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The Venice Film Fes­ti­val is unveil­ing the line­up of its 77^th edi­tion, which, bar­ring com­pli­ca­tions, will be the first major inter­na­tion­al film event to hold a phys­i­cal edi­tion fol­low­ing the coro­n­avirus crisis.

Pre­vi­ous­ly announced titles include Chloé Zhao’s road dra­ma ​“Nomad­land,” star­ring Frances McDor­mand, which will screen at Venice and Toron­to simul­ta­ne­ous­ly on Sept. 11, in both cas­es pre­ced­ed by vir­tu­al introductions. 

The out-of-com­pe­ti­tion open­er will be Ital­ian direc­tor Daniele Luchetti’s anato­my of a mar­riage dra­ma ​“Lac­ci” (“The Ties”) (pic­tured) star­ring Alba Rohrwach­er (“Hap­py as Laz­zaro”) and Lui­gi Lo Cas­cio (“The Trai­tor”) as the cou­ple at the film’s center.

VENICE FILM FES­TI­VAL LINEUP

IN COM­PE­TI­TION

“In Between Dying,” Hilal Bay­darov (Azer­bai­jan, U.S.)

“Le Sorelle Macalu­so,” Emma Dante (Italy)

“The World to Come,” Mona Fastvold (U.S.)

“Nue­vo Orden,” Michel Fran­co (Mex­i­co, France)

“Lovers,” Nicole Gar­cia (France)

“Laila in Haifa,” Amos Gitai (Israel, France)

“Dear Com­rades,” Andrei Kon­chalovsky (Rus­sia)

“Wife of a Spy,” Kiyoshi Kuro­sawa (Japan)

“Sun Chil­dren,” Majid Maji­di (Iran)

“Pieces of a Woman,” Kor­nel Mundruc­zo (Cana­da, Hungary)

“Miss Marx,” Susan­na Nic­chiarel­li (Italy, Belgium)

“Padrenos­tro,” Clau­dio Noce (Italy)

“Nev­er Gonna Snow Again,” Mal­go­rza­ta Szu­mows­ka and Michal Englert (Poland, Germany)

“The Dis­ci­ple,” Chai­tanya Tamhane (India)

“And Tomor­row The Entire World,” Julia Von Heinz (Ger­many, France)

“Nomad­land,” Chloe Zhao (U.S.)

OUT OF COM­PE­TI­TION – Fiction

“Lac­ci,” Daniele Luchet­ti (Italy) – OPEN­ING FILM

“Las­ci­a­mi Andare,” Ste­fano Mor­di­ni (Italy) CLOS­ING FILM

“Mandibules,” Quentin Dupieux (France, Belgium)

“Love After Love,” Ann Hui (Chi­na)

“Assandi­ra,” Sal­va­tore Mereu (Italy)

“The Duke,” Roger Mitchell (U.K.)

“Night in Par­adise,” Park Soon-Jung (South Corea)

“Mos­qui­to State,” Fil­ip Jan Rym­sza (Poland)

OUT OF COM­PE­TI­TION – Non-Fiction

“Sportin’ Life,” Abel Fer­rara (Italy)

“Crazy, Not Insane,” Alex Gib­ney (U.S.)

“Gre­ta,” Nathan Gross­man (Swee­den)

“Sal­va­tore – Shoe­mak­er of Dreams,” Luca Guadagni­no (Italy)

“Final Account,” Luke Hol­land (U.K.)

“La Ver­ità Su La Dolce Vita,” Giuseppe Ped­er­soli (Italy)

“Mol­e­cole,” Daniele Seg­re (Italy) PRE-OPEN­ING TITLE

“Nar­ciso Em Ferias,” Rena­to Ter­ra, Ricar­do Calil (Brazil)

“Pao­lo Con­te, Via Con Me,” Gior­gio Verdel­li (Italy)

“Hopper/​Welles,” Orson Welles (U.S.)

“City Hall,” Fred­er­ick Wise­man (U.S.)

OUT OF COM­PE­TI­TION – Spe­cial Screenings

“30 Mon­edas – Episode 1,” Alex De La Igle­sia (Spain)

“Princesse Europe,” Camille Lot­teau (France)

“Omelia Con­tad­i­na,” Alice Rohrwach­er, Jr (Italy)

HORI­ZONS

“Apples,” Chris­tos Nikou OPEN­ING FILM

“La Troisieme Guerre,” Gio­van­ni Aloi (France)

“Mile­stone,” Ivan Ayr (India)

“The Waste­land,” Ahmad Bahra­mi (Iran)

“The Man Who Sold His Skin,” Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia, France, Ger­many, Bel­gium, Sweeden)

“I Preda­tori,” Pietro Castel­lit­to (Italy)

“Main­stream,” Gia Cop­po­la (U.S.)

“Genus Pan,” Lav Diaz (Philip­pines)

“Zan­ka Con­tact,” Ismael El Ira­ki (France, Moroc­co, Belgium)

“Guer­ra e Pace,” Mar­ti­na Par­en­ti, Mas­si­mo D’Anolfi (Italy, Switzerland)

“La Nuit Des Rois,” Philippe Lacote (Ivory Coast, France, Canada)

“The Fur­nace,” Rod­er­ick Mack­ay (Aus­tralia)

“Care­less Crime,” Shahram Mokri (Iran)

“Gaza Mon Amour,” Tarzan Nass­er, Arab Nass­er (Pales­tine, France, Ger­many, Por­tu­gal, Qatar)

“Sel­va Trag­i­ca,” Yulene Olaizo­la (Mex­i­co, France, Colombia)

“Nowhere Spe­cial,” Uber­to Pasoli­ni (Italy, Roma­nia, U.K.)

“Lis­ten,” Ana Rocha De Sousa (U.K., Portugal)

“The Best is Yet to Come,” Wang Jing (Chi­na)

“Yel­low Cat,” Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Kaza­khstan, France)

“Not­turno,” Gian­fran­co Rosi (Italy, France, Germany)

“Nev­er Gonna Snow Again,” Mal­go­rza­ta Szu­mows­ka and Michal Englert (Poland, Germany)

“And Tomor­row The Entire World,” Julia Von Heinz (Ger­many, France)

“Quo Vadis, Aida?,” Jas­mi­la Zban­ic (Bosnia and Herze­gov­ina, Aus­tria, Roma­nia, The Nether­lands, Ger­many, Poland, France, Norway.