Following is the official programme for the 65th Venice Film Festival, running in the lagoon city from August 28 to September 6.
OPENING FILM (OUT OF COMPETITION) · Burn After Reading - Ethan & Joel Coen - USA
OFFICIAL COMPETITION · The Wrestler - Darren Aranofsky - USA · Uno giorno perfetto (A Perfect Day) - Ferzan Ozpetek - Italy · The Burning Plain -
Guillermo Arriaga - Mexico/USA · Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff) - Hayao Miyazaki - Japan · Achilles to kame (Achilles and the Tortoise) - Takeshi
Kitano - Japan · Il papa' di Giovanna - Pupi Avati - Italy · Birdwatchers - Marco Bechis - Italy · L'autre - Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic -
France · Hurt Locker - Kathyn Bigelow - USA · Il seme della discordia - Pappi Corsicato - Italy · Rachel Getting Married - Jonathan Demme - USA · Teza -
Haile Gerima Teza - Ethiopia/Germany/France · Bumaznyj soldat (Paper Soldier) - Aleksey German Jr. - Russia · Suet - Semih Kaplanoglu -
Turkey/France/Germany · Vegas: Based on a True Story - Amir Naderi - USA · The Sky Crawlers - Mamoru Oshii - Japan · Jerichow - Christian Petzold - Germany
· Inju, la Bête dans l'ombre - Barbet Schroeder - France · Nuit de chien - Werner Schroeter - France/Germany/Portugal · Gabbla (Inland) - Tariq Teguia -
Algeria/France · Dangkou (Plastic City) - Lik-wai Yu - Brazil/China/Hong Kong/Japan
OUT OF COMPETITION · 35 Rhums - Claire Denis - France/Spain · Vinyan - Fabrice Du Welz - Belgium/France · Shirin - Abbas Kiarostami - Iran · Puccini e la
fanciulla - Paolo Benvenuti - Italy · Yuppi Du - Adriano Celentano - Italy · Les Plages d'Agne's - Agne's Varda - France · Encarnaç o do demonio - Jose'
Mojica Marins - Brazil
ORIZZONTI / HORIZONS · Goodbye Solo - Ramin Bahrani - USA · A Erva do Rato - Julio Bressane & Rosa Dias - Brazil · Parc - Arnaud Des Pallieres - France ·
Melancholia - Lav Diaz - Phillipines · Un lac - Philippe Grandrieux - France · Wild Field (Dikoe Pole) - Mikhail Kalatozishvili - Russia · Il primo giorno
d'inverno - Mirko Locatelli - Italy · Voy a explotar - Gerardo Naranjo - Mexico · Jay - Francis Xavier Pasion - Philippines · Pa-ra-da - Marco Pontecorvo -
Italy/France/Romania · Zero Bridge - Tariq Tapa - India/US
ORIZZONTI / HORIZONS - DOCUMENTARIES · Puisque nous sommes nes - Jean-Pierre Duret & Andrea Santana - France/Brazil · Women - Huang Wenhai -
China/Switzerland · In Paraguay - Ross McElwee - USA · Z32 - Avi Mograbi - Israel/France · Below Sea Level - Gianfranco Rosi - Italy/US · Los Herederos -
Eugenio Polgovsky - Mexico · L'Exil et le royaume - Andrei Schtakleff & Jonathan Le Fourn - France · Verso Est - Laura Angiulli - Italy/Bosnia and
Herzegovina · ThyssenKrupp Blues - Pietro Balla & Monica Repetto - Italy · La fabbrica dei tedeschi - Mimmo Calopresti - Italy · Soltanto un nome nei
titoli di testa - Daniele Di Biaso - Italy · Antonioni su Antonioni - Carlo Di Carlo - Italy · Venezia '68 - Antonello Sarno - Italy · Valentino: The Last
Emperor - Matt Tyrnauer - USA
JURIES
Official Competition Jury: Wim Wenders (Jury President), Juriy Arabov, Valeria Golino, Douglas Gordon, John Landis, Lucrecia Martel, Johnnie To.
Orizzonti / Horizons Jury: Chantal Akerman (Jury President), Nicole Brenez, Barbara Cupisti, Jose' Luis Guerin, Veiko unpuu.
Premio Luigi De Laurentiis for Best Debut Feature Jury: Abdellatif Kechiche (Jury President), Alice Braga, Gregory Jacobs, Donald Ranvaud, Heidrun Schleef.
CRITICS' WEEK - OPENING FILM (OUT OF COMPETITION) · Lonsj (Cold Lunch) - Eva Sorhaug - Norway
CRITICS' WEEK - IN COMPETITION · L'apprenti (The Apprentice) - Samuel Collardey - France · Cuvari Noci (Night Guards) - Namik Kabil - Bosnia and
Herzegovina · Huanggua (Cucumber) - Zhou Yaowu - China · Iki Cizgi (Two Lines) - Selim Evci - Turkey · Kabuli Kid - Barmak Akram - France/Afghanistan ·
Pranzo di Ferragosto - Gianni Di Gregorio - Italy · $e11.Ou7! Sell Out! - Yeo Joonhan - Malaysia
CRITICS' WEEK - CLOSING FILM (OUT OF COMPETITION) · Pinuccio Lovero - Sogno di una morte di mezza estate - Pippo Mezzapesa - Italy
VENICE DAYS (GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI) · Una semana solos (A Week Alone) - Celina Murga - Argentina · Machan - Uberto Pasolini - Italy/Germany · Broken
Lines - Sallie Aprahamian - UK · Un altro pianeta (One Love, One Life) - Stefano Tummolini - Italy · Muukalainen (The Visitor) -- Jukka-Pekka Valkeapaeae -
Finland · Pescuit sportiv (Hooked) - Adrian Sitaru - Romania · Pokrajina St.2 (Landscape No. 2) - Vinko Moderndorfer - Slovenia · Rysa (Scratch) - Michal
Rosa - Poland · Venkovsky ucitel (A Country Teacher) - Bohdan Slama - Czech Republic · (N)iemand (Nowhere Man) - Patrice Toye - Belgium · Stella - Sylvie
Verheyde - France
VENICE DAYS (GIORNATE DEGLI AUTORI) - DOCUMENTARIES · Che saccio - Camille d'Arcimoles - Italy · Il Passato e' il mio bastone - Flavia Mastrella and
Antonio Rezza - Italy · Un paese possibile - Silvio Soldini - Italy
