Hollywood stars arrive in Italy for 2022 version of Venice Movie Pageant.
The 79th version of the Venice Movie Pageant, which celebrates its ninetieth anniversary this 12 months, will probably be held within the lagoon metropolis from 31 August till 10 September 2022.
The gala occasion, which attracts the most important stars from the world of cinema, will current 23 motion pictures vying for the distinguished Golden Lion award, with the winner chosen by a jury headed by actress Julianne Moore.
The pageant opens on Wednesday night time with the world premiere of Noah Baumbach’s White Noise, tailored from the novel by Don DeLillo, starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle.
Different motion pictures in competitors embrace The Whale by Darren Aronofsky with Brendan Fraser and Sadie Sink; The Son by Florian Zeller with Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins; The Everlasting Daughter by Joanna Hogg with Tilda Swinton; and The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.
There are additionally movies in competitors from outdoors the world Hollywood, together with L’Immensità by Emanuele Crialese (Italy) with Penelope Cruz; Saint Omer by Alice Diop (France) with Kayije Kagame and Guslagie Malanda; and Argentina, 1985 by Santiago Mitre (Argentina) with Ricardo Darin and Peter Lanzani.
This 12 months’s pageant, which comes after two scaled-down editions as a result of covid pandemic, will host a day devoted to Ukraine, on 8 September. For full particulars see pageant web site.