Seventy first Venice International Films Festival 2014 has been started from August 27 which will continue until September 6, 2014 in Venice, Italy. The world’s oldest films festival’s honor top twenty movies for competition.
Venice Film Festival opens on Wednesday from Mexico director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film “Birdsman”. Michael Keaton plays a central role in this film. Katun “Batsman” and “Beetle Juice” are known from the movies. ‘Bird man’ in these two films, which are compared with the golden line.
In the film, he played the role of a hero, in the past, “Birdsman” because of his role in the film came to prominence and now it has been forgotten. The most impressive performance of the Broadway theater in the world of show business glory and splendor is engaged in efforts to achieve.
However, during stage performances ‘Birdsman’ character does not pursue it and it is not possible to get out of the citadel and the same calls that echo the kykanun it should go back to the movie screen. Birdsman commented on Michael Keaton said, “I liked the idea of the bird man. All of us in the life of man is a bird, which we can call our negative ego. If you make an agreement with him or her, ignoring her life to sit on the back seat of the car. But this car will run to you”.
Offered for competition at the Venice film festival in Aachen effort by Turkish German director Fatih ‘The Cut’ is also included. The film Armenians during the First World War, massacres of civilians, the choice of topic is controversial and has been the story of a father who is trying to find her daughter.
This year’s competition includes a documentary. Ya shagayu po Moskve “The Look of Silence“. The Indonesian film made on dark chapter of history. Earlier his film “The Act of Killing” has been Oscar.
[divider]
Juries
- Main Competition
- Alexandre Desplat: French composer (President of Jury)
- Joan Chen: Chinese actress and director
- Philip Groning: German director
- Jessica Hausner: Austrian director
- Jhumpa Lahiri: Indian novelist
- Sandy Powell: English costume designer
- Tim Roth: British actor
- Elia Suleiman: Palestinian director
- Carlo Verdone: Italian actor and director
- Horizons (Orizzonti)
- Ann Hui: Hong Kong director (President of Jury)
- Moran Atias: Israeli actress
- Pernilla August: Swedish actress and director
- David Chase: American writer and director
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun: Chadian director
- Roberto Minervini: Italian director
- Alin Tasciyan: Turkish critic
- Luigi De Laurentiis
- Alice Rohrwacher: Italian director (President of Jury)
- Lisandro Alonso: Argentine director
- Ron Mann: Canadian filmmaker
- Vivian Qu: Chinese filmmaker
- Razvan Radulescu: Romanian novelist and film director
Official Selection
In Competition
The following films were selected for the main competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99 Homes | N/A | Ramin Bahrani | United States |
| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron | Roy Andersson | Sweden, Germany, Norway, France |
| Birdman | N/A | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States |
| Black Souls | Anime nere | Francesco Munzi | Italy, France |
| Far from Men | Loin des hommes | David Oelhoffen | France |
| Fires on the Plain | Nobi | Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan |
| Good Kill | N/A | Andrew Niccol | United States |
| Hungry Hearts | Saverio Costanzo | Italy | |
| Leopardi | Il giovane favoloso | Mario Martone | Italy |
| La Rançon de la gloire | La Rançon de la gloire | Xavier Beauvois | France, Belgium, Switzerland |
| Le Dernier Coup de marteau | Le Dernier Coup de marteau | Alix Delaporte | France |
| Manglehorn | N/A | David Gordon Green | United States |
| Pasolini | Pasolini | Abel Ferrara | France, Belgium, Italy |
| Red Amnesia | 闯入者 | Wang Xiaoshuai | China |
| Sivas | Sivas | Kaan Mujdeci | Turkey |
| Tales | Ghesse-ha | Rakhshan Bani-E’temad | Iran |
| The Cut | The Cut | Fatih Akın | Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Canada, Poland, Turkey |
| The Look of Silence | Senyap | Joshua Oppenheimer | Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, UK |
