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Opening film | First Man |
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Closing film | Driven |
Location | Venice, Italy |
Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: Roma |
Hosted by | Michele Riondino |
Festival date | 29 August – 8 September 2018 |
Website | Website |
The 75th Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2018.
Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro was the Jury President of the main competition. [1] [2] First Man , directed by Damien Chazelle, was the festival's opening film. [3] Michele Riondino was the host of the festival. [4]
The festival poster was made by Italian artist Lorenzo Mattotti, who designed it in the way "that attracts the eye, that attracts thought, but without revealing too much." [5]
The Golden Lion was awarded to Roma , directed by Alfonso Cuarón. [6]
The following films were selected for the main international competition: [8] [9]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [10]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Fiction | |||
A Star Is Born | Bradley Cooper | United States | |
A Story With No Name | Una Storia Senza Nome | Roberto Andò | Italy, France |
Dragged Across Concrete | S. Craig Zahler | Canada, United States | |
Driven (closing film) | Nick Hamm | United Kingdom, United States, Puerto Rico | |
The Summer House | Les Estivants | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | France, Italy |
L’amica geniale | Saverio Costanzo | Italy, Belgium | |
My Masterpiece | Mi Obra Maestra | Gastón Duprat | Argentina, Spain |
A Tramway in Jerusalem | Amos Gitai | Israel, France | |
A People and His King | Un Peuple et Son Roi | Pierre Schoeller | France, Belgium |
The Quietude | La Quietud | Pablo Trapero | Argentina |
Shadow | Ying | Zhang Yimou | China |
Non Fiction | |||
1938 Different | 1938 Diversi | Giorgio Treves | Italy |
A Letter to a Friend in Gaza | Amos Gitai | Israel | |
American Dharma | Errol Morris | United States, United Kingdom | |
Aquarela | Victor Kossakovsky | United Kingdom, Germany | |
Carmine Street Guitars | Ron Mann | Canada | |
El Pepe: A Supreme Life | El Pepe: Una Vida Suprema | Emir Kusturica | Argentina, Uruguay, Serbia |
Introduction to the Dark | Introduzione All'Oscuro | Gastón Solnicki | Argentina, Austria |
ISIS, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul | Francesca Mannocchi Alessio Romenzi | Italy, Germany | |
Monrovia, Indiana | Frederick Wiseman | United States | |
Process | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands | |
Your Face | Ni De Lian | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
Special Events | |||
I diari di Angela - Noi due cineasti | Yervant Gianikian | Italy | |
The Other Side of the Wind | Orson Welles | United States, Iran, France | |
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Morgan Neville | United States |
The following films were selected for the Horizons ( Orizzonti ) section: [8] [9]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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In Competition | |||
On My Skin | Sulla mia pelle | Alessio Cremonini | Italy |
Manta Ray | Kraben Rahu | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | Thailand, France, China |
Soni | Ivan Ayr | India | |
The River | Ózen | Emir Baigazin | Kazakhstan, Poland, Norway |
A Twelve-Year Night | La noche de 12 años | Álvaro Brechner | Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, France |
Deslembro | Flavia Castro | Brazil, France, Qatar | |
The Announcement | Anons | Mahmut Fazil Coşkun | Turkey, Bulgaria |
If life gives you lemons | Un giorno all'improvviso | Ciro D'Emilio | Italy |
Charlie Says | Mary Harron | United States | |
Amanda | Mikhaël Hers | France | |
The Day I Lost My Shadow | Yom Adaatou Zouli | Soudade Kaadan | Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar |
L'Enkas | Sarah Marx | France | |
The Man Who Surprised Everyone | Человек, который удивил всех | Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov | Russia, Estonia, France |
Memories of My Body | Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku | Garin Nugroho | Indonesia, Australia |
As I Lay Dying | Hamchenan ke mimordam | Mostafa Sayari | Iran |
La profezia dell'armadillo | Emanuele Scaringi | Italy | |
Stripped | Erom (The Love Trilogy: Stripped) | Yaron Shani | Israel, Germany |
Jinpa | 撞死了一只羊 | Pema Tseden | China |
Tel Aviv On Fire | תל אביב על האש | Same Zoabi | Luxembourg, France, Israel, Belgium |
Short Films Competition | |||
A Gift | Kado | Aditya Ahmad | Indonesia |
Staircase | Mohsen Banihashemi | Iran | |
L'été et tout le reste | Sven Bresser | Netherlands | |
Gli anni | Sara Fgaier | Italy, France | |
Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy | Andrew Stephen Lee | Philippines, United States | |
Patision Avenue | Leoforos Patision | Thanasis Neofotistos | Greece |
Los bastardos | Tomas Posse | Argentina | |
All Inclusive | Corina Schwingruber Ilić | Switzerland | |
Sex, Fear, and Hamburgers | Sex, strakh i gamburgery | Eldar Shibanov | Kazakhstan |
Ninfe | Isabella Torre | Italy | |
Down There | Na li | Yang Zhengfan | China, France |
Foreign Body | Strano telo | Dušan Zorić | Serbia |
Short Films – Out of Competition | |||
