Venice Film Festival is returning this year with a lineup of some of the most anticipated titles of 2022. As one of the world's most renowned international film festivals, the titles that will premiere this year do not disappoint. With new works from Luca Guadagnino, Olivia Wilde, Darren Aronofsky, Andrew Dominik, Alejandro J. Iñárritu, and Laura Poitras, they are among some of the many directors whose work will be launching from the Lido in hopes of winning VFF's Golden Lion at the 79th Film Festival, which will kick off on August 31.
Opening the festival will be the premiere of White Noise, which will satiate our Greta Gerwig pining until Barbie is out. Noah Baumbach’s black comedy will star Gerwig alongside Adam Driver in their first pairing since Frances Ha. It will also be the first Netflix original film to open Venice Film Festival.
Stars who are expected to show up on the iconic red carpet are Olivia Wilde, Penelope Cruz, Ana de Armas, Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Christoph Waltz, Sigourney Weaver, Jodie Turner Smith, and Mia Goth. Below, is the full lineup for the 79th Venice Film Festival 2022.
Competition
Il Signore Delle Formiche, dir. Gianni Amelio
The Whale, dir. Darren Aronofsky
L’Imensita, dir. Emanuel Crialese
Saint Omer, dir. Alice Diop
Blonde, dir. Andrew Dominik
Tár, dir. Todd Field
Love Life, dir. Koji Fukada
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Athena, dir. Romain Gavras
Bones and All, dir. Luca Guadagnino
The Eternal Daughter, dir. Joanna Hogg
Beyond the Wall, dir. Vahid Jalilvand
The Banshees of Inisherin, dir. Martin McDonagh
Argentina 1985, dir. Santiago Mitre
Chiara, dir. Susanna Nicchiarelli
Monica, dir. Andrea Pallaoro
No Bears, dir. Jafar Panahi
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, dir. Laura Poitras
A Couple, dir. Frederick Wiseman
The Son, dir. Florian Zeller
Our Ties, dir. Roschdy Zem
Other People’s Children, dir. Rebecca Zlotowski
Out of Competition — Fiction
The Hanging Sun, dir. Francesco Carrozzini
When the Waves Are Gone, dir. Lav Diaz
Living, dir. Oliver Hermanus
Dead for a Dollar, dir. Walter Hill
Call of God, dir. Kim Ki-duk
Dreamin’ Wild, dir. Bill Pohlad
Master Gardener, dir. Paul Schrader
Drought, dir. Paolo Virzi
Pearl, dir. Ti West
Don’t Worry Darling, dir. Olivia Wilde
Out of Competition — Nonfiction
Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, dir. Evgeny Afineevsky
The Matchmaker, dir. Benedetta Argentieri
Gli Ultimi Giorni Dell’Umanita, dirs, Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo
A Compassionate Spy, dir. Steve James
Music for Black Pigeons, dirs, Jorgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed
The Kiev Trial, dir. Sergei Loznitsa
In Viaggio, dir. Gianfranco Rosi
Bobi Wine Ghetto President, dirs, Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo
Nuclear, dir. Oliver Stone
Out of Competition — TV Series
The Kingdom Exodus, dir. Lars von Trier
Copenhagen Cowboys, dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Horizons
Princess, dir. Roberto De Paolis
On the Fringe, dir. Juan Diego Botto
Victim, dir. Michal Blasko
Trenque Lauquen I, dir. Laura Citarella
Trenque Lauquen II, dir. Laura Citarella
Vera, dirs, Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Blanquita, dir. Fernando Guzzoni
Pour La France, dir. Rachid Hami
A Man, dir. Kei Ishikawa
Bread And Salt, dir. Damian Kocur
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, dir. Antonio Lukich
Ti Mangio Il Cuore, dir. Pippo Mezzapesa
To the North, dir. Mihai Mincan
Autobiography, dir. Makbul Mubarak
La Syndicaliste, dir. Jean-Paul Salomé
World War III, dir. Houman Seyedi
The Happiest Man in the World, dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska
The Bride, dir. Sergio Tréfaut
Horizons Extra
Origin of Evil, dir. Sebastien Mariner
Hanging Gardens, dir. Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Amanda, dir. Carolina Cavalli
Zapatos Rojos, dir. Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser
Nezhou, dir. Soudade Kaadan
Notte Fantasma, dir. Fulvio Risuleo
Without Her, dir. Arian Vazirdaftari
Valeria Is Getting Married, dir. Michael Vinik
Goliath, dir. Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Short Films
Maid, dir. Lucretia Martel
Look at Me, dir. Sally Potter
