Sedamdeset i treće izdanje Venice Film Festivala, kako je već najavljeno, otvorit će musical Damiena Chazellea La La Land (također u konkurenciji), a danas su organizatori objavili i kompletan program. Za Zlatnog lava takmičit će se 20 ostvarenja, a među njima se između ostalih nalaze filmovi Terrencea Malicka, Pabloa Larraina, Francoisa Ozona, Denisa Villenuevea, Andreia Konchalovskog, Wima Wendersa, Dereka Cianfrancea i Emira Kusturice. Na Venice Film Festivalu će se prkazati i filmovi Hacksaw Ridge Mela Gibsona, The Age of Shadows Kima Jeea woona, Safari Ulricha Seidla, In Dubious Battle Jamesa Francoa, The Net Kim Ki-duka... Festival će trajati od 31. augusta do 10. septembra, a zatvoriti će se projekcijom filma Magnificent Seven Antoinea Fuquae.
Opening Night Film “La La Land,” dir: Damien Chazelle (in competition) Closing Night Film “The Magnificent Seven,” dir: Antoine Fuqua (out of competition) In Competition “The Bad Batch,” Ana Lily Amirpour (U.S.) “Une Vie,” Stephan Brizé (France, Belgium) “The Light Between Oceans,” Derek Cianfrance (U.S., Australia, New Zealand) “El ciudadano ilustre,” Mariano Cohn, Gaston Duprat (Argentina, Spain) “Spira Mirabilis,” Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti (Italy, Switzerland) “The Woman Who Left,” Lav Diaz (Philippines) “La region salvaje,” Amat Escalante (Mexico) “Nocturnal Animals,” Tom Ford (U.S.) “Piuma,” Roan Johnson (Italy) “Paradise,” Andrei Konchalovsky (Russia, Germany) “Brimstone,” Martin Koolhoven (Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, U.K. Sweden) “On the Milky Road,” Emir Kusturica (Serbia, U.K., U.S.) “Jackie,” Pablo Larrain (U.S., Chile) “Voyage of Time,” Terrence Malick (U.S., Germany) “El Cristo ciego,” Christopher Murray (Chile, France) “Frantz,” Francois Ozon (France) “Questi Giorni,” Giuseppe Piccioni (Italy) “Arrival,” Denis Villenueve (U.S.) “The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez,” Wim Wenders (France, Germany) Out of Competition Special Event “The Young Pope” (episodes 1, 2), Paolo Sorrentino (Italy, France, Spain, U.S.) Fiction “The Bleeder,” Philippe Falardeau (U.S., Canada) “Hacksaw Ridge,” Mel Gibson (U.S.) “The Journey,” Nick Hamm (U.K.) “A jamais,” Benoit Jacquot (France, Portugal) “Gantz:O,” Yasushi Kawamura (Japan) “The Age of Shadows,” Kim Jee woon (South Korea) “Monte,” Amir Naderi (Italy, U.S., France) “Tommaso,” Kim Rossi Stewart (Italy) Non-Fiction “Our War,” Bruno Chiaravallotti, Claudio Jampaglia, Benedetta Argentieri (Italy, U.S.) “I Called Him Morgan,” Kasper Collin (Sweden, U.S.) “One More Time with Feeling,” Andrew Dominik (U.K.) “Austerlitz,” Sergei Loznitsa (Germany) “Assalto al cielo,” Francesco Munzi (Italy) “Safari,” Ulrich Seidl (Austria, Denmark) “American Anarchist,” Charlie Siskel (U.S.) Horizons “Tarde para la ira,” Raul Arevalo (Spain) “King of the Belgians,” Peter Brosens, Jessica Woolworth (Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria) “Through the Wall,” Rama Burshtein (Israel) “Liberami,” Federica Di Giacomo (Italy, France) “Big Big World,” Reha Erdem (Turkey) “Gukuroku,” Ishikawa Kei (Japan) “Maudit Poutine,” Karl Lemieux, (Canada) “Sao Jorge,” Marco Martins (Portugal, France) “Dawson City: Frozen Time,” Bill Morrison (U.S., France) “Reparer les vivants,” Katell Quillevere (France, Belgium) “White Sun,” Deepak Rauniyar (Nepal, U.S., Qatar, Netherlands) “Malaria,” Parviz Shahbazi (Iran) “Kekszakallu,” Gaston Solnicky (Argentina) “Home,” Fien Troch (Belgium) “Die Einsiedler,” Fien Troch (Germany, Austria) “Il più grande sogno,” (Italy) “Boys in the Trees,” Nicholas Verso (Australia) “Bitter Money,” Wang Bing (China) Special Out-Of-Competition Screening “Dark Night,” Tim Sutton (U.S.) “Planetarium,” Rebecca Zlotowski (France, Belgium) Cinema In the Garden “Inseparables,” Marcos Carnevale (Argentina) “Franca: Chaos and Creation,” Francesco Carrozzini (Italy, U.S.) “In Dubious Battle,” James Franco (U.S.) “The Net,” Kim Ki-duk (South Korea) “Summertime,” Gabriele Muccino (Italy) “The Secret Life of Pets,” Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney (U.S.) “Robinu,” Michele Santoro (Italy) “My Art,” Laurie Simmons (U.S.)
