERING HEIGHTS
UK, 128'
Kaya Scodelario, Nichola Burley, Steve Evets, Oliver Milburn
AMI CANAAN MANN - TEXAS KILLING FIELDS
USA, 109'
Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
GEORGE CLOONEY - THE IDES OF MARCH [OPENING FILM]
USA, 98'
Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
CRISTINA COMENCINI - QUANDO LA NOTTE
Italy, 116'
Claudia Pandolfi, Filippo Timi, Michela Cescon, Thomas Trabacchi
EMANUELE CRIALESE - TERRAFERMA
Italy, France, 88'
Filippo Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Fiorello, Claudio Santamaria
DAVID CRONENBERG - A DANGEROUS METHOD
Germany, Canada, 99'
Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel
ABEL FERRARA - 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH
USA, 82'
Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Paz de la Huerta
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN - KILLER JOE
USA, 103'
Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon
PHILIPPE GARREL - UN ÉTÉ BRULANT
France, Italy, Switzerland, 95'
Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Robart
ANN HUI - TAOJIE (A SIMPLE LIFE)
China-Hong Kong, China, 117'
Andy Lau, Deanie Yip, Anthony Wong, Tsui Hark
ERAN KOLIRIN - HAHITHALFUT (THE EXCHANGE)
Israel, Germany, 94'
Rotem Keinan, Sharon Tal, Dov Navon, Shirili Deshe
YORGOS LANTHIMOS - ALPEIS (ALPS)
Greece, 93'
Ariane Labed, Aggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris
STEVE MCQUEEN - SHAME
United Kingdom, 99'
Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge, Nicole Beharie
GIAN ALFONSO PACINOTTI [GIPI] - L'ULTIMO TERRESTRE
Italy, 100'
Gabriele Spinelli, Anna Bellato, Roberto Herlitzka, Teco Celio
ROMAN POLANSKI - CARNAGE
France, Germany, Spain, Poland, 79'
Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
MARJANE SATRAPI, VINCENT PARONNAUD - POULET AUX PRUNES
France, Belgium, Germany, 90'
Mathieu Amalric, Maria De Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani, Isabella Rossellini, Chiara Mastroianni
ALEKSANDER SOKUROV - FAUST
Russia, 134'
Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinskiy, Isolda Dychauk, Hanna Schygulla
TODD SOLONDZ - DARK HORSE
USA, 84'
Mia Farrow, Christopher Walken, Justin Bartha, Selma Blair
SION SONO - HIMIZU
Japan, 129'