The complete lineup for the 69th Venice Film Festival has been announced! Despite rumors, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master will not be playing at the festival, but the slate remains just as exciting, with new entries from Assayas, Kitano, de Palma, Korine, Ramin Bahrani, and Kim Ki-Duk—plus Raúl Ruiz's second "last film" of the season (Lines of Wellington, completed by his widow and longtime editor Valeria Sarmiento) and the infamously meditative Terrence Malick's second feature in two years.
UPDATE 8/7/12: Just in: P.T. Anderson's The Master will indeed premiere at Venice! As a late addition to the competition lineup, a 70mm print will be shown on September 1st.
In Competition
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, US)
Something in the Air, Olivier Assayas (France)
At Any Price, Ramin Bahrani (US-UK)
Dormant Beauty, Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
La Cinquieme Saison, Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Belgium-Netherlands-France)
Fill The Void, Rama Bursztyn and Yigal Bursztyn (Israel)
E' stato il figlio, Daniele Cipri (Italy)
Un Giorno Speciale, Francesca Comencini (Italy)
Passion, Brian De Palma (France-Germany)
Superstar, Xavier Giannoli (France-Belgium)
Pieta, Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)
Outrage: Beyond, Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine (US)
To The Wonder, Terrence Malick (US)
Thy Womb, Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)
Lines of Wellington, Valeria Sarmiento (Portugal-France)
Paradise: Faith, Ulrich Seidl (Austria-France-Germany)
Betrayal, Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia)
Out of Competition
L’homme qui rit, Jean-Pierre Ameris (France-Czech Republic)
Love Is All You Need, Susanne Bier (Denmark-Sweden)
Cherchez Hortense, Pascal Bonitzer (France)
Sur un fil…, Simon Brook (France, Italy)
O Gebo e a Sombra, Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal-France)
Enzo Avitabile Music Life, Jonathan Demme (Italy, US)
Tai Chi 0, Stephen Fung (China)
Lullaby To My Father, Amos Gitai (Israel-France-Switzerland)
Penance, Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)
Bad 25, Spike Lee (US)
The Company You Keep, Robert Redford (US)
Shark (Bait 3D), Kimble Rendall (Australia, Singapore, China)
Disconnect, Henry-Alex Rubin (US)
Forgotten, Alex Schmidt (Germany)
The Iceman, Ariel Vromen (US)
Special Screenings
Anton’s Right Here, Lyubov Arkus (Russia)
It Was Better Tomorrow, Hinde Boujemaa (Tunisia)
Clarisse, Liliana Cavani (Italy)
Sfiorando il muro, Silvia Giralucci and Luca Ricciardi (Italy)
Carmel, Amos Gitai (Israel-France-Italy)
El impenetrable, Daniele Incalcaterra and Fausta Quattrini (Argentina-France)
Witness: Libya, Michael Mann (US)
Medici con l’Africa, Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)
Come voglio che sia il mio futuro? (Ermanno Olmi & Maurizio Zaccaro, Italy)
La nave dolce, Daniele Vicari (Italy-Albania)
Special Event
Convitto Falcone (Pasquale Scimeca, Italy)
Horizons
Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour (Saudi Arabia-Germany)
The Paternal House, Kianoosh Ayari (Iran)
I Also Want It, Alexey Balabanov (Russia)
Gli Equilibristi, Ivano De Matteo (Italy-France)
L’intervallo, Leonardo Di Costanzo (Italy-Switzerland-Germany)
Winter of Discontent, Ibrahim El Batout (Egypt)
Tango Libre, Frederic Fonteyne (Belgium-France-Luxembourg)
The Cutoff Man, Idan Hubel (Israel)
Fly With The Crane, Li Ruijun (China)
A Hijacking, Tobias Lindholm (Denmark)
Leones, Jazmin Lopez (Argentina-France-Netherlands)
Bellas Mariposas, Salvatore Mereu (Italy)
Low Tide, Roberto Minervini (US-Italy-Belgium)
Boxing Day, Bernard Rose (UK-US)
Yema, Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria-France)
Araf - Somewhere In Between, Yesim Ustaoglu (Turkey-France-Germany)
The Millennial Rapture, Koji Wakamatsu (Japan)
Three Sisters, Wang Bing (France-Hong Kong-China)
International Film Critics' Week
Water, Nir Sa'ar, Maya Sarfaty, Mohammad Fuad, Yona Rozenkier, Mohammad Bakri, Ahmad Bargouthi, Pini Tavger, and Tal Haring (Israel-Palestine-France)
Eat Sleep Die, Gabriela Pichler (Sweden)
The Ideal City, Luigi Lo Cascio (Italy)
Mold, Ali Aydin (Turkey-Germany)
A Month in Thailand, Paul Neogescu (Romania)
She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone, Natalia Beristain (Mexico)
Welcome Home, Tom Heene (Belgium)
Lotus, Liu Shu (China)
Kiss of the Damned, Xan Cassavetes (US)