The Venice Film Festival released details about its 69th edition Thursday morning, with 17 films debuting in competition, competing for its top Golden Lion award. Among the new features headed to the Italian city are Brian De Palma’s Passion with Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace and Paul Anderson. Harmony Korine’s latest, Spring Breakers with James Franco, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens joined the lineup along with Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder , starring Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko. As previously announced , the festival, which runs August 29 – September 8 will open with the world premiere of Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist . Out of competition titles include Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson doc Bad 25 , Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep and Henry-Alex Rubin’s Disconnect with Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist, Jason Bateman, Andrea Riseborough. The list is heavy with international auteur including two titles from Amos Gitai and selections from Susanne Bier, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Manoel de Oliveira and Jonathan Demme. Venice 69 Competition and Out of Competition lineups, for other sections visit the festival’s website . International Competition (feature films presented as world premieres) OLIVIER ASSAYAS – APRÈS MAI (SOMETHING IN THE AIR) France, 122′ Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Félix Armand RAMIN BAHRANI – AT ANY PRICE USA, UK, 100′ Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham MARCO BELLOCCHIO – BELLA ADDORMENTATA Italy, France, 115′ Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino, Maya Sansa, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio PETER BROSENS, JESSICA WOODWORTH – LA CINQUIÈME SAISON Belgium, Netherlands, France, 93′ Aurélia Poirier, Django Schrevens, Sam Louwyck, Gill Vancompernolle RAMA BURSHTEIN – LEMALE ET HA’CHALAL (FILL THE VOID) Israel, 90′ Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein, Irit Sheleg, Chaim Sharir DANIELE CIPRÌ – È STATO IL FIGLIO Italy, 90′ Toni Servillo, Giselda Volodi, Alfredo Castro, Fabrizio Falco FRANCESCA COMENCINI – UN GIORNO SPECIALE Italy, 89′ Filippo Scicchitano, Giulia Valentini BRIAN DE PALMA – PASSION France, Germany, 94′ Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Paul Anderson, Karoline Herfurth XAVIER GIANNOLI – SUPERSTAR France, Belgium, 112′ Kad Merad, Cecile De France KI-DUK KIM – PIETA South Korea, 104′ Cho Min-soo, Lee Jung-jin TAKESHI KITANO – OUTRAGE BEYOND Japan, 110′ Tomokazu Miura, Ryo Kase, Fumiyo Kohinata, Toshiyuki Nishida HARMONY KORINE – SPRING BREAKERS USA, 92′ James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Heather Morris TERRENCE MALICK – TO THE WONDER USA, 112′ Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko BRILLANTE MENDOZA – SINAPUPUNAN (THY WOMB) Philippines, 100′ Nora Aunor, Bembol Rocco VALERIA SARMIENTO – LINHAS DE WELLINGTON Portugal, France, 151 Nuno Lopes, Soraia Chaves, John Malkovich, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud, Mathieu Amalric ULRICH SEIDL – PARADIES: GLAUBE (PARADISE: FAITH) Austria, France, Germany, 113′ Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV – IZMENA (BETRAYAL) Russia, 115′ Franziska Petri, Dejan Lilic, Albina Dzhanabaeva, Arturs Skrastins Out of Competition (Work by established directors who have screened in previous editions of the festival) JEAN-PIERRE AMERIS – L’HOMME QUI RIT France, Czech Republic, 95′ Gérard Depardieu, Marc-André Grondin, Christa Theret, Emmanuelle Seigner LYUBOV ARKUS – ANTON TUT RYADOM (ANTON’S RIGHT HERE) [SPECIAL SCREENINGS] Russia, 110′ (documentary) Anton Kharitonov, Rinata Kharitonova, Vladimir Kharitonov
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Venice Film Festival Sets Lineup for 69th Edition