Blu | Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti | Italy |
The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section: [11]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Restored films | |||
Adieu Philippine (1962) | Jacques Rozier | France, Italy | |
The Ascent (1976) | Восхождение | Larisa Shepitko | Soviet Union |
Brick and Mirror (1964) | خشت و آینه | Ebrahim Golestan | Iran |
Death in Venice (1971) | Morte a Venezia | Luchino Visconti | Italy, France, United States |
The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) | Der Golem – Wie er in die Welt kam | Paul Wegener | Germany |
Il posto (1962) | Ermanno Olmi | Italy | |
The Killers (1946) | Robert Siodmak | United States | |
The Killers (1964) | Don Siegel | ||
Last Year at Marienbad (1961) | L'année dernière à marienbad | Alain Resnais | France, Italy |
Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow aka The Mad Fox (1962) | 恋や恋なすな恋 | Tomu Uchida | Japan |
The Naked City (1948) | Jules Dassin | United States | |
The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) | La notte di San Lorenzo | Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
The Night Porter (1974) | Il portiere di notte | Liliana Cavani | Italy |
Nothing Sacred (1937) | William A. Wellman | United States | |
The Place Without Limits (1977) | El lugar sin límites | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
Some Like It Hot (1959) | Billy Wilder | United States | |
Street of Shame (1956) | 赤線地帯 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
They Live (1988) | John Carpenter | United States | |
Documentaries about Cinema | |||
The Great Buster: A Celebration | Peter Bogdanovich | United States | |
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom | |
Humberto Mauro | André Di Mauro | Brazil | |
Living the Light – Robby Müller | Claire Pijman | Netherlands, Germany | |
24/25 Il fotogramma in più | Giancarlo Rolandi, Federico Pontiggia | Italy | |
Nice Girls Don't Stay For Breakfast | Bruce Weber | United States | |
Friedkin Uncut | Francesco Zippel | Italy |
The following films were selected for the Sconfini section:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Blood Kin | Ramin Bahrani | United States | |
Il banchiere anarchico | Giulio Base | Italy | |
Il ragazzo più felice del mondo | Gipi | ||
Arrivederci Saigon | Wilma Labate | ||
The Tree of Life | Terrence Malick | United States | |
School's Out | L'heure de la sortie | Sébastien Marnier | France |
Magic Lantern | Amir Naderi | United States | |
Camorra | Francesco Patierno | Italy |
The following films were selected for the 33th Venice International Critics' Week (Italian : Settimana Internazionale della Critica): [12]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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In competition | |||
Adam & Evelyn | Adam und Evelyn | Andreas Goldstein | Germany |
Akasha | Hajooj Kuka | Sudan, South Africa, Qatar, Germany | |
Blonde Animals | Bêtes blondes | Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray | France |
M | Anna Eriksson | Finland | |
Still Recording | Saaed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub | Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, France | |
We'll Be Young And Beautiful | Saremo giovani e bellissimi | Letizia Lamartire | Italy |
You Have the Night | Ti imas noc | Ivan Salatic | Montenegro, Serbia |
Special events – Out of competition | |||
Dachra | Abdelhamid Bouchnak | Tunisia | |
Tumbbad | Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad | India, Sweden |
The following films were selected for the 15th edition of the Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) section: [13]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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In Competition | |||
Domingo | Clara Linhart, Fellipe Barbosa | Brazil, France | |
Graves Without a Name (opening film) | Les tombeaux sans noms | Rithy Panh | Cambodia, France |
José | Li Cheng | Guatemala, United States | |
Joy | Sudabeh Mortezai | Austria | |
Keep Going | Continuer | Joachim Lafosse | Belgium, France |
Pearl | Elsa Amiel | France, Switzerland | |
Real Love | C'est ça l'amour | Claire Burger | France |
Remember? | Ricordi? | Valerio Mieli | Italy, France |
Screwdriver | Mafax | Bassam Jarbawi | Palestine, United States, Qatar |
Three Adventures of Brooke | 星溪的三次奇遇 | Yuan Qing | China, Malaysia |
Ville Neuve | Félix Dufour-Laperrière | Canada | |
Out of competition | |||
Emma Peeters (closing film) | Nicole Palo | Belgium, Canada | |
Special events | |||
As We Were Tunas | Francesco Zizola | United States, Italy | |
Dead Women Walking | Hagar Ben-Asher | United States | |
Goodbye Marilyn | Maria Di Razza | Italy | |
Happy Lamento | Alexander Kluge | Germany | |
My Own Good | Il bene mio | Pippo Mezzapesa | Italy |
The Ghost of Peter Sellers | Peter Medak | Cyprus | |
Why Are We Creative? | Hermann Vaske | Germany | |
Miu Miu Women's Tales | |||
#15 Hello Apartment | Dakota Fanning | Italy, United States | |
#16 The Wedding Singer’s Daughter | Haifaa Al-Mansour |
The following official awards were presented at the 75th edition: [6]
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections:
The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection: [22]
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