From the latest Almodovar to the much-anticipated sequel to "Joker", 21 films are up for the prestigious Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival, which runs from Wednesday to September 7.
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR directed by PEDRO ALMODOVAR
with Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola (Spain / 107 minutes)
CAMPO DI BATTAGLIA directed by GIANNI AMELIO
with Alessandro Borghi, Gabriel Montesi, Federica Rosellini (Italy / 103 minutes)
LEURS ENFANTS APRES EUX directed by LUDOVIC BOUKHERMA, ZORAN BOUKHERMA
with Paul Kircher, Angelina Woreth, Sayyid El Alami, Gilles Lellouche, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Memmi (France / 144 minutes)
THE BRUTALIST directed by BRADY CORBET
with Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones (UK / 215 minutes)
JOUER AVEC LE FEU directed by DELPHINE COULIN, MURIEL COULIN
with Vincent Lindon, Benjamin Voisin, Stefan Crepon (France / 110 minutes)
VERMIGLIO directed by MAURA DELPERO
with Tommaso Ragno, Giuseppe De Domenico, Roberta Rovelli (Italy, France, Belgium / 119 minutes)
IDDU (SICILIAN LETTERS) directed by FABIO GRASSADONIA, ANTONIO PIAZZA
with Toni Servillo, Elio Germano, Daniela Marra, Barbora Bobulova (Italy, France / 122 minutes)
QUEER directed by LUCA GUADAGNINO
with Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman (Italy, USA / 135 minutes)
KJAERLIGHET (LOVE) directed by DAG JOHAN HAUGERUD
with Andrea Braein Hovig, Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen, Marte Engebrigtsen (Norway / 119 minutes)
APRIL directed by DEA KULUMBEGASHVILI
with Ia Sukhitashvili, Kakha Kintsurashvili, Merab Ninidze (Georgia, France, Italy / 134 minutes)
THE ORDER directed by JUSTIN KURZEL
with Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Jurnee Smollett, Tye Sheridan, Marc Maron (Canada / 116 minutes)
MARIA directed by PABLO LARRAIN
with Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer, Kodi Smit-McPhee (Italy, Germany, USA / 123 minutes)
TROIS AMIES directed by EMMANUEL MOURET
with Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier, India Hair, Gregoire Ludig, Damien Bonnard, Vincent Macaigne (France / 118 minutes)
EL JOCKEY (KILL THE JOCKEY) directed by LUIS ORTEGA
with Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Ursula Corbero, Daniel Gimenez Cacho (Argentina, Spain / 97 minutes)
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX directed by TODD PHILLIPS
with Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beetz (USA / 138 minutes)
BABYGIRL directed by HALINA REIJN
with Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas (USA / 114 minutes)
AINDA ESTOU AQUI (I`M STILL HERE) directed by WALTER SALLES
with Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro (Brazil, France / 135 minutes)
DIVA FUTURA directed by GIULIA LOUISE STEIGERWALT
with Pietro Castellitto, Barbara Ronchi, Denise Capezza (Italy / 128 minutes)
HARVEST directed by ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI
with Caleb Landry Jones, Harry Melling, Rosy McEwen (UK, Germany, Greece, France, USA / 131 minutes)
QING CHUN GUI (YOUTH - HOMECOMING) directed by WANG BING
Documentary (France, Luxemburg, Netherlands / 152 minutes)
STRANGER EYES directed by YEO SIEW HUA
with Wu Chien-Ho, Lee Kang-Sheng, Anicca Panna, Vera Chen (Singapore, Taipei, France, USA / 125 minutes)
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