FILM FESTIVAL - VENICE 2009

66th Annual Venice Film Festival Line-Up Competition:

• “36 vues du Pic Saint Loup”, Jacques Rivette (France)
• “Accident”, Cheang Pou-Soi (China-Hong Kong)
• “Baaria”, Giuseppe Tornatore (Italy)
• “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans“, Werner Herzog (U.S.)
• “Between Two Worlds”, Vimukthi Jayasundara (Sri Lanka)
• “Capitalism: A Love Story”, Michael Moore (U.S.)
• “La Doppia Ora”, Giuseppe Capotondi (Italy)
• “Il Grande Sogno”, Michele Placido (Italy)
• “Lebanon”, Samuel Maoz (Israel)
• “Life During Wartime“, Todd Solondz (U.S.)
• “Lo Spazio Bianco”, Francesca Comencini (Italy)
• “Lourdes”, Jessica Hausner (Austria)
• “Mr. Nobody“, Jaco van Dormael (France)
• “Persecution”, Patrice Chereau (France)
• “Prince of Tears”, Yonfan (Hong Kong)
• “The Road“, John Hillcoat (U.S.)
• “A Single Man“, Tom Ford (U.S.)
• “Soul Kitchen”, Fatih Akin (Germany)
• “Survival of the Dead“, George Romero (U.S.)
• “Tetsuo The Bullet Man”, Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)
• “The Traveller”, Ahmed Maher (Egypt)
• “White Material”, Claire Denis (France)
• “Women Without Men”, Shirin Neshat (Germany)

Out of Competition:

• “Anni Luce”, Francesco Maselli (Italy)
• “Chengdu, I Love You”, Fruit Chan, Cui Jian (China)
• “The Hole“, Joe Dante (U.S.)
• “The Informant!“, Steven Soderbergh (U.S.)
• “The Men Who Stare at Goats”, Grant Heslov (U.S.)
• “Napoli Napoli Napoli”, Abel Ferrara (Italy)
• “L’oro di Cuba”, Giuliano Montaldo (Italy)
• “Prove per una tragedia Siciliana”, John Turturro, Roman Paska (Italy)
• “REC 2″, Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza (Spain)
• “Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story”, Yousry Nasrallah (Egypt)
• “South of the Border”, Oliver Stone (U.S.)
• “Yona Yona Penguin”, Rintaro (Japan)

Midnight Movies:

• “Gulaal”, Anurag Kashyap (India)
• “Dev D”, Anurag Kashyap (India)
• “Brooklyn’s Finest“, Antoine Fuqua (U.S.)
• “Delhi-6″, Rakeysh Omprakash (India)
• “Valhalla Rising”, Nicolas Winding Refn (Denmark)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2009 - John Lasseter and the Disney/Pixar Directors:

• “Toy Story 3-D” (New Version), John Lasseter (U.S.)
• “Toy Story 2-D” (New Version), John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon (U.S.)