The line-up of the 65th Venice Film Festival

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-29 11:24

The 65th Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia), organised by the Venice Biennale, takes place on the Venice Lido from August 27th to September 6th 2008.

Of the 21 films competing for the coveted Golden Lion award, American entries include Rachel is Getting Married starring Anne Hathaway and Debra Winger; Kathryn Bigelow's Hurt Locker, starring Ralph Fiennes; and Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, with Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei.

Opening the festival is the world premiere of the Coen brothers "Burn After Reading" - a film not in competition - starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney.

IN COMPETITION

“The Wrestler,” Darren Aronofsky (U.S., France) Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood

“The Burning Plain,” Guillermo Arriaga (U.S.) Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Joaquim de Almeida

“Il Papa di Giovanna,” Pupi Avati (Italy) Silvio Orlando, Alba Rohrwacher, Francesca Neri, Ezio Greggio, Serena Grandi

“Birdwatchers,” Marco Bechis (Italy) Claudio Santamaria, Alicélia Batista Cabreira, Chiara Caselli, Abrisio Da Silva Pedro

“L’Autre,” Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic (France) Dominique Blanc, Cyril Gueï, Peter Bonke, Christèle Tual

“The Hurt Locker,” Kathryn Bigelow (U.S.) Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty

“Il Seme della discordia,” Pappi Corsicato (Italy) Caterina Murino, Alessandro Gassman, Martina Stella, Michele Venitucci, Isabella Ferrari

“Rachel Getting Married,” Jonathan Demme (U.S.) Anne Hathaway, Debra Winger, Rosemarie Dewitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe

“Teza,” Haile Gerima (Ethiopia, Germany, France) Aron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech Beyene

“Paper Soldier,” (”Bumažnyj soldat“)Aleksey German Jr. (Russia) Chulpan Khamatova, Merab Ninidze, Anastasya Shevelyova

“Süt,” Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey, France, Germany) Melih Selcuk, Basak Koklukaya

“Achilles and the Tortoise,” (”Akires to kame“) Takeshi Kitano (Japan) Beat Takeshi, Kanako Higuchi, Yurei Yanagi, Kumiko Aso

“Ponyo on Cliff by the Sea,” (”Gake no ue no Ponyo“) Hayao Miyazaki (Japan) animation

“Vegas: Based on a True Story,” Amir Naderi (U.S.) Mark Greenfield, Nancy La Scala, Zach Thomas

“The Sky Crawlers,” Oshii Mamoru (Japan) animation

“Perfect Day,” (”Un giorno perfetto“) Ferzan Ozpetek (Italy) Isabella Ferrari, Valerio Mastandrea, Valerio Binasco, Nicole Grimaudo, Stefania Sandrelli

“Jerichow,” Christian Petzold (Germany) Nina Hoss, Benno Fürmann, Hilmi Sözer

“Inju, the Beast in the Shadows,” Barbet Schroeder (France) Magimel Benoît, Minamoto Lika, Shun Sugata, Maurice Bénichou, Ryo Ishibashi

“Nuit de Chien,” Werner Schroeter (France, Germany, Portugal) Pascal Greggory, Bruno Todeschini, Amira Casar, Jean-François Stevenin

“Inland,” (”Gabbla“) Tariq Teguia (Algeria, France)

Kader Affak, Ines Rose Djakou, Ahmed Benaïssa, Fethi Ghares, Kouider Medjahed, Djalila Kadi-Hanifi

“Plastic City,” (”Dangkou“) Yu Lik-wai (Brazil, China, Hong Kong/China, Japan) Joe Odagiri, Anthony Wong, Huang Yi, Jeff Chen

OUT OF COMPETITION

Paolo Benvenuti “Puccini e la fanciulla” – Italy Riccardo Moretti, Tania Squillarlo, Giovanna Daddi, Debora Mattiello, Federica Chezzi

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen “Burn After Reading” – USA George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton

Claire Denis “35 Rhums” – France / Spain Alex Descas, Grégoire Colin, Nicole Dogue, Mati Diop

JIA Zhangke “Heshang aiqing” (”Cry me a river“) (short film - 19 minutes) – China / Spain / France Tao Zhao / Hongmei Wang

Minoru Kawasaki “Girara no gyakushu / Samitto kiki ippatsu!” (”Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit!“) – Japan Natsuki Kato, Kazuki Kato, Hirohisa Nakata, Susumu Kurobe

Abbas Kiarostami “Shirin” – Iran Juliette Binoche, Mahnaz Afshar, Niki Karimi

José Mojica Marins “Encarnação do demônio” – Brazil José Mojica Marins, Débora Muniz, Raymond Castile

Mario Monicelli “Vicino al Colosseo c’è Monti ” (short film - 22 minutes) – Italy documentary

Nonzee Nimibutr “Puen yai jom sa lad” (”Queens of Langkasuka“) – Thailand Ananda Everingham, Jarunee Suksawat, Sorapong Chatri

Manoel de Oliveira “Do Visível ao Invisível” (short film - 7 minutes) – Brazil / Portugal Leon Cakoff, Ricardo Trepa

Agnés Varda “Les Plages d’Agnès” – France documentary

Fabrice du Welz “Vinyan” – France / UK / Belgium Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell

Line-up also includes:

Orizzonti - A section aiming to provide a picture of new trends in cinema

Corto Cortissimo - An international competition of short films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes

These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (1946 – 1975) - A retrospective section on Italian cinema (1946-1975).