Buckle in, film buffs, we’re not done with festival season yet. The 2024 Venice Film Festival lineup was announced on Tuesday, and rest assured there will be plenty of glamorous movie stars waving from boats. The lineup includes expected entries like Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga; Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey; and more buzzy awards season contenders.Among the other notable filmmakers debuting projects in competition at Venice include Pedro Almodóvar (Parallel Mothers) with his first-ever English language feature The Room Next Door, starring Tilda Swinton as a war reporter who turns to a novelist friend (Julianne Moore) for help with her strained relationship with her daughter. Pablo Larrain (Jackie, Spencer) will premiere Maria, the biopic about Opera diva Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie. Out of competition, Harmony Korine is screening his latest Baby Invasion, a first-person shooter film similar to his previous Aggro Dr1ft. Alfonso Cuarón and Joe Wright will both be premiering new series in the small-screen selection (Disclaimer and M. Son Of The Century respectively). Elsewhere on the lineup is Babygirl, an erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman who begins an affair with her intern (Harris Dickinson), Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Joe Alwyn, and The Order, starring Nicholas Hoult, Jude Law, and Tye Sheridan. Out of competition entries include the George Clooney/Brad Pitt reunion film Wolfs and Japanese director Takeshi Kitano’s latest feature Broken Rage. Renowned French star Isabelle Huppert will serve as the jury president for this year’s festival, joined by directors James Gray, Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Abderrahmane Sissako, Giuseppe Tornatore, Julia von Heinz, and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, per The Hollywood Reporter. The festival will open on August 28 with the out-of-competition premiere screening of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The full 2024 Venice Film Festival lineup can be found below.Opening FilmBeetlejuice Beetlejuice, dir. Tim BurtonClosing FilmL’Orto Americano, dir. Pupi Avanti.In CompetitionThe Room Next Door, dir. Pedro AlmodóvarCampo di Battaglia (Battleground), dir. Gianni AmelioLeurs enfants après eux (And Their Children After Them), dir. Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran BoukhermaThe Brutalist, dir. Brady CorbetJouer avec le feu (The Quiet Son), dir. Delphine Coulin, Muriel CoulinVermiglio, dir. Maura DelperoIddu (Sicilian Letters), dir. Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio PiazzaQueer, dir. Luca GuadagninoKjærlighet (Love), dir. Dag Johan HaugerudApril, dir. Dea KulumbegashviliThe Order, dir. Justin KurzelMaria, dir. Pablo LarraínTrois amies (Three Friends), dir. Emmanuel MouretKill the Jockey, dir. Luis OrtegaJoker: Folie à Deux, dir. Todd PhillipsBabygirl, dir. Halina ReijnAinda estou aqui (I’m Still Here), dir. Walter SallesDiva Futura, dir. Giulia Louise SteigerwaltHarvest, dir. Athina Rachel TsangariQing chun gui (Youth – Homecoming), dir. Wang BingStranger Eyes, dir. Yeo Siew HuaOut of Competition (Fiction)Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, dir. Tim BurtonL’orto americano (The American Backyard), dir. Pupi AvatiIl tempo che ci vuole, dir. Francesca ComenciniPhantosmia, dir. Lav DiazMaldoror, dir. Fabrice du WelzBroken Rage, dir. Takeshi KitanoBaby Invasion, dir. Harmony KorineCloud, dir. Kurosawa KiyoshiFinalement (Finally), dir. Claude LelouchWolfs, dir. Jon WattsSe posso permettermi Capitolo II, dir. Marco BellocchioAllégorie citadine (An Urban Allegory), dir. Alice Rohrwacher, JROut of Competition (Non-Fiction)Apocalipse nos trópicos (Apocalypse in the Tropics), dir. Petra CostaBestiari, erbari, lapidari (Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries), dir. Massimo D’Anolfi, Martina ParentiWhy War, dir. Amos Gitai2073, dir. Asif KapadiaOne to One: John & Yoko, dir. Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-EdwardsSeparated, dir. Errol MorrisIsrael Palestina på svensk TV 1958-1989 (Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989), dir. Göran Hugo OlssonRussians at War, dir. Anastasia TrofimovaTWST / Things We Said Today, dir. Andrei UjicăRiefenstahl, dir. Andres VeielPisni zemli, shcho povilno (Songs of Slow Burning Earth), dir. Olha ZhurbaOut of Competition (Series)Disclaimer (Chapters 1 – 7), dir. Alfonso CuarónLos años nuevos (The New Years) (Ep. 1 – 10), dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo, Sandra Romero, David Martín de los SantosFamilier som vores (Families Like Ours) (Ep. 1 – 7), dir. Thomas VinterbergM – Il figlio del secolo (M – Son of the Century) (Ep. 1 – 8), dir. Joe WrightOut of Competition (Special Screenings)Leopardi. The Poet of the Infinity (Part 1 & 2), dir. Sergio RubiniMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World, dir. Peter WeirBeauty Is Not a Sin, dir. Nicolas Winding RefnHorizons CompetitionNonostante, dir. Valerio MastandreaQuiet Life, dir. Alexandros AvranasMon inséparable (My Everything), dir. Anne-Sophie BaillyAïcha, dir. Mehdi BarsaouiYin’ād ‘alīku (Happy Holidays), dir. Scandar CoptiFamilia, dir. Francesco CostabileHemme nin öldüğü günlerden biri (One of Those Days When Hemme Dies), dir. Murat FiratoğluFamiliar Touch, dir. Sarah FriedlandMarco, dir. Jon Garaño, Aitor ArregiCarissa, dir. Jason Jacobs, Devon DelmarWishing on a Star, dir. Péter KerekesMistress Dispeller, dir. Elizabeth LoAnul nou care n-a fost (The New Year That Never Came), dir. Bogdan MureşanuPooja, Sir, dir. Deepak RauniyarAl klavim veanashim (Of Dogs and Men), dir. Dani RosenbergPavements, dir. Alex Ross PerryHappyend, dir. Neo SoraL’attachement (The Ties That Bind Us), dir. Carine TardieuDiciannove (Nineteen), dir. Giovanni TortoriciHorizons Short Films In CompetitionNeredeyse kesinlikle yanlış (Almost Certainly False), dir. Cansu BaydarShadows, dir. Rand BeirutyIl burattino e la balena, dir. Roberto CataniDuyao mao (The Poison Cat), dir. Tian GuanNime baz, nime basteh (Ajar), dir. Atefeh JalaliThree Keenings, dir. Oliver McGoldrickMinha mãe é uma vaca (My Mother Is a Cow), dir. Moara PassoniRené va alla guerra (René Goes to War), dir. Mariachiara Pernisa, Luca Ferri, Morgan MenegazzoJames, dir. Andres RodríguezO, dir. Rúnar RúnarssonWho Loves the Sun, dir. Arshia ShakibaMoon Lake, dir. Jeannie Sui WondersMarion, dir. Joe Weiland, Constantine FinnHorizons Short Films Out of CompetitionF II – Lo stupore del mondo, dir. Alessandro RakHorizons ExtraSeptember 5, dir. Tim FehlbaumVittoria, dir. Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey KauffmanLe mohican (The Mohican), dir. Frédéric FarrucciAl bahs an manfaz i khoroug al sayed Rambo (Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo), dir. Khaled MansourLa storia del Frank e della Nina, dir. Paola RandiShahed (The Witness), dir. Nader SaeivarAfter Party, dir. Vojtěch StrakatýEdge of Night, dir. Türker SüerKing Ivory, dir. John Swab
