by Terence Johnson HollywoodNews.com: Hot on the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival announcing their titles comes word from Venice about the films to be featured at the 69th Venice Film Festival. With 60 films, the selection includes a wide range of anticipated titles such as Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, Passion from Brian De Palma and The Company You Keep directed by Robert Redford, as well as 20 films from female directors. Surprisingly, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is not included in the lineup, might this mean it will be skipping the festivals? Check out the full list after the jump! Competition Films Something in the Air, Olivier Assayas (France) Outrage: Beyond, Takeshi Kitano (Japan) Fill The Void, Rama Burshtein (Israel) To the Wonder, Terrence Malick (U.S.) Pieta, Kim Ki-duk (South Korea) Dormant Beauty, Marco Bellocchio (Italy) E’ stato il figlio, Daniele Cipri (Italy) At Any Price, Ramin Bahrani (U.S., U.K.) La cinquieme saison, Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Belgium, Netherlands, France) Un giorno speciale, Francesca Comencini (Italy) Passion, Brian De Palma (France, Germany) Superstar, Xavier Giannoli (France, Belgium) Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine (U.S.) Thy Womb, Brillante Mendoza (Philippines) Linhas de Wellington, Valeria Sarmiento (Portugal, France) Paradise: Faith, Ulrich Seidl (Austria, France, Germany) Betrayal, Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia) Out of Competition Films L’homme qui rit, Jean-Pierre Ameris (France) *closing film* Love Is All You Need, Susanne Bier (Denmark, Sweden) Cherchez Hortense, Pascal Bonitzer (France) Sur un fil, Simon Brook (France, Italy) Enzo Avitabile Music Life, Jonathan Demme (Italy, U.S.) Tai Chi 0, Stephen Fung (China) Lullaby to My Father, Amos Gitai (Israel, France) Shokuzai (Penance), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan) Bad 25, Spike Lee (U.S.) The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mira Nair (India, Pakistan, U.S.) *opening film* O Gebo e a Sombra, Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal, France) The Company You Keep, Robert Redford (U.S.) Shark (Bait 3D), Kimble Rendall (Australia, China, Singapore) Disconnect, Henry-Alex Rubin (U.S.) The Iceman, Ariel Vromen (U.S.) Horizons Sidebar Wadjda, Haifaa Al Mansour (Germany) Khanéh Pedari (The Paternal House), Kianoosh Ayari (Iran) Ja Tozhe Hochu (I Also Want It), Alexey Balabanov (Russia) Gli equilibristi, Ivano De Matteo (Italy) L’intervallo, Leonardo Di Costanzo (Italy, Switzerland, Germany) El Sheita Elli Fat (Winter of Discontent), Ibrahim El Batout (Egypt) Tango Libre, Frédéric Fonteyne (Belgium, France, Luxembourg) Menatek Ha-Maim (The Cutoff Man), Idan Hubel (Israel) Gaosu tamen, wo cheng baihe qu le (Fly with the Crane), Li Ruijun (China) Kapringen (A Hijacking), Tobias Lindholm (Denmark) Leones, Jazmin Lopez (Argentina, France, Netherlands) Bellas Mariposas, Salvatore Mereu (Italy) Low Tide, Roberto Minervini (U.S., Italy, Belgium) Boxing Day, Bernard Rose (U.K., U.S.) Yema, Djamila Sahraoui (Algeria, France) Araf (Araf – Somewhere in Between), Yesim Ustaoglu (Turkey, France, Germany) Sennen no Yuraku (The Millennial Rapture), Koji Wakamatsu (Japan) San Zi Mei [...]
