The Venice Biennale has unveiled the full lineup for the 82nd edition of its prestigious Film Festival, which will run from August 27 to September 6, once again confirming the strong presence of Argentine cinema at one of the world’s oldest and most renowned film events.

Among the highlights is the world premiere of Nuestra tierra, the highly anticipated new feature by Lucrecia Martel, which will be screened out of competition, just as Zama was in its time. On this occasion, Martel — one of the most influential voices in contemporary Latin American cinema — reconstructs the story of the murder of Indigenous activist Javier Chocobar and the expulsion of his community from their ancestral lands. The film unravels 500 years of actions, weapons, and cameras that led to this shooting, and situates it within the broader land tenure system that has shaped the history of Latin America.

In the official Orizzonti section, dedicated to new trends and emerging voices, two Argentine directors will compete for international recognition: Alejo Moguillansky with Pin de Fartie and Gastón Solnicki, who will present The Souffleur, starring none other than Willem Dafoe. Solnicki’s film is a mostly Austrian co-production, produced by Gabriele Kranzelbinder and Paolo Calamita (Museum Hours) for Little Magnet Films and KGP Filmproduktion, together with Eugenio Fernández Abril for Primo (Peter Hujar’s Day) and Solnicki himself for Filmy Wiktora.

The Argentine presence in Venice is rounded out by Un cabo suelto, the new comedy by Daniel Hendler, which will be featured in the Spotlight section, also out of competition. The Uruguayan actor and director presents his third feature film here, shot in April and May in Fray Bentos and Montevideo, co-produced by Cordón Films (Uruguay) and Wanka Cine (Argentina). Starring Sergio Prina, Pilar Gamboa, and César Troncoso, among others, the film follows Santiago, an Argentine police officer who flees to Uruguay while improvising his survival among cheeses, cured meats, and a possible romance.

This year’s festival will also showcase films by Olivier Assayas, Jim Jarmusch, Noah Baumbach, Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow, Gus Van Sant, Yorgos Lanthimos, Werner Herzog, Aleksandr Sokurov, and Tsai Ming-liang, reaffirming its status as one of the great launching platforms for the awards season. In this context, the notable presence of Argentine filmmakers promises to expand the visibility of national cinema on the international stage and strengthen the position of directors and producers who continue to build a sustained presence at the world’s leading film festivals.

Competition

La grazia – Paolo Sorrentino (opening film)
The Wizard of the Kremlin – Olivier Assayas
Jay Kelly – Noah Baumbach
The Voice of Hind Rajab – Kaouther Ben Hania
A House of Dynamite – Kathryn Bigelow
The Sun Rises on Us All – Cai Shangjun
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Elisa – Leonardo Di Costanzo
À pied d’oeuvre – Valérie Donzelli
Silent Friend – Ildikó Enyedi
The Testament of Ann Lee – Mona Fastvold
Father Mother Sister Brother – Jim Jarmusch
Bugonia – Yorgos Lanthimos
Duse – Pietro Marcello
Un film fatto per bene – Franco Maresco
Orphan – László Nemes
L’étranger – François Ozon
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook
Sotto le nuvole – Gianfranco Rosi
The Smashing Machine – Benny Safdie
Girl – Shu Qi

Out of Competition – Fiction

Sermon to the Void – Hilal Baydarov
L’isola di Andrea – Antonio Capuano
Il maestro – Andrea Di Stefano
After the Hunt – Luca Guadagnino
Scarlet – Mamoru Hosoda
The Last Viking – Anders Thomas Jensen
In the Hand of Dante – Julian Schnabel
La valle dei sorrisi – Paolo Strippoli
Dead Man’s Wire – Gus Van Sant
Orfeo – Virgilio Villoresi
Chien 51 – Cédric Jimenez (closing film)

Out of Competition – Non-fiction

Kabul, Between Prayers – Aboozar Amini
Ferdinando Scianna – Il fotografo dell’ombra – Roberto Andò
Marc by Sofia – Sofia Coppola
I diari di Angela – Noi due cineasti. Capitolo terzo – Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Ghost Elephants – Werner Herzog
My Father and Qaddafi – Jihan K
The Tale of Sylian – Tamara Kotevska
Nuestra tierra – Lucrecia Martel
Remake – Ross McElwee
Kim Novak’s Vertigo – Alexandre Philippe
Cover-Up – Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus
Broken English – Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth
Notes of a True Criminal – