Venice Film Festival

Cinematic art at its finest is on display in Venice at the end of August. Harmony Korine (Trash Humpers) shows his new film. Michel Franco (After Lucia) is expected and the last film of the great William Friedkin (William Friedkin - Hollywood's Enfant terrible) will be presented post mortem. Fien Troch (Home) has also been invited as one of the few female directors in the competition. From the acting side, we are looking forward to Julieta Zylberberg (My Friend from the Park). Time to get familiar with the works of these filmmakers!
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  • Miracle

    Miracle

    Crime, Drama

    2022

    1h.58min

    16

    The crime against a young nun reveals the fatalism, faith and superstition that paralyzes the Romanian province.


  • A Monster with a Thousand Heads

    A Monster with a Thousand Heads

    Drama, Thriller

    2016

    1h.15min

    16+

    A taut supremely crafted social thriller about a woman seeking retribution from members of a corrupt pharmaceutical industry.


  • Captain Volkonogov Escaped

    Captain Volkonogov Escaped

    Thriller, Drama

    2023

    2h.6min

    16+

    A gripping, thrilling drama-thriller with captivating cinematography about Stalin's political purges in 1938.


  • Wolf and Dog

    Wolf and Dog

    Drama, Queer

    2023

    1h.51min

    16+

    In a traditional Azorean island, Ana's journey of self-discovery and queer friendship challenges the confines of her world.


  • You Will Die at Twenty

    You Will Die at Twenty

    Drama

    2020

    1h.45min

    12 FSK

    The prophecy of his death sends Muzamil on a journey of defiance and self-discovery in the midst of cultural and political upheaval.


  • Ain't Nothin' Without You

    Ain't Nothin' Without You

    Comedy

    1985

    1h.28min

    12 FSK

    The German realities of the 80s, spontaneously captured with sarcastic wit and occasionally parodied to the point of absurdity.


  • Night of the Kings

    Night of the Kings

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2020

    1h.33min

    16+

    Ivorian Filmmaker Philippe Lacôte created a mesmerizing, violent and hyper-masculine film that worships the power of storytelling.


  • Neon Bull

    Neon Bull

    Drama

    2015

    1h.43min

    16+

    A brazilian bull wrangler discovering his wish to become a tailor and making fashionable clothing for women in this poetic drama.


  • As I Open My Eyes

    As I Open My Eyes

    Drama

    2015

    1h.46min

    16+

    A dazzling coming-of-age film that interweaves a pivotal moment in Tunisian history with an 18-year-old's struggle for freedom.


  • Eye on Juliet

    Eye on Juliet

    Drama

    2018

    1h.30min

    12 FSK

    A lonely security guard uses military technology to search the other side of the world for his soul mate.


  • The Postman's White Nights

    The Postman's White Nights

    Drama

    2014

    1h.37min

    16+

    Quiet drama about the Russian soul, corruption and the postman from Lake Kenozero in northern Russia.


  • Ghosts

    Ghosts

    Drama

    2020

    1h.30min

    16+

    During a black out, social and personal conflicts culminate in an Istanbul neighborhood threatened by gentrification.


  • Mama

    Mama

    Drama

    2020

    2h.13min

    16+

    In the meditative quiet of a small Chinese village, 12-year-old Xiaoxian experiences three deaths and two births in seven days.


  • The Policeman's Wife

    The Policeman's Wife

    Drama

    2013

    2h.56min

    16 FSK

    This is a story about a young family - about the virtues of love, curiosity and joy - but also about violence and disassociation.


  • Deva

    Deva

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2019

    1h.13min

    16+

    The story of an orphan with albinism is told in an unusual blend of neorealism and magical realism.


  • Almayer's Folly

    Almayer's Folly

    Drama

    2011

    2h.7min

    16+

    A European merchant in South-East Asia who dreams of riches for his beloved daughter collapses under the weight of his own greed and prejudice.


  • The Scarecrows

    The Scarecrows

    Drama

    2019

    1h.37min

    16+

    During the Syrian war, two young Tunisian women were held as sex slaves by jihadists. The try to mend their lives.


  • Thirst for Life

    Thirst for Life

    Drama

    2015

    16min

    12

    In the face of an unfathomable tragedy, a young couple manages to focus on love and the good in life.


  • New Rose Hotel

    New Rose Hotel

    Drama, Thriller

    1998

    1h.33min

    16 FSK

    Two headhunters (Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe) recruit a high-class sex worker (Asia Argento) to "persuade" a brilliant scientist.


  • Eight Hundred Times Lonely

    Eight Hundred Times Lonely

    Biography, Documentary

    2020

    1h.24min

    0 FSK

    A warm-hearted yet stylistically radical film portrait in black and white and color about Edgar Reitz and his encounter with a young female filmmaker.


  • La Chinoise

    La Chinoise

    Classics

    1967

    1h.36min

    16 FSK

    1968: During the vacations, university students occupy a vacant apartment and discuss the Marxist ideas of Mao Zedong and their revolutionary ideas.


  • Marriage in the Shadows

    Marriage in the Shadows

    Classics

    1947

    1h.38min

    12 FSK

    Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin.


  • Age of the Gods

    Age of the Gods

    Documentary, Independent

    1992

    1h.32min

    16

    At the beginning of the last century, Arno Breker was one of the great hopes of young German sculpture, esteemed by the painter Max Liebermann.


  • Friedkin Uncut

    Friedkin Uncut

    Biography, Documentary

    2018

    1h.47min

    16+

    The unusual and offbeat director himself shows for the first time which themes have influenced his artistic work.


  • Man on Wire

    Man on Wire

    Documentary

    2008

    1h.30min

    6 FSK

    In 1974, a young French high-wire artist named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world’s tallest ...


