Venice 2018 Cheat Sheet
On Wednesday, the Venice Film Festival begins its 75th edition with Damien Chazelle’s First Man. To preview the festival, we’ve put together a “cheat sheet” to the key feature films screening in Venice, all in one place. It’s a survey of the titles that gives you a firsthand look at the work of a remarkably array of auteurs. Then, don’t miss our on-site Venice edition of The Film Comment Podcast with special guests—once we’ve gotten a few films under our belt, of course. Our podcast will give you an essential rundown on the Venice slate in informed discussions, alongside other published coverage by our all-star correspondents. Follow our coverage here. And now, without further ado, the films of the festival:
Venezia 75 Competition
Rick Alverson, The Mountain
Olivier Assayas, Non-Fiction (Doubles Vies)
Jacques Audiard, The Sisters Brothers
Damien Chazelle, First Man – Opening Night Film
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Brady Corbet, Vox Lux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp_i7cnOgbQ
Alfonso Cuarón, ROMA
Paul Greengrass, 22 July
Luca Guadagnino, Suspiria
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Never Look Away (Werk Ohne Autor)
Jennifer Kent, The Nightingale
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Mike Leigh, Peterloo
Mario Martone, Capri-Revolution
Roberto Minervini, What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire
László Nemes, Sunset (Napszállta)
David Oelhoffen, Close Enemies (Frères Ennemis)
Carlos Reygadas, Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo)
Julian Schnabel, At Eternity’s Gate
Gonzalo Tobal, Dolores (Acusada)
Shinya Tsukamoto, Killing (Zan)
Out of Competition
Fiction
Roberto Ando, Una storia senza nome – Closing Night Film
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, The Summer House (Les estivants)
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Nick Hamm, Driven – Closing Night Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffMpAdoI4RM
Gastón Duprat, My masterpiece (Mi obra maestra)
Amos Gitai, A Tramway in Jerusalem
Saverio Costanzo, My Brilliant Friend (L’amica geniale)
Pierre Schoeller, One Nation, One King (Un peuple et son roi)
Pablo Trapero, La quietud
S. Craig Zahler, Dragged Across Concrete
Zhang Yimou, Shadow (Ying)
Non-Fiction
Amos Gitai, A Letter to a Friend in Gaza
Victor Kossakovsky, Aquarela – Closing Night Film
Emir Kusturica, El Pepe, una vida suprema
Sergei Loznitsa, Process Closing Night Film
Ron Mann, Carmine Street Guitars
Francesca Manocchi and Alessio Romenzi, Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul
Errol Morris, American Dharma
Gastón Solnicki, Introduzione all’Oscuro
Giorgio Treves, 1938 Diversi
Tsai Ming-liang, Your Face (Ni de lian)
Frederick Wiseman, Monrovia, Indiana
Special Events
Yervant Gianikian, Il Diario di Angela – Noi Due Cineasti
Morgan Neville, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
Orson Welles, The Other Side of the Wind
Orizzonti (Horizons)
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, Kraben Rahu (Manta Ray) – Closing Night Film
Ivan Ayr, Soni
Emir Baigazin, The River (Ozen)
Álvaro Brechner, A Twelve-Year-Night La Noche de 12 Años)
Flavia Castro, Deslembro
Mahmut Fazil Coşkun, The Announcement (Anons)
Alessio Cremonini, On My Skin (Sulla Mia Pelle) – Opening Night Film
Ciro D’Emilio, If Life Gives You Lemons (Un Giorno all’Improvviso)
Mary Harron, Charlie Says
Mikhaël Hers, Amanda
Soudade Kaadan, The Day I Lost My Shadow (Yom Adaatou Zouli )
Sarah Marx, L’Enkas
Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov, The Man Who Surprised Everyone (Tchelovek Kotorij Udivil Vseh)
Garin Nugroho, Memories of My Body (Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku) – Closing Night Film
Mostafa Sayyari, As I Lay Dying (Hamchenan Ke Mimordam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thkUnrnmQbM
Emanuele Scaringi, The Armadillo’s Prophecy (La Profezia dell’Armadillo)
Yaron Shani, Stripped (Erom)
Pema Tseden, Jinpa
Sameh Zoabi, Tel Aviv on Fire
Orizzonti Short Films Competition (Closing Night Program)
Aditya Ahmad, A Gift (Kado)
Mohsen Banihashemi, Staircase
Sven Bresser, The Summer and All the Rest (L’été et tout le reste)
Sara Fgaier, Gli anni
Andrew Stephen Lee, Manila is Full of Men Named Boy
Thanasis Neofotistos, Patision Avenue (Leoforos Patision)
Tomas Posse, Los bastardos
Corina Schwingruber Illić, All Inclusive
Eldar Shibanov, Sex, Fear, and Hamburgers (Sex, Strakh I Gamburgery)
Isabella Torre, Ninfe
Yang Zhengfan, Down There (Na Li)
Dušan Zorić, Foreign Body (Strano Telo)
Orizzonti Short Films Out of Competition (Closing Night Program)
Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina Parenti, Blu
Venice International Film Critics Week
In Competition
Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub, Anna Eriksson, Still Recording (Lissa ammetsajjel)
Andreas Goldstein, Adam & Evelyn (Adam und Evelyn)
Hajooj Kuka, The Roundup (aKasha)
Letizia Lamartire, We’ll Be Young and Beautiful (Saremo giovani e bellissimi)
Ivan Salatic, You Have the Night (Ti imaš noć)
Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray, Blonde Animals (Bêtes blondes)
Special event out of competition – Opening film
Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad, Tumbbad
Special event out of competition – Closing film
Abdelhamid Bouchnak, Dachra