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VENICE 2011 Selection

68th Venice International Film Festival: all the films in the line-up

All the features selected at the 68th Venice International Film Festival (August 31-September 10):

Official Selection:

Competition

The Ides Of March - George Clooney (US) [opening film]
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy [+see also:
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- Tomas Alfredson (UK/Germany)
Wuthering Heights [+see also:
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- Andrea Arnold (UK)
Texas Killing Fields - Ami Canaan Maan (US)
When the Night - Cristina Comencini (Italy)
Terraferma [+see also:
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- Emanuele Crialese (Italy/France)
A Dangerous Method [+see also:
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- David Cronenberg (Germany/Canada)
4:44 Last Day On Earth - Abel Ferrara (US)
Killer Joe - William Friedkin (US)
That Summer [+see also:
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- Philippe Garrel (France/Italy/Switzerland)
A Simple Life (Taojie) - Ann Hui (China/Hong-Kong)
The Exchange (Hahithalfut) - Eran Kolirin (Israel)
Alps (Alpeis) [+see also:
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-Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece)
Shame [+see also:
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- Steve McQueen (UK)
The Last Earthling [+see also:
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- Gian Alfonso Pacinotti (Italy)
Carnage [+see also:
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- Roman Polanski (France/Germany/Spain/Poland)
Chicken With Plums [+see also:
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- Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (France/Belgium/Germany)
Faust - Alexander Sokurov (Russia)
Dark Horse - Todd Solondz (US)
Himizu -Sion Sono (Japan)
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Wei Te-Sheng (Taiwan)

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Hot docs EFP inside

Life Without Principle - Johnnie To (Hong Kong)

Out of Competition

Long Live the Antipodes! - Victor Kossakovsky (Germany/Argentina/Netherlands/Chile/Russia) [opening film]
Damsels In Distress - Whit Stillman (US) [closing film]
Almayer’s Folly [+see also:
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- Chantal Akerman (Belgium/France)
The Sorcerer And The White Snake (Baish Echuanshuo) - Tony Ching Siu-Tung (China/Hong Kong)
Summer Games [+see also:
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- Rolando Colla (Switzerland/Italy)
A Lost Son [+see also:
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- Philippe Faucon (Belgium)
The Moth Diaries - Mary Harron (Canada/Ireland)
Alois Nebel [+see also:
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- Tomas Lunak (Czech Republic/Germany)
W.E. [+see also:
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interview: Madonna
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- Madonna (UK)
Eva [+see also:
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- Kike Maillo (UK)
Scossa [+see also:
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-Francesco Maselli, Carlo Lizzani, Ugo Gregoretti and Nino Russo (Italy)
The Field of Enchantment [+see also:
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- Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou (France)
The Cardboard Village [+see also:
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- Ermanno Olmi (Italy)
Wilde Salome - Al Pacino (US)
Tormented - Takashi Shimizu (Japan)
Contagion - Steven Soderbergh (US)
La Meditazione Di Hayez - Mario Martone (short film, Italy)
Tahrir 2011 - Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin and Amr Salama (Egypt)
The End - Collectif Abounaddara (Syria)
Vanguard - Collectif Abounaddara (Syria)
Evolution (Megaplex) 3D - Marco Brambilla (US)

Out-of-competition events

Questa Storia Qua - Alessandro Paris and Sibylle Righetti (documentary, Italy)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has ToTravel - Lisa Immordino Vreeland (documentary, US)

Controcampo Italiano

Black Block - Carlo Augusto Bachschmidt (documentary)
Scialla! - Francesco Bruni
Maternity Blues - Fabrizio Cattani
Io Sono. Storie di Schiavitù - Barbara Cupisti (documentary)
Caldo Grigio, Caldo Nero - Marco Dentici
Qualche Nuvola - Saverio Di Biagio
Rudolf Jacobs, l'Uomo Che Nacque Morendo - by Luigi M. Faccini
Piazza Garibaldi - Davide Ferrario (documentary)
Pugni Chiusi - Fiorella Infascelli (documentary)
Out of Tehran - Monica Maggioni (documentary)
Wang’s Arrival - Manetti bros.
Pivano Blues. Sulla Strada di Nanda - Teresa Marchesi
Cose dell'Altro Mondo - Francesco Patierno
Pasta Nera - Alessandro Piva (documentary)
Horses - Michele Rho
Quiproquo - Elisabetta Sgarbi (documentary)
Hollywood Invasion - Marco Spagnoli
Tutta Colpa della Musica - Ricky Tognazzi
Un Foglio Bianco - Maurizio Zaccaro


Venice Days

Rust [+see also:
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interview: Daniele Gaglianone
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- Daniele Gaglianone (Italy)
Guilty [+see also:
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interview: Vincent Garenq
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- Vincent Garenq (France)
All Our Desires [+see also:
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- Philippe Lioret (France)
Love and Bruises - Lou Ye (France)
Another Silence [+see also:
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interview: Santiago Amigorena
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- Santiago Amigorena (France, Canada, Brazil and Argentina)
Li and the Poet [+see also:
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interview: Andrea Segre
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- Andrea Segre (Italy - France)
Last Winter [+see also:
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interview: John Shank
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- John Shank (Belgium, France)
Café de Flore [+see also:
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interview: Jean-Marc Vallée
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- Jean-Marc Vallée (Canada, France)
Ki - Leszek Dawid (Poland)
Historias Que So Existem Quando Lembradas - Julia Murat (Brazil, Argentina, France)
Habibi Rasak Kharban - Susan Youssef (Palestine, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, US)
Twilight Portrait - Angelina Nikonova (Russia)
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Special Events
Inni - Vincent Morisset (Iceland, UK, Canada)
Testimony - Shlomi Elkabetz (Israel, France)
Crazy Horse - Frederick Wiseman (documentary, France, US)
The Emperor of California - Luis Trenker (Germany)
Cuba In the Age of Obama - Gianni Minà (documentary, Italy)
Voi Siete Qui - Francesco Matera (Italy), in collaboration with the Critics’ Week
Black Gold, Land in Revolt Part 2 - Fernando E. Solanas (documentary, Argentina, Venezuela)


Critics’ Week

Down There [+see also:
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- Guido Lombardi (Italy)
Land of Oblivion [+see also:
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- Michale Boganim (France, Germany, Poland,Ukraine)
Louise Wimmer [+see also:
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- Cyril Mennegun (France)
Stockholm East - Simon Kaijser da Silva (Sweden)
Totem [+see also:
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- Jessica Krummacher (Germany)
El Campo - Hernan Belon - (Argentina, Italy, France)
Wetlands - Guy Edoin (Canada)
Machete Language - Kyzza Terrazas (Mexico)
Peace Mission - Francesco Lagi (Italy) closing film out of competition)

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