The Jury for the Venezia 74 Competition will award the following official prizes: Golden Lion for Best Film; Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize; Silver Lion for Best Director; Coppa Volpi for Best Actor; Coppa Volpi for Best Actress; Award for Best Screenplay; the Special Jury Prize and “Marcello Mastroianni” Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress.
Venezia 74: the films in Competition
The 21 feature-length films selected for the international Competition.
Line-up
HUMAN FLOW
by AI WEIWEI
Germany / 140’
MOTHER!
by DARREN ARONOFSKY
starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Ed Harris
USA / 120’
SUBURBICON
by GEORGE CLOONEY
starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, Oscar Isaac / USA / 104’
THE SHAPE OF WATER
by GUILLERMO DEL TORO
starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer / USA / 119’
THE INSULT
by ZIAD DOUEIRI
starring Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh, Rita Hayek / Lebanon, France / 110’
LA VILLA
by ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN
starring Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Jacques Boudet, Anaïs Demoustier, Robinson Stévenin / France / 107’
LEAN ON PETE
by ANDREW HAIGH
starring Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny / Great Britain / 121’
MEKTOUB, MY LOVE: CANTO UNO
by ABDELLATIF KECHICHE
starring Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Lou Luttiau, Alexia Chardard, Hafsia Herzi / France, Italy, Tunisia / 180’
SANDOME NO SATSUJIN (THE THIRD MURDER)
by KORE-EDA HIROKAZU
starring Fukuyama Masaharu, Yakusho Kōji, Hirose Suzu / Japan / 124’
JUSQU’À LA GARDE (CUSTODY)
by XAVIER LEGRAND
starring Denis Ménochet, Léa Drucker, Thomas Gioria, Mathilde Auneveux, Saadia Bentaïeb
France / 90’
AMMORE E MALAVITA
by MANETTI Bros.
starring Giampaolo Morelli, Serena Rossi, Claudia Gerini, Carlo Buccirosso / Italy / 134’
FOXTROT
by SAMUEL MAOZ
starring Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonatan Shiray
Israel, Germany, France, Switzerland / 113’
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
by MARTIN McDONAGH
starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage / Great Britain / 110’
HANNAH
by ANDREA PALLAORO
starring Charlotte Rampling, André Wilms / Italy, Belgium, France / 95’
DOWNSIZING
by ALEXANDER PAYNE
starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig / USA / 135’
JIA NIAN HUA (ANGELS WEAR WHITE)
by VIVIAN QU
starring Wen Qi, Zhou Meijun, Shi Ke, Geng Le, Liu Weiwei, Peng Jing / China, France / 107’
UNA FAMIGLIA
by SEBASTIANO RISO
starring Micaela Ramazzotti, Patrick Bruel / Italy / 105’
FIRST REFORMED
by PAUL SCHRADER
starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric Kyles, Victoria Hill / USA / 108’
SWEET COUNTRY
by WARWICK THORNTON
starring Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Hamilton Morris, Thomas M. Wright / Australia / 112’
THE LEISURE SEEKER
by PAOLO VIRZÌ
starring Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland / Italy / 112’
EX LIBRIS - THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
by FREDERICK WISEMAN
USA / 197’