The Venice film festival unveiled its lineup for its 83rd edition, featuring a selection of films examining contemporary media figures and diverse dramatic narratives. The festival opens with Ink, directed by Danny Boyle, which chronicles media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of the Sun newspaper. The film stars Australian actor Guy Pearce as Murdoch, with a screenplay by playwright and screenwriter James Graham. The festival will also screen a four-hour documentary titled Musk by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, which profiles technology entrepreneur Elon Musk and will compete outside the main selection.
The festival’s competitive lineup includes several anticipated releases from renowned filmmakers. Martin McDonagh presents Wild Horse Nine, featuring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA operatives operating in Chile during a significant historical period, with supporting performances from Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, and Parker Posey. Robert Pattinson leads the psychological thriller Primetime, directed by Lance Oppenheim and produced by A24. Spouses Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem star in Bunker, a film by French director Florian Zeller about a couple in London hired to design a bomb-resistant structure. Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard, featuring real-life sisters Kate and Rooney Mara, explores eccentric characters engaged in an unusual mountain tunnel project.
The festival programming also emphasizes documentary and socially engaged cinema. Filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky contributes a work from his Dar project, while Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa presents Imperium, examining a Soviet-era documentary. Laura Poitras’ They’re Here, co-created with Rachel Mueller, investigates federal immigration enforcement activities in Minneapolis. Italian director Nanni Moretti returns to Venice for the first time in decades with Succederà Questa Notte.
The festival will mark the return of The Oasis documentary, examining the reunion of British musicians Liam and Noel Gallagher. Additionally, a documentary about Russell Crowe’s musical project is scheduled for screening. The selection represents a decline in female-directed entries, with May El-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown serving as the sole female-directed film among the twenty main competition titles this year.
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