Lido saarel 31. augustist 10. septembrini toimuva festivali punasele vaibale on teiste hulgas tänavu oodata selliseid tippnäitlejaid nagu Olivia Wilde, Penelope Cruz, Ana de Armas, Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Christoph Waltz, Sigourney Weaver ja Mia Goth.

Festivali kunstiline juht Alberto Barbera andis pressikonverentsil siiski mõista, et tal on festivaliga seoses mõttes palju enamat kui staarid. "Tihti öeldakse, et filmifestivalid on aken maailma," ütles Barbera. "Sellest aknast sisse vaadates oleme tunnistajad asjadele, mida me pigem näha ei tahaks, nagu agressioonisõda Ukraina vastu."

Veneetsia filmifestivali žürii president on tänavu Julianne Moore. Elutöö eriauhinnad saavad festivalil Catherine Deneuve ja Paul Schrader.

79. Veneetsia filmifestivali ametlik programm:

Avafilm
"White Noise", lav Noah Baumbach

Võistlusprogramm/Venezia 79
"Il Signore Delle Formiche", lav Gianni Amelio
"The Whale", lav Darren Aronofsky
"L'Imensita", lav Emanuel Crialese
"Saint Omer", lav Alice Diop
"Blonde", lav Andrew Dominik
"Tar", lav Todd Field
"Love Life", lav Koji Fukada
"Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths", lav Alejandro G. Inarritu
"Athena", lav Romain Gavras
"Bones And All", lav Luca Guadagnino
The Eternal Daughter, lav Joanna Hogg
"Beyond The Wall", lav Vahid Jalilvand
"The Banshees Of Inisherin", lav Martin McDonagh
"Argentina 1985", lav Santiago Mitre
"Chiara", lav Susanna Nicchiarelli
"Monica", lav Andrea Pallaoro
"No Bears", lav Jafar Panahi
"All The Beauty And The Bloodshed", lav Laura Poitras
"A Couple", lav Frederick Wiseman
"The Son", lav Florian Zeller
"Our Ties", lav Roschdy Zem
"Other People's Children", lav Rebecca Zlotowski

Võistlusväline programm (fiktsioon)
"The Hanging Sun", lav Francesco Carrozzini
"When The Waves Are Gone", lav Lav Diaz
"Living", lav Oliver Hermanus
"Dead For A Dollar", lav Walter Hill
"Call Of God", lav Kim Ki-duk
"Dreamin' Wild", lav Bill Pohlad
"Master Gardener", lav Paul Schrader
"Drought", lav Paolo Virzi
"Pearl", lav Ti West
"Don't Worry Darling", lav Olivia Wilde

Võistlusväline programm (dokumentalistika)
"Freedom On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom", lav Evgeny Afineevsky
"The Matchmaker", lav Benedetta Argentieri
"Gli Ultimi Giorni Dell'Umanita", lav-d Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo
"A Compassionate Spy", lav Steve James
"Music For Black Pigeons", lav-d Jorgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed
"The Kiev Trial", lav Sergei Loznitsa
"In Viaggio", lav Gianfranco Rosi
"Bobi Wine Ghetto President", lav-d Christopher Sharp, Moses Bwayo
"Nuclear", lav Oliver Stone

Võistlusväline programm (lühifilmid)
"Maid", lav Lucretia Martel
"Look At Me", lav Sally Potter

Võistlusväline programm (sarjad)
"The Kingdom Exodus", lav Lars von Trier
"Copenhagen Cowboys", lav Nicolas Winding Refn

Horisondid+
"Origin Of Evil", lav Sebastien Mariner
"Hanging Gardens", lav Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
"Amanda", lav Carolina Cavalli
"Zapatos Rojos", lav Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser
"Nezhou", lav Soudade Kaadan
"Notte Fantasma", lav Fulvio Risuleo
"Without Her", lav Arian Vazirdaftari
"Valeria Is Getting Married", lav Michael Vinik
"Goliath", lav Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Horisondid
"Princess", lav Roberto De Paolis
"On The Fringe", lav Juan Diego Botto
"Victim", lav Michal Blasko
"Trenque Lauquen I", lav Laura Citarella
"Trenque Lauquen II", lav Laura Citarella
"Vera", lav-d Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Blanquita, lav Fernando Guzzoni
"Pour La France", lav Rachid Hami
"A Man", lav Kei Ishikawa
"Bread And Salt", lav Damian Kocur
"Luxembourg, Luxembourg", lav Antonio Lukich
"Ti Mangio Il Cuore", lav Pippo Mezzapesa
"To The North", lav Mihai Mincan
"Autobiography", Makbul Mubarak
"La Syndicaliste", lav Jean-Paul Salomé
"World War III", lav Houman Seyedi
"The Happiest Man In The World", lav Teona Strugar Mitevska
"The Bride", lav Sergio Tréfaut