VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2013

The 70th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, will run on Venice Lido from 28th August to 7th September 2013, directed by Alberto Barbera.
           
Alfonso Cuarón's GRAVITY serves as the festival opener playing out of competition.

 International competition of feature films, presented as world premieres -

MERZAK ALLOUACHE - ES-STOUH Algeria, France, 94'

GIANNI AMELIO - L'INTREPIDO Italy, 104'

ALEXANDROS AVRANAS - MISS VIOLENCE Greece, 99'

JOHN CURRAN - TRACKS Australia, 110'

EMMA DANTE - VIA CASTELLANA BANDIERA Italy, Switzerland, France, 90'

XAVIER DOLAN - TOM À LA FERME Canada, France, 95'

JAMES FRANCO - CHILD OF GOD USA, 104'

STEPHEN FREARS - PHILOMENA UK, 94'

PHILIPPE GARREL - LA JALOUSIE France, 77'

TERRY GILLIAM - THE ZERO THEOREM UK, USA, 107'

AMOS GITAI - ANA ARABIA Israel, France, 84'

JONATHAN GLAZER - UNDER THE SKIN UK, 107'

DAVID GORDON GREEN - JOE USA, 117'

PHILIP GRÖNING - DIE FRAU DES POLIZISTEN Germany, 175'

PETER LANDESMAN - PARKLAND USA, 92'

HAYAO MIYAZAKI - KAZE TACHINU Japan, 126'

ERROL MORRIS - THE UNKNOWN KNOWN USA, 105'

KELLY REICHARDT - NIGHT MOVES USA, 112'

GIANFRANCO ROSI - SACRO GRA Italy, 93'

MING-LIANG TSAI - JIAOYOU (STRAY DOGS) Chinese Taipei, France, 138'


Out of Competition -
Important works by directors already established in previous editions of the Festival includes Alex Gibney's Lance Armstrong documentary The Armstrong Lie, Ki-Duk Kim's controversial Moebius, Steven Knight's live action Locke.