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Malick and De Palma lead Venice Film Festival lineup | Malick and De Palma lead Venice Film Festival lineup |
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Director Terrence Malick's To The Wonder and Brian De Palma's Passion are among 17 films announced in competition at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. | Director Terrence Malick's To The Wonder and Brian De Palma's Passion are among 17 films announced in competition at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. |
They will receive their world premiere at the festival next month as they vie for the prestigious Golden Lion prize. | They will receive their world premiere at the festival next month as they vie for the prestigious Golden Lion prize. |
Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz star in Malick's romantic drama. | Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz star in Malick's romantic drama. |
McAdams is also in De Palma's Passion, his first feature in five years. | |
She appears alongside Noomi Rapace, Paul Anderson and Dominic Cooper in the sexual thriller, which centres on a power struggle between two colleagues. | She appears alongside Noomi Rapace, Paul Anderson and Dominic Cooper in the sexual thriller, which centres on a power struggle between two colleagues. |
Other stars headed for the festival at the Venice Lido include James Franco, who plays a drug dealer in Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers. | Other stars headed for the festival at the Venice Lido include James Franco, who plays a drug dealer in Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers. |
He stars alongside former teen actresses Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens in the drama, about girls who try to fund their spring break trip with a robbery. | He stars alongside former teen actresses Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens in the drama, about girls who try to fund their spring break trip with a robbery. |
Hudgens' former High School Musical co-star Zac Efron also has a film in competition at the festival, starring in Ramin Bahrani's At Any Price with Dennis Quaid and Heather Graham. | Hudgens' former High School Musical co-star Zac Efron also has a film in competition at the festival, starring in Ramin Bahrani's At Any Price with Dennis Quaid and Heather Graham. |
The festival, directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by La Biennale di Venezia, aims to promote international cinema as art, entertainment and an industry. | The festival, directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by La Biennale di Venezia, aims to promote international cinema as art, entertainment and an industry. |
Japanese director Takeshi Kitano's Outrage Beyond is also in competition at the festival, which runs between 29 August and 8 September. | Japanese director Takeshi Kitano's Outrage Beyond is also in competition at the festival, which runs between 29 August and 8 September. |
It will battle Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Faith, the second in his trilogy, which kicked off at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year with Paradise: Love. | It will battle Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Faith, the second in his trilogy, which kicked off at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year with Paradise: Love. |
Films screening out of competition include Mira Nair's 9/11 drama The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which opens this year's festival. | Films screening out of competition include Mira Nair's 9/11 drama The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which opens this year's festival. |
Based on Mohsin Hamid's novel, it stars British actor Riz Ahmed as a young Pakistani man working on Wall Street when terrorists strike the World Trade Centre. | Based on Mohsin Hamid's novel, it stars British actor Riz Ahmed as a young Pakistani man working on Wall Street when terrorists strike the World Trade Centre. |
This year the jury will be lead by US film director Michael Mann, best known for crime dramas such as Heat and The Insider. | This year the jury will be lead by US film director Michael Mann, best known for crime dramas such as Heat and The Insider. |
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