  • Home

    Home

    Drama

    2016

    1h.44min

    16+

    Compelling exploration of indifferent and resentful teenagers and the conflicts with their parents.


  • Plato's Academy

    Plato's Academy

    Comedy

    2009

    1h.43min

    0 FSK

    Stavros, a shopkeeper in the Akadimia Platonos district in Athens, spends his life complaining about foreigners and hanging out in front of his shop with ...


  • The Country Teacher

    The Country Teacher

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2008

    1h.55min

    12 FSK

    Petr gets to know Marie, a young widow and farmer. In the sun-drenched fields of Bohemia, a deep friendship develops between them, but Marie hopes for ...


  • The Cut

    The Cut

    Action & Adventure, Drama

    2013

    2h.18min

    12 FSK

    Heartbreaking drama about the Armenian genocide at the beginning of the 20th century.


  • Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood

    Drama, Romance

    2010

    2h.13min

    12 FSK

    While students protest in 1960s Tokyo, Toru Watanabe fights for his love.


  • Soul Kitchen

    Soul Kitchen

    Drama, Comedy

    2009

    1h.39min

    12 FSK

    In Fatih Akin's cult film, German-Greek pub owner Zinos unwittingly destroys his restaurant's peaceful atmosphere.


  • White Shadow

    White Shadow

    Crime, Drama

    2013

    1h.57min

    16 FSK

    Since 2008, albinos in Tanzania have become human targets. Witch doctors offer huge sums of cash for their body parts to be used in magic potions. From ...


  • The Eremites

    The Eremites

    Drama, Independent

    2016

    1h.50min

    12 FSK

    With the onset of the mountain winter, Albert has to decide between preserving old ways of life on the mountain or new perspectives in the valley.


  • Cold Fish

    Cold Fish

    Crime, Horror

    2010

    2h.26min

    18 FSK

    Inspired by the true case of a Japanese serial killer, Cold Fish forms the second part in Sion Sono's hate trilogy.


  • The Last Movie

    The Last Movie

    Drama, Action & Adventure

    1971

    1h.48min

    12 FSK

    One of the legendary films of New Hollywood: Dennis Hopper's THE LAST MOVIE disappeared so quickly from theaters in 1971 that few have seen it. After ...


  • Pornografia

    Pornografia

    Drama, Romance

    2003

    1h.57min

    16+

    In Wehrmacht-occupied Poland, two intellectuals flee to a country estate and play a perverse game with its inhabitants.


  • The Sun Assassinated

    The Sun Assassinated

    Biography, Queer

    2002

    2h.0min

    16+

    A dramatization of actual events portraying both the contentious rise and success of Jean Senac in Algeria and a friendship that ends in tragedy.


  • Interruption

    Interruption

    Drama, Music, Dance, Theater

    2015

    1h.51min

    16+

    A group of armed men storms the stage at a theatre. It's unclear, if this is part of the play or the brutal reality.


  • William S. Burroughs – A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs – A Man Within

    Biography, Music, Dance, Theater

    2011

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    William S. Burroughs: cult figure, novelist and pioneer of the underground cultures. In the docu his closest friends: Laurie Anderson, David Cronenberg, ...


  • Lilya 4-ever

    Lilya 4-ever

    Crime, Drama

    2002

    1h.44min

    12 FSK

    Now in original version: The tragic story of an abandoned teenage girl living in an unnamed former Soviet country, who slips into a downward spiral of ...


  • 1400

    1400

    Drama, Independent

    2015

    1h.29min

    16+

    Set in a hotel, three interwoven stories illuminate and explore concepts of love and isolation.


  • Bethlehem

    Bethlehem

    Drama, Thriller

    2013

    1h.35min

    16 FSK

    An Israeli intelligence officer decides the fate of his Palestinian informant, which leads to problems. Awarded Best Film in Venice.


  • The Murderers Are Among Us

    The Murderers Are Among Us

    Classics

    1946

    1h.20min

    6 FSK

    After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences.


  • Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti

    Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti

    Biography, Documentary

    2016

    1h.2min

    16+

    Lorenza Mazzetti's extraordinary life story touches many points in twentieth century history.


  • Shun Li and the Poet

    Shun Li and the Poet

    Crime

    2010

    1h.37min

    6 FSK

    Chinesische immigrant Shun Li feels lost in Venice. Then she befriends Bepi, an immigrant from eastern Europe, who over the years has learned the ropes ...


  • Six Venice

    Six Venice

    Documentary

    2010

    1h.28min

    0 FSK

    A love letter to Venice. 6 residents speak about their love of the city, but as well as their disappointments and frustrations, far off mass tourism.


  • The Five Cardinal Points

    The Five Cardinal Points

    Documentary, Independent

    2009

    1h.34min

    16+

    In his internationally acclaimed documentary director Fridolin Schönwieser charts the journey of Mexican migrants to the U.S.


  • It Might Get Loud

    It Might Get Loud

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2008

    1h.33min

    0 FSK

    Oscar winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim invited Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White - three of the most influential rock guitarists – to a musical ...


  • Don't Think About It

    Don't Think About It

    Comedy, Love & Sex

    2007

    1h.40min

    0 FSK

    Italian Comedy about a 36 year old punk rocker who moves back in with his quirky “familia”. Entertaining with great soundtrack for this Comedia del Arte. Stefano ...


  • Love

    Love

    Crime, Thriller

    2006

    1h.31min

    18 FSK

    As Yugoslavia disappeared a man, cover name “Uncle Vanja”, goes to New York to works as a contract killer. In the Big Apple, he hopes to meet his great ...


  • Teza

    Teza

    Drama

    2008

    2h.12min

    16 FSK

    After studying in West Germany, Anberber returns to his native Ethiopia as a postgraduate. But he does not recognize his country and get lost in his nostalgic ...