The programme for the 2021 Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michelangelo Frammartino, Pablo Larraín, Paul Schrader, Ridley Scott, and more.
Parallel Mothers
COMPETITION
Parallel Mothers (Pedro Almodóvar)
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (Ana Lily Amirpour)
Un Autre Monde (Stephane Brize)
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)
America Latina (Damiano D’Innocenzo, Fabio D’Innocenzo)
L’Evenement (Audrey Diwan)
Official Competition (Gaston Depart, Mariano Cohn)
The Hole (Michelangelo Frammartino)
Sundown (Michel Franco)
Lost Illusions (Xavier Giannoli)
The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
Spencer (Pablo Larrain)
Freaks Out (Gabriele Mainetti)
Qui Rido Io (Mario Martone)
On The Job: The Missing 8 (Erik Matti)
Leave No Traces (Jan P. Matuszyński)
Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov)
The Card Counter (Paul Schrader)
The Hand of God (Paolo Sorrentino)
Reflection (Valentyn Vasyanovych)
The Box (Lorenzo Vigas)
OUT OF COMPETITION
Features
Dune (Denis Villeneuve)
Il Bambino Nascosto (Roberto Andò)
Les Choses Humaines (Yvan Attal)
Ariaferma (Leonardo Di Costanzo)
Halloween Kills (David Gordon Green)
The Catholic School (Stefano Mordini)
Old Henry (Potsy Ponciroli)
The Last Duel (Ridley Scott)
Last Night in Soho (Edgar Wright)
Documentaries
Life Of Crime (Jon Alpert)
Tranchees (Loup Bureau)
Viaggio Nel Crepuscolo (Augusto Contento)
Republic of Silence (Diana El Jeiroudi)
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song (Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine)
Deandre Storia di un Impiegato (Roberta Lena)
Django & Django (Luca Rea)
Ezio Bosso. Le Cose Che Restano (Giorgio Verdelli)
Series
Scenes from a Marriage (Hagai Levi)
Shorts
Plastic Semiotic (Radu Jude)
The Night (Tsai Ming-liang)
Sad Film (Vasili)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Le 7 Giornate Di Bergamo (Simona Ventura)
La Biennale di Venezia: Cinema in the Time of Covid (Andrea Segre)
ORIZZONTI
Les Promesses (Thomas Kruithof)
Atlantide (Yuri Ancarani)
Miracle (Bogdan George Apetri)
Pilgrims (Laurynas Bareisa)
The Peacock’s Paradise (Laura Bispuri)
The Falls (Chung Mong-Hong)
El Hoyo En La Cerca (Joachin Del Paso)
Amira (Mohamed Diab)
A Plein Temps (Eric Gravel)
107 Mothers (Peter Kerkekes)
Vera Dreams of the Sea (Kaltrina Krasniqi)
White Building (Kavich Neang)
Anatomy of Time (Jakrawal Nilthamrong)
El Otro Tom (Rodrigo Pla, Laura Santullo)
El Gran Movimiento (Kiro Russo)
Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (Adita Vikram Sengupta)
Rhino (Oleg Sentsov)
True Things (Harry Wootliff)
Inu-Oh (Yuasa Maasaki)
ORIZZONTI EXTRA
Land of Dreams (Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari)
Costa Brava (AKA Lebanon) (Mounia Akl)
Mama, I’m Home (Vladimir Bitokov)
Ma Nuit (Antoinette Boulot)
The Girl Flew (Wilma Labate)
7 Prisoners (Alexandre Moratto)
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (Teemu Nikki)
La Macchina Delle Immagini di Alfredo C (Rolando Sejko)
VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS' WEEK
Competition
They Carry Death (Samuel M. Delgado and Helena Girón)
Erasing Frank (Gábor Fabricius)
Dogworld (Alessandro Celli)
Mother Lode (Matteo Tortone)
Detours (Ekaterina Selenkina)
The Salamander (Alex Carvalho)
Zalava (Arsalan Amiri)
Out of Competition – Opening Night
Karmalink (Jake Wachtel)
Out of Competition – Closing film
The Last Chapter (Gianluca Matarrese)
VENICE DAYS
Competition
Shen Kong (Chen Guan)
The Stranger (Ameer Father Eldin)
Anatomy (Ola Jankowska)
Californie (Alessandro Cassignoli, Casey Kauffman)
Deserto Particular (Ali Muritiba)
Immaculate (Monica Stan, George Chiper-Lillemark)
Madeleine Collins (Antoine Barraud)
Out of Synch (Juanjo Gimenez)
Dusk Stone (Ivan Fund)
You Resemble Me (Dina Amer)
Out of Competition
Lovely Boy (Francesco Letteri)
Special Events
The Palace (Federica di Giacomo)
Il Silenzio Grande (Alessandro Gassman)
Senza Fine (Elisa Fuksas)
The Forgotten Ones (Michale Boganim)
Three Minutes –– A Lengthening (Bianca Stigter)