Venice Film Festival 2011

[kaytee]

68TH ANNUAL VENICE FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP -- COMPETITION

Opening Film

"The Ides of March," George Clooney (U.S.)

"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," Tomas Alfredson (Italy)

"Wuthering Heights," Andrea Arnold (U.K.)

"Texas Killing Fields," Ami Canaan Mann (U.S.)

"A Dangerous Method," David Cronenberg (Germany, Canada)

"Silent Souls," Aleksei Fedorchenko (Russia)

"Last Day on Earth," Abel Ferrara (U.S.)

"Killer Joe," William Friedkin (U.S.)

"The Exchange," Eran Kolirin (Israel, Germany)

"Alps," Yorgos Lamthimos (Greece)

"Shame," Steve McQueen (U.K.)

"Carnage," Roman Polanski (France, Germany, Spain, Poland)

"Chicken With Plums," Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud (France, Belgium, Germany)

"A Burning Hot Summer," Philippe Garrel (France)

"A Simple Life," Ann Hui (China, HK)

"Faust," Aleksander Sokurov (Russia)

"Dark Horse," Todd Solondz (U.S.)

"Himizu," Sion Sono (Japan)

"Seediq Bale," Wei Desheng (Taiwan)

"Quando la Notte," Cristina Comencini (Italy)

"Terraferma," Emanuele Crialese (Italy)

"L'Ultimo Terrestre," Gipi (Italy)

OUT OF COMPETITION

"Vivan las Antipodas!" Victor Kossakovsky (Germany, Arg, Neth, Chile, Russia) -- out of competition opener

"La Folie Almayer," Chantal Akerman (Belgium, France)

"The Moth Diaries," Mary Harron (Canada, Ireland)

"W.E.," Madonna (U.K.)

"Il villaggio di cartone," Ermanno Olmi (Italy)

"Wilde Salome," Al Pacino (U.S.)

"Contagion," Steven Soderbergh (U.S.)

"The Sorcerer and the White Snake," Tony Ching Siu-tung (China, HK)

"Giochi d'estate," Rolando Colla (Switzerland, Italy)

"La Desintegration," Philippe Faucon (Belgium)

"Alois Nebel," Tomas Lunak (Czech Rep., Germany)

"Eva," Kike Maillo (Spain, France)

"Scossa," Francesco Maselli, Carlo Lizzani, Ugo Gregoretti, Nino Russo (Italy)

"La Cle des chants," Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou (France)

"Tormented," Takashi Shimizu (Japan)

"Marco Bellocchio, Venezia 2011," Pietro Marcello (Italy)

"La Meditazione di Hayez," Mario Martone (Italy)

"Tahrir 2011," Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama (Egypt)

"The End," Collective Abounabbara (Syria)

"Vanguard," Collective Abounabbara (Syria)

Evolution (Megaplex 3D), Marco Brambilla (U.S.)

Closing film

"Damsels in Distress," Whit Stillman (U.S.)

[shariqq]

That's some good line-up. Good to see Shame and Killer Joe there too, though i think they are more mainstream than festival, but will perhaps get the required exposure.

Of course, then there's Ferrara, Cronenberg, Polanski movies.

And most importantly, the movie I'm so looking forward to: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

[X.]

SILENT SOULS, SHAME and FAUST should be of key interest.

[shariqq]

Duly noted (and wished for DIFF)!

[shariqq]

Front Row has announced on their facebook page that they'll be bringing Shame to Middle East cinemas in December '11.

[ayaa1977]

Front Row has announced on their facebook page that they'll be bringing Shame to Middle East cinemas in December '11.

good luck with that. The film is rated R in Canada, the equivalent of NC-17 in the US. I can not think how is it going to play in UAE cinema, or even if it has an audience there beyond you dorks

[shariqq]

lol! I don't think it'll come to the UAE itself. I know we have a huge readership (although just us as people who post). This was more for the benefit of those silent readers if they are from other parts of the Middle East (Lebanon?).