2019 Venice Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Ad Astra,' 'Joker,' 'Laundromat'
The Venice Film Festival unveiled the lineup for its 76th edition, which will include high-profile projects like "Ad Astra" with Brad Pitt and "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix.
On Thursday morning, the festival announced the films that will vie for the Golden Lion. While this year's lineup doesn't boast as many big names as last year (when "A Star Is Born" and "The Favourite" ruled the roost), it will feature stars like Meryl Streep in "The Laundromat" and Adam Driver, and Scarlett Johansson in "Marriage Story."
There's already some controversy around this year's festival. Roman Polanski’s "An Officer And A Spy" will have a red carpet premiere in Venice. And only two female directors made it into the competition.
Here's the full 2019 Venice Film Festival lineup:
COMPETITION
The Truth, Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Perfect Candidate, Haifaa Al-Mansour
About Endlessness, Roy Andersson
Wasp Network, Olivier Assayas
Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach
Guest of Honour, Atom Egoyan
Ad Astra, James Gray
A Herdade, Tiago Guedes
Gloria Mundi, Robert Guediguian
Waiting for the Barbarians, Ciro Guerra
Ema, Pablo Larrain
Saturday Fiction, Lou Ye
Martin Eden, Pietro Marcello
The Mayor of Rione Sanita, Franco Maresco
The Painted Bird, Vaclav Marhoul
Il Sindaco del Rione Sanita, Mario Martone
Babyteeth, Shannon Murphy
Joker, Todd Phillips
An Officer And A Spy, Roman Polanski
The Laundromat, Steven Soderbergh
No. 7 Cherry Lane, Yonfan
OUT OF COMPETITION - FICTION
The Burnt Orange Heresy, Giuseppe Capotondi
Seberg, Benedict Andrews
No One Left Behind, Guillermo Arriaga
Vivere, Francesca Archibugi
Mosul, Matthew Michael Carnahan
Adults in the Room, Costa-Gavras
The King, David Michod
Volare, Gabriele Salvatores
OUT OF COMPETITION - NON FICTION
Woman, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Anastasia Mikova
Roger Waters Us + Them, Sean Evans, Roger Waters
Citizen K, Alex Gibney
Angela's Diaries - Two Filmmakers. Part Two., Tervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Citizen Rosi, Didi Gnocchi, Carolina Rosi
The Kingmaker, Lauren Greenfield
State Funeral, Sergei Loznitsa
Collective, Alexander Nanau
45 Seconds of Laughter, Tim Robbins
Il Pianeta In Mare, Andrea Segre
OUT OF COMPETITION - SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Goodbye, Dragon Inn, Tsai Ming-Liang
Electric Swan, Konstantina Kotzamani
Irreversible- Inversion Integrale, Gaspar Noe
ZeroZeroZero, Stefano Sollima
The New Pope, Paolo Sorrentino
Never Just a Dream: Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut, Matt Wells
Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick
SCONFINI
Chiara Ferragni - Unposted, Elisa Amoruso
Il Varco, Federico Ferrone, Michele Manzolini
The Scarecrows, Nouri Bouzid
Effetto Domino, Alessandro Rossetto
HORIZONS COMPETITION
Pelican Blood, Katrin Gebbe (Opening Film)
Blanco en Blanco, Theo Court
Mes Jours de Gloire, Antoine de Bary
Nevia, Nunzia de Stefano
Moffie, Oliver Hermanus
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha, Sahraa Karimi
Rialto, Peter Mackie Burns
The Criminal Man, Dmitry Mamuliya
Giants Being Lonely, Grear Patterson
Revenir, Jessica Palud
Verdict, Raymund Ribay Gutierrez
Just 6.5, Saeed Roustaee
Zumiriki, Oskar Alegria
A Son, Mehdi M. Barsaoui
Shadow of Water, Sasidharan Sanal Kumar
Sole, Carlo Sironi
Madre, Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Ballon, Pema Tseden
Atlantis, Valentyn Vasyanovych