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The Venice International Film Festival has set out a 20-film competition lineup for its 83rd edition, bringing together new works from Danny Boyle, Martin McDonagh, Werner Herzog and several other prominent international filmmakers.
Boyle's "Ink" will open the festival on Sept. 2 and compete for the Golden Lion, the event's highest award. The drama follows media mogul Rupert Murdoch's acquisition of the British tabloid newspaper The Sun and stars Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy.
The competition also brings together several established directors and widely known performers. McDonagh's "Wild Horse Nine" stars John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell, while Herzog's "Bucking Fastard" features Kate Mara, Rooney Mara and Orlando Bloom.
Florian Zeller will take part with "Bunker," led by Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. Robert Pattinson stars in Lance Oppenheim's "Primetime," while Alicia Vikander and Susan Sarandon head up Andrea Pallaoro's "The Echo Chamber."
Other contenders include Casey Affleck's "Company," Ali Asgari's "Kami Nour," Marco Bechis' "Ritorno a Buenos Aires," Stephane Brize's "Un Bon Petit Soldat," Edoardo De Angelis' "Il Fuoco Che Ti Porti Dentro" and May el-Toukhy's "Woman Unknown."
The remaining entries are Cedric Kahn's "15/18: A Place to Heal," Ilya Khrzhanovsky's "Dau," Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Look Back," Lee Chang-dong's "Possible Love" and Nanni Moretti's "Succedera Questa Notte."
Nicolas Pariser's "Un Peu Avant Minuit," Paolo Strippoli's "L'Estranea" and Shinya Tsukamoto's "Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?" complete the Golden Lion lineup.
U.S. actor, filmmaker and producer Maggie Gyllenhaal will head the jury responsible for selecting the festival's main award winners.
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Organizers have also announced titles that will screen outside the main competition and in other festival sections, including Orizzonti.
Recognized as the world's oldest film festival, the event will take place on Venice's Lido island from Sept. 2 to Sept. 12, wrapping up with its awards ceremony.
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