Overview

• The competition includes 21 films vying for the Golden Lion, led by returning auteurs Kathryn Bigelow, Jim Jarmusch, Noah Baumbach, Benny Safdie.
• Three high-profile French literary adaptations are in contention: François Ozon’s L’Étranger, Olivier Assayas’s Le Mage du Kremlin, Valérie Donzelli’s À pied d’œuvre.
• Political and social themes feature prominently with Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab about a child’s death in Gaza.
• Out-of-competition highlights include Paolo Sorrentino’s opening film La grazia, Cédric Jimenez’s closing Chien 51, Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt starring Julia Roberts.
• Alexander Payne will preside over the main competition jury with Stéphane Brizé assisting; Julia Ducournau will head the Horizons panel.