All the Asian Titles of the 79th Venice International Film Festival

The 79th Venice International Film Festival has just announced the line-up for the next edition. The 79th Venice International Film Festival is organised by La Biennale di Venezia and directed by Alberto Barbera. It will take place at Venice Lido from 31 August to 10 September 2022. The Festival is officially recognised by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Association).

The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue. The Festival also organises retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution towards a better understanding of the history of cinema.

Here are all the Asian Titles on the Programme:

COMPETITION:

LOVE LIFE
Director  Koji Fukada
Main Cast  Fumino Kimura, Kento Nagayama, Atom Sunada / Japan, France / 123'

SHAB, DAKHELI, DIVAR (BEYOND THE WALL)
Director  Vahid Jalilvand
Main Cast  Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaee / Iran / 126'

KHERS NIST (NO BEARS)
Director  Jafar Panahi
Main Cast  Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiar Panjeei, Mina Kavani, Reza Heydari / Iran / 106'

OUT OF COMPETITION:

KAPAG WALA NANG MGA ALON (WHEN THE WAVES ARE GONE)
Director  Lav Diaz
Main Cast  John Lloyd Cruz, Ronnie Lazaro, Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino, Dms Boongaling / Philippines, France, Portugal, Denmark / 187'

ORIZZONTI:

AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Director  Makbul Mubarak

SNOW IN SEPTEMBER
Director  Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir

PLEASE HOLD THE LINE
Director  Ce Ding TAN

ARU OTOKO (A MAN)
Director  Kei Ishikawa

ORIZZONTI EXTRA:

JANAIN MUALAQA (HANGING GARDENS)
Director  Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji

BI ROYA (WITHOUT HER)
Director  Arian Vazirdaftari

GOLIATH
Director  Adilkhan Yerzhanov

NEZOUH
Director  Soudade Kaadan

VENICE CLASSICS Restored Films:

KAMIGAMI NO FUKAKI YOKUBÔ (PROFOUND DESIRES OF THE GODS)
Director  Shôhei Imamura
Main Cast  Rentarô Mikuni, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Hideko Okiyama / 1968 / 173'

KAZE NO NAKA NO MENDORI (A HEN IN THE WIND)
Director  Yasujirô Ozu
Main Cast  Kinuyo Tanaka, Shûji Sano, Chieko Murata / 1948 / 84'

KOROSHI NO RAKUIN (BRANDED TO KILL)
Director  Seijun Suzuki
Main Cast  Jô Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari / 1967 / 91'

DULI SHIDAI (A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION)
Director  Edward Yang
Main Cast  Li-Mei Chen, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-wen Chen / 1994 / 128'

You can find the full Programme on the Official Website