The line-up of the 65th Venice Film Festival

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-29 11:24

The 65th Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d鈥橝rte Cinematografica di Venezia), organised by the Venice Biennale, takes place on the Venice Lido from August 27th to September 6th 2008.

Of the 21 films competing for the coveted Golden Lion award, American entries include Rachel is Getting Married starring Anne Hathaway and Debra Winger; Kathryn Bigelow's Hurt Locker, starring Ralph Fiennes; and Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, with Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei.

Opening the festival is the world premiere of the Coen brothers "Burn After Reading" - a film not in competition - starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney.

IN COMPETITION

鈥淭he Wrestler,鈥� Darren Aronofsky (U.S., France) Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood

鈥淭he Burning Plain,鈥� Guillermo Arriaga (U.S.) Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Joaquim de Almeida

鈥淚l Papa di Giovanna,鈥� Pupi Avati (Italy) Silvio Orlando, Alba Rohrwacher, Francesca Neri, Ezio Greggio, Serena Grandi

鈥淏irdwatchers,鈥� Marco Bechis (Italy) Claudio Santamaria, Alic茅lia Batista Cabreira, Chiara Caselli, Abrisio Da Silva Pedro

鈥淟鈥橝utre,鈥� Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic (France) Dominique Blanc, Cyril Gue茂, Peter Bonke, Christ猫le Tual

鈥淭he Hurt Locker,鈥� Kathryn Bigelow (U.S.) Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty

鈥淚l Seme della discordia,鈥� Pappi Corsicato (Italy) Caterina Murino, Alessandro Gassman, Martina Stella, Michele Venitucci, Isabella Ferrari

鈥淩achel Getting Married,鈥� Jonathan Demme (U.S.) Anne Hathaway, Debra Winger, Rosemarie Dewitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe

鈥淭eza,鈥� Haile Gerima (Ethiopia, Germany, France) Aron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech Beyene

鈥淧aper Soldier,鈥� (鈥滲uma啪nyj soldat鈥�)Aleksey German Jr. (Russia) Chulpan Khamatova, Merab Ninidze, Anastasya Shevelyova

鈥淪眉t,鈥� Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey, France, Germany) Melih Selcuk, Basak Koklukaya

鈥淎chilles and the Tortoise,鈥� (鈥滱kires to kame鈥�) Takeshi Kitano (Japan) Beat Takeshi, Kanako Higuchi, Yurei Yanagi, Kumiko Aso

鈥淧onyo on Cliff by the Sea,鈥� (鈥滸ake no ue no Ponyo鈥�) Hayao Miyazaki (Japan) animation

鈥淰egas: Based on a True Story,鈥� Amir Naderi (U.S.) Mark Greenfield, Nancy La Scala, Zach Thomas

鈥淭he Sky Crawlers,鈥� Oshii Mamoru (Japan) animation

鈥淧erfect Day,鈥� (鈥漊n giorno perfetto鈥�) Ferzan Ozpetek (Italy) Isabella Ferrari, Valerio Mastandrea, Valerio Binasco, Nicole Grimaudo, Stefania Sandrelli

鈥淛erichow,鈥� Christian Petzold (Germany) Nina Hoss, Benno F眉rmann, Hilmi S枚zer

鈥淚nju, the Beast in the Shadows,鈥� Barbet Schroeder (France) Magimel Beno卯t, Minamoto Lika, Shun Sugata, Maurice B茅nichou, Ryo Ishibashi

鈥淣uit de Chien,鈥� Werner Schroeter (France, Germany, Portugal) Pascal Greggory, Bruno Todeschini, Amira Casar, Jean-Fran莽ois Stevenin

鈥淚nland,鈥� (鈥滸abbla鈥�) Tariq Teguia (Algeria, France)

Kader Affak, Ines Rose Djakou, Ahmed Bena茂ssa, Fethi Ghares, Kouider Medjahed, Djalila Kadi-Hanifi

鈥淧lastic City,鈥� (鈥滵angkou鈥�) Yu Lik-wai (Brazil, 皇冠体育app, Hong Kong/皇冠体育app, Japan) Joe Odagiri, Anthony Wong, Huang Yi, Jeff Chen

OUT OF COMPETITION

Paolo Benvenuti 鈥淧uccini e la fanciulla鈥� 鈥� Italy Riccardo Moretti, Tania Squillarlo, Giovanna Daddi, Debora Mattiello, Federica Chezzi

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen 鈥淏urn After Reading鈥� 鈥� USA George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton

Claire Denis 鈥�35 Rhums鈥� 鈥� France / Spain Alex Descas, Gr茅goire Colin, Nicole Dogue, Mati Diop

JIA Zhangke 鈥淗eshang aiqing鈥� (鈥滳ry me a river鈥�) (short film - 19 minutes) 鈥� 皇冠体育app / Spain / France Tao Zhao / Hongmei Wang

Minoru Kawasaki 鈥淕irara no gyakushu / Samitto kiki ippatsu!鈥� (鈥滿onster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit!鈥�) 鈥� Japan Natsuki Kato, Kazuki Kato, Hirohisa Nakata, Susumu Kurobe

Abbas Kiarostami 鈥淪hirin鈥� 鈥� Iran Juliette Binoche, Mahnaz Afshar, Niki Karimi

Jos茅 Mojica Marins 鈥淓ncarna莽茫o do dem么nio鈥� 鈥� Brazil Jos茅 Mojica Marins, D茅bora Muniz, Raymond Castile

Mario Monicelli 鈥淰icino al Colosseo c鈥櫭� Monti 鈥� (short film - 22 minutes) 鈥� Italy documentary

Nonzee Nimibutr 鈥淧uen yai jom sa lad鈥� (鈥漄ueens of Langkasuka鈥�) 鈥� Thailand Ananda Everingham, Jarunee Suksawat, Sorapong Chatri

Manoel de Oliveira 鈥淒o Vis铆vel ao Invis铆vel鈥� (short film - 7 minutes) 鈥� Brazil / Portugal Leon Cakoff, Ricardo Trepa

Agn茅s Varda 鈥淟es Plages d鈥橝gn猫s鈥� 鈥� France documentary

Fabrice du Welz 鈥淰inyan鈥� 鈥� France / UK / Belgium Emmanuelle B茅art, Rufus Sewell

Line-up also includes:

Orizzonti - A section aiming to provide a picture of new trends in cinema

Corto Cortissimo - An international competition of short films in 35mm, whose length does not exceed 30 minutes

These Phantoms: Italian Cinema Rediscovered (1946 鈥� 1975) - A retrospective section on Italian cinema (1946-1975).