A warm welcome from La Biennale di Venezia, Cinecittà, and Mastercard.
Venice
OUT OF COMPETITION – Venezia 79

FICTION
THE HANGING SUN – CLOSING FILM
by FRANCESCO CARROZZINI
with Alessandro Borghi, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sam Spruell, Frederick Schmidt, Raphael Vicas, Peter Mullan, Charles Dance / Italy, UK / 93’
KAPAG WALA NANG MGA ALON (WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE)
by LAV DIAZ
with John Lloyd Cruz, Ronnie Lazaro, Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino, Dms Boongaling / Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark / 187’
LIVING
by OLIVER HERMANUS
with Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Tom Burke / UK / 102’
DEAD FOR A DOLLAR
by WALTER HILL
with Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Warren Burke, Benjamin Bratt / USA, Canada / 114’
KÕNE TAEVAST (CALL OF GOD)
by KIM KI-DUK
with Zhanel Sergazina, Abylai Maratov / Estonia, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan / 81’
DREAMIN’ WILD
by BILL POHLAD
with Casey Affleck, Noah Jupe, Zooey Deschanel, Chris Messina, Jack Dylan Grazer, Walton Goggins, Beau Bridges / USA / 110’
MASTER GARDENER
by PAUL SCHRADER
with Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Quintessa Swindell / USA / 107’
SICCITÁ
by PAOLO VIRZÌ
with Claudia Pandolfi , Silvio Orlando , Valerio Mastandrea , Sara Serraiocco, Elena Lietti, Gabriel Montesi, Tommaso Ragno, Max Tortora, Monica Bellucci, Diego Ribon , Vinicio Marchioni, Emanuela Fanelli / Italy
PEARL
by TI WEST
with Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro / USA / 102’
DON’T WORRY DARLING
by OLIVIA WILDE
with Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, KiKi Layne, Gemma Chan / USA / 122’
NON FICTION
FREEDOM ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
by EVGENY AFINEEVSKY
Ukraine, UK, USA / 118’
THE MATCHMAKER
by BENEDETTA ARGENTIERI
Italy / 90’
GLI ULTIMI GIORNI DELL’UMANITÀ
by ENRICO GHEZZI, ALESSANDRO GAGLIARDO
Italy / 200’
A COMPASSIONATE SPY
by STEVE JAMES
USA, UK / 101’
MUSIC FOR BLACK PIGEONS
by JØRGEN LETH, ANDREAS KOEFOED
Denmark / 90’
THE KIEV TRIAL
by SERGEI LOZNITSA
Netherlands, Ukraine / 106’
IN VIAGGIO
by GIANFRANCO ROSI
Italy / 80’
BOBI WINE GHETTO PRESIDENT
by CHRISTOPHER SHARP, MOSES BWAYO
Uganda, UK, USA / 121’
NUCLEAR
by OLIVER STONE
USA / 119’
OUT OF COMPETITION – SERIES
RIGET EXODUS (THE KINGDOM EXODUS) (EPISODES 1-5)
by LARS VON TRIER
with Bodil Jørgensen, Mikael Persbrandt, Tuva Novotny, Lars Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Nicolas Bro, Alexander Skarsgård / Denmark / 291’
COPENHAGEN COWBOY (EPISODES 1-6)
by NICOLAS WINDING REFN
with Angela Bundalovic, Lola Corfixen, Zlatko Buric, Andreas Lykke Jørgensen, Jason Hendil-Forssell, Li Ii Zhang, Dragana Milutinovic / Denmark / 292’
OUT OF COMPETITION – SHORT FILMS
CAMARERA DE PISO (MAID)
by LUCRECIA MARTEL
with Jorgelina Contreras, Daniel Valenzuela, Anavelí Acero, Ariel Gigena / Argentina, Mexico / 11’
A GUERRA FINITA
by SIMONE MASSI
voice: Gino Strada / animation film / Italy / 4’
IN QUANTO A NOI
by SIMONE MASSI
voice: Wim Wenders / animation film / Italy / 5’
LOOK AT ME
by SALLY POTTER
with Javier Bardem, Chris Rock / UK, USA / 16’
Venice
THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

