Venice Film Festival 2011 - Official program

68th Venice Film Festival will take place from 31st August to 10th September 2011. There will be presented more than 40 films of various genres. Their new works will present David Cronenberg, Roman Polanski, Steven Soderbergh, Al Pacino, George Clooney and even Madonna along with less famous directors.

Interesting movies from the program of the Venice Film Festival 2011 - my pick.

Official festival website - http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema

Opening film: 
"Vivan las Antipodas!" by Victor Kossakovsky (Germany, Arg, Neth, Chile, Russia)  
 
Closing Film:
"Damsels in Distress" by Whit Stillman (U.S.)

Venezia 68 (In Competition):
"The Ides of March" by George Clooney (U.S.)
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" by Tomas Alfredson (Italy)
"Wuthering Heights" by Andrea Arnold (U.K.)
"Texas Killing Fields" by Ami Canaan Mann (U.S.)
"A Dangerous Method" by David Cronenberg (Germany, Canada)
"4:44 Last Day on Earth" by Abel Ferrara (U.S.)
"Killer Joe" by William Friedkin (U.S.)
"The Exchange" by Eran Kolirin (Israel, Germany)
"Alps" by Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece)
"Shame" by Steve McQueen (U.K.)
"Carnage" by Roman Polanski (France, Germany, Spain, Poland)
"Chicken With Plums" by Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud (France, Belgium, Germany)
"A Burning Hot Summer" by Philippe Garrel (France)
"A Simple Life" by Ann Hui (China, HK)
"Faust" by Aleksandr Sokurov (Russia)
"Dark Horse" by Todd Solondz (U.S.)
"Himizu" by Sion Sono (Japan)
"Seediq Bale" by Wei Desheng (Taiwan)
"Quando la Notte" by Cristina Comencini (Italy)
"Terraferma" by Emanuele Crialese (Italy)
"L’Ultimo Terrestre" by Gipi (Italy)

Out of Competition:
"La folie Almayer" by Chantal Akerman (Belgium, France)
"The Moth Diaries" by Mary Harron (Canada, Ireland)
"W.E." by Madonna (U.K.)
"Il villaggio di cartone" by Ermanno Olmi (Italy)
"Wilde Salome" by Al Pacino (U.S.)
"Contagion" by Steven Soderbergh (U.S.)
"The Sorcerer and the White Snake" by Tony Ching Siu-tung (China, HK)
"Giochi d’estate" by Rolando Colla (Switzerland, Italy)
"La Desintegration" by Philippe Faucon (Belgium)
"Alois Nebel" by Tomas Lunak (Czech Rep., Germany)
"Eva" by Kike Maillo (Spain, France)
"Scossa" by Francesco Maselli, Carlo Lizzani, Ugo Gregoretti, Nino Russo (Italy)
"La Cle des champs" by Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou (France)
"Tormented" by Takashi Shimizu (Japan)
"Marco Bellocchio, Venezia 2011" by Pietro Marcello (Italy)
"La Meditazione di Hayez" by Mario Martone (Italy)
"Tahrir 2011" by Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama (Egypt)
"The End" by Collective Abounabbara (Syria)
"Vanguard" by Collective Abounabbara (Syria)
"Evolution (Megaplex 3D)" by Marco Brambilla (U.S.)