| The Postman’s White Nights | Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia |
| Three Hearts | 3 cœurs | Benoît Jacquot | France |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Words with Gods | N/A | Guillermo Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair,Warwick Thornton, Hector Babenco, Bahman Ghobai, Hideo Nakata, Alex de la Iglesia | Mexico, United States |
| She’s Funny That Way | N/A | Peter Bogdanovich | United States |
| Dearest | 親愛的 | Peter Ho-sun Chan | Hong Kong, China |
| Olive Kitteridge | N/A | Lisa Cholodenko | United States |
| Burying the Ex | N/A | Joe Dante | United States |
| Perez. | Perez. | Edoardo De Angelis | Italy |
| La zuppa del demonio | La zuppa del demonio | Davide Ferrario | Italy |
| The Sound and the Fury | N/A | James Franco | United States |
| Tsili | Tsili | Amos Gitai | Israel, Russia, Italy, France |
| The State-Mafia Pact | La trattativa | Sabina Guzzanti | Italy |
| The Golden Era | 黃金時代 | Ann Hui | China, Hong Kong |
| Make-Up | 화장 | Im Kwon-taek | South Korea |
| The Humbling | N/A | Barry Levinson | United States |
| The Old Man of Belem | O velho do restelo | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| Italy in a Day | Un giorno da italiani | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy, UK |
| In the Basement | Im Keller | Ulrich Seidl | Austria |
| The Boxtrolls | N/A | Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable | United States |
| Nymphomaniac Volume II | Nymphomaniac Volume I (Long Version) Director’s Cut | Lars Von Trier | Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium |
Feature Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theeb | Theeb | Naji Abu Nowar | Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, United Kingdom |
| Line of Credit | Kreditis Limiti | Salome Alexi | Georgia, Germany, France |
| Cymbeline | N/A | Michael Almereyda | United States |
| Senza nessuna pietà | Senza nessuna pietà | Michele Alhaique | Italy |
| Near Death Experience | NDE (Near Death Experience) | Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern | France |
| La vita oscena | La vita oscena | Renato De Maria | Italy |
| Reality | Réalité | Quentin Dupieux | France, Belgium |
| Goodnight Mommy | Ich seh, Ich seh | Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala | Austria |
| Hill of Freedom | 자유의 언덕 | Hong Sangsoo | South Korea |
| Bypass | N/A | Duane Hopkins | United Kingdom |
| The President | N/A | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Georgia, France, United Kingdom, Germany |
| Jackie & Ryan | N/A | Ami Canaan Mann | United States |
| Belluscone, una storia siciliana | Belluscone, una storia siciliana | Franco Maresco | Italy |
| Nabat | Nabat | Elchin Musaoglu | Azerbaijan |
| Heaven Knows What | N/A | Josh Safdie, Ben Safdie | United States, France |
| These Are the Rules | Takva Su Pravila | Ognjen Svilicic | Croatia, France, Serbia, Macedonia |
| Court | Court | Chaitanya Tamhane | India |
Short Films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bache | La bambina | Ali Asgari | Italy, Iran |
| Ferdinand Knapp | Ferdinand Knapp | Andrea Baldini | France |
| Mademoiselle | Mademoiselle | Guillaume Gouix | France |
| Castillo y el Armado | Castillo y el Armado | Pedro Harres | Brazil |
| Daily Bread | Pat-Lehem | Idan Hubel | Israel |
| 3/105 | 3/105 | Avelina Prat, Diego Opazo | Spain |
| Maryam | Maryam | Sidi Saleh | Indonesia |
| Art | Arta | Adrian Sitaru | Romania |
| Era Apocrypha | N/A | Brendan Sweeny | United States |
| Great Heat | 大暑 | Chen Tao | China |
| Cams | Cams | Carl-Johan Westregård | Sweden |
| In Overtime | Fi Al Waqt Al Dae’a | Rami Yasin | Jordan, Palestine |
Out of Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Io sto con la sposa | Io sto con la sposa | Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry | Italy, Palestine |
| Lift You Up | N/A | Ramin Bahrani | United States |
| L’attesa del maggio | L’attesa del maggio | Simone Massi | Italy |
[divider]
Autonomous Sections
Feature films
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing With Maria | Dancing with Maria | Ivan Gergolet | Italy, Argentina, Slovenia |
| 40-Love | Terre battue | Stéphane Demoustier | France |
| The Council of Birds | Zerrumpelt Herz | Timm Kroger | Germany |
| No One’s Child | Nicije dete | Vuk Rsumovic | Serbia |
| The Coffin in the Mountain | 殡棺 | Xin Yukun | China |
| Flapping in The Middle of Nowhere | Đập cánh giữa không trung | Nguyen Hoang Diep | Vietnam, France, Norway, Germany |
| Villa Touma | Villa Touma | Suha Arraf | Palestine |
Out of Competition (Special Screening)
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | Melbourne | Nima Javidi | Iran |
| The Market | Arance e Martello | Diego Bianchi | Italy |
Official Selection
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cinco | El 5 de talleres | Adrián Biniez | Argentina, Uruguay |
| Return to Ithaca | Retour à Ithaque | Laurent Cantet | France |
| Before I Disappear | N/A | Shawn Christensen | United States |
| The Smell of Us | The Smell of Us | Larry Clark | France |
| Messi | Messi | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
| The Dinner | I nostri ragazzi | Ivano De Matteo | Italy |
| Summer Nights | Les nuits d’été | Mario Fanfani | France |
| Patria | Patria | Felice Farina | Italy |
| The Farewell Party | Mita Tova | Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon | Israel, Germany |
| Métamorphoses | Métamorphoses | Christophe Honoré | France |
| Between 10 and 12 | Tussen 10 en 12 | Peter Hoogendoorn | Netherlands |
| One on One | 일대일 | Kim Ki-duk | South Korea |
| The Goob | N/A | Guy Myhill | United Kingdom |
| Labour of Love | Asha jaoar majhe | Aditya Vikram Sengupta | India |
| They Have Escaped | He ovat paenneet | JP Valkepää | Finland, Netherlands |
Special Events
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9×10 novanta | 9×10 novanta | Marco Bonfanti, Sara Fgaier,Claudio Giovannesi, Alina Marazzi, Pietro Marcello,Giovanni Piperno, Costanza Quatriglio, Paola Randi, Alice Rohrwacher, Roland Sejko | Italy |
| The Show Mas Go On | The Show Mas Go On | Rä di Martino | Italy |
| The Lack | The Lack | Masbedo | Italy |
| Five Star | N/A | Keith Miller | United States |
Miu Miu Women’s Tales
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark and Light | #7 Spark and Light | So Yong Kim | Italy, United States |
| Somebody | #8 Somebody | Miranda July | Italy, United States |
Premio Lux
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Enemy | Razredni sovražnik | Rok Biček | Slovenia |
| Ida | Ida | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, Denmark |
| Girlhood | Bande de filles | Céline Sciamma | France |
Venice Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bride | Gelin | Lutfi Akad | Turkey |
| Red Chairs, Parma and the Cinema | Poltrone rosse, parma e il cinema | Francesco Barilli | Italy |
| China is Near | La Cina è vicina | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| Mouchette | Robert Bresson | France | |
| The Innocents | Jack Clayton | United Kingdom | |
| Walking the Streets of Moscow | Ya shagayu po Moskve | Georgiy Daneliya | Soviet Union |
| Umberto D. | Vittorio De Sica | Italy | |
| The Iron Mask | Allan Dwan | United States | |
| L’udienza | Marco Ferreri | Italy | |
| No End | Bez końca | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland |
| Without Pity | Senza pietà | Alberto Lattuada | Italy |
| The Warrior | Maciste alpino | Luigi Maggi, Luigi Romano Borgnetto | Italy |
| L’avventura di un soldato | Nino Manfredi | Italy | |
| Guys and Dolls | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | United States | |
| Altman | Ron Mann | Canada | |
| The Man from Laramie | Anthony Mann | United States | |
| Todo modo | Elio Petri | Italy | |
| L’Amour existe | Maurice Pialat | France | |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | Roman Polanski | United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Tales of Hoffmann | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
| A Special Day | Una giornata particolare | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| Only She Knows | Kanojo dake ga shitte iru | Osamu Takahashi | Japan |
| Stolen Kisses | Baisers volés | François Truffaut | France |
| Flowers of Taipei – New Taiwan Cinema | 光陰的故事 －台灣新電影 | Hsieh Chin Lin | Taiwan |