The panel The values of cinema in global society is scheduled on August 30, Press Room (Palazzo del Casinò, Venice Lido).
THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES AT THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
For the first time, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will officially attend the Venice International Film Festival, on the occasion of the festival’s 90th anniversary. La Biennale di Venezia, Cinecittà, and Mastercard will welcome the Academy’s new CEO Bill Kramer – who will participate at the 79th Venice Film Festival along with a number of Academy delegates – at various important events to celebrate international cinema together.
In particular, on Tuesday, August 30 at 3 pm, at the Press Room (Palazzo del Casinò, Venice Lido), there will be a round table discussion entitled The values of cinema in global society, with the participation of the Academy’s CEO Bill Kramer, the President of La Biennale Roberto Cicutto, the Artistic Director of the Venice International Film Festival Alberto Barbera, the President of Cinecittà Chiara Sbarigia, the CEO of Cinecittà Nicola Maccanico, and Mastercard’s Country Manager Italy Michele Centemero. The panel will be moderated by the Variety correspondent Nick Vivarelli.
Also on Tuesday, August 30, Bill Kramer will participate at an exclusive event in partnership with Mastercard which will be held that evening at Misericordia (historic center of Venice). Then, on the evening of Wednesday, August 31, he will take attend the opening Gala in the Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema). Lastly, on Thursday, September 1, at the Lido, Bill Kramer will meet with Academy members from around the world who are attending the festival, as well as with key representatives of international cinema.
ACADEMY IN VENICE PROGRAMME
Tuesday, August 30
3 pm – Venice Lido. Press Room (Palazzo del Casinò). Press presentation and round table discussion: The values of cinema in global society. In the presence of the Academy’s CEO, the President of the Biennale, the Artistic Director of the Venice International Film Festival, the CEO and the President of Cinecittà, and Mastercard’s Country Manager Italy.
8 pm – Scuola Grande della Misericordia: cocktail party
9:30 pm – Reception in partnership with Mastercard. Music by Aria and Friends Orchestra; dinner by Chef Alajmo, 3 Michelin stars.
Thursday, September 1
1 pm – Hotel Excelsior. Brunch with the participation of Bill Kramer, Academy delegates, and many national and international guests attending the Film Festival.
Venice
SCREENING SCHEDULE OF THE BIENNALE CINEMA 2022 ONLINE FROM TUESDAY 16 AUGUST

Online ticket sales for the public from August 17 (3 pm), online booking service for pass holders from August 28.
SCHEDULE
The screening schedule of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (Venice, 31 August > 10 September 2022) will be published online on the website www.labiennale.org on Tuesday 16 August at 3 pm.
The online ticket sales service for the public will be active from Wednesday 17 August at 3 pm.
The online booking service for pass holders will be available from Sunday 28 August.
Venice
VENEZIA 79 In Competition

WHITE NOISE – OPENING FILM
by NOAH BAUMBACH
with Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Eidinger/ USA / 136’
IL SIGNORE DELLE FORMICHE
by GIANNI AMELIO
with Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardo Maltese, Sara Serraiocco / Italy / 134’
THE WHALE
by DARREN ARONOFSKY
with Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton, Ty Simpkins / USA / 117’
L’IMMENSITÀ
by EMANUELE CRIALESE
with Penélope Cruz, Luana Giuliani, Vincenzo Amato, Patrizio Francioni / Italy, France / 97’
SAINT OMER
by ALICE DIOP
with Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit / France / 122’
BLONDE
by ANDREW DOMINIK
with Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, Julianne Nicholson, Lily Fisher / USA / 165’
TÁR
by TODD FIELD
with Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, Mark Strong / USA / 158’
LOVE LIFE
by KÔJI FUKADA
with Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Atom Sunada / Japan, France / 123’
BARDO, FALSA CRÓNICA DE UNAS CUANTAS VERDADES (BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS)
by ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU
with Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Iker Sanchez Solano, Andrés Almeida, Francisco Rubio / Mexico
ATHENA
by ROMAIN GAVRAS
with Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek, Alexis Manenti / France / 97’
BONES AND ALL
by LUCA GUADAGNINO
with Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Chloë Sevigny, Jessica Harper, David Gordon Green, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jake Horowitz / USA / 130’
THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER
by JOANNA HOGG
with Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies / UK, USA / 96’
SHAB, DAKHELI, DIVAR (BEYOND THE WALL)
by VAHID JALILVAND
with Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaee / Iran / 126’
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
by MARTIN MCDONAGH
with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan / Ireland, UK, USA / 109’
ARGENTINA, 1985
by SANTIAGO MITRE
with Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Norman Briski / Argentina, USA / 140’
CHIARA
by SUSANNA NICCHIARELLI
with Margherita Mazzucco, Andrea Carpenzano, Carlotta Natoli, Paola Tiziana Cruciani, Luigi Lo Cascio / Italy, Belgium / 106’
MONICA
by ANDREA PALLAORO
with Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Adriana Barraza, Emily Browning, Joshua Close / USA, Italy / 106’
KHERS NIST (NO BEARS)
by JAFAR PANAHI
with Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjeei, Mina Kavani, Reza Heydari / Iran / 106’
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
by LAURA POITRAS
USA / 113’
UN COUPLE (A COUPLE)
by FREDERICK WISEMAN
with Nathalie Boutefeu / France, USA / 63’
THE SON
by FLORIAN ZELLER
with Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Quarshie / UK / 123’
LES MIENS (OUR TIES)
by ROSCHDY ZEM
with Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Maïwenn, Rachid Bouchareb, Abel Jafrei, Nina Zem / France / 85’
LES ENFANTS DES AUTRES (OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN)
by REBECCA ZLOTOWSKI
with Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira / France / 104’