72nd Venice Film Festival

The third of the top three festivals (after Cannes & Berlin) is also the oldest festival in the world. It has serious competition from the fourth, Toronto, which right behind it in ranking and timing. However, it does not have to fear anything after all these years besides having one of the most beautiful settings. 

COMPETITION 
Emin Alper Abluka (Frenzy)

Laurie Anderson Heart of a Dog

Marco Bellocchio Sangue del mio sangue

Sue Brooks Looking for Grace
Drake Doremus Equals

Atom Egoyan Remember
Cary Fukunaga Beasts of No Nation
Giuseppe M. Gaudino Per amor vostro Best Actress 

Xavier Giannoli Marguerite

Amos Gitai Rabin, the Last Day
Luca Guadagnino A Bigger Splash

Oliver Hermanus The Endless River

Tom Hooper The Danish Girl

Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson Anomalisa Grand Jury Prize  

Piero Messina L’attesa

Jerzy Skolimowski 11 minut (11 Minutes)

Aleksandr Sokurov Francofonia

Pablo Trapero El Clan Best Director
Christian Vincent L’hermine Best Actor
Lorenzo Vigas DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR) Golden Lion

Zhao Liang Behemoth

OUT OF COMPETITION 
Baltasar Kormakur Everest (opening film)
Hu Guan Lao pao er  (Mr Six) (closing film)
Daniel Alfredson Go with Me
Claudio Caligari Non essere cattivo
Scott Cooper Black Mass
Thomas McCarthy Spotlight
Evgeny Afineevsky Winter on Fire
Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow De Palma
Amy Berg Janis
Sergei Loznitsa Sobytie (The Event)
Franco Maresco Gli uomini di questa città io non li conosco
Gianfranco Pannone L’esercito più piccolo del mondo
Tsai Ming-liang Na ri xiawu (Afternoon)
Frederick Wiseman In Jackson Heights
Yann Arthus-Bertrand Human

HORIZONS
Merzak Allouache Madame Courage 
Joko Anwar A Copy of My Mind

Alberto Caviglia Pecore in erba
Samuel Collardey Tempete

Brady Corbet The Childhood of a Leader Best Director
Renato De Maria Italian Gangster

Vahid Jalilvand Wednesday
Yaelle Kayam Mountain 
Tobias Lindholm A War

Vetri Maaran Interrogation
Jake Mahaffy Free in Deed Best Film 
Gabriel Mascaro Boi Neon
Dito Montiel Man Down
Hadar Morag Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Rodrigo Pla Un monstruo de mil cabezas
Anita Rocha Da Silveira Mate-me por favor
Nicolas Saada Taj Mahal

Yorgos Zois Interruption

For more info: http://www.labiennale.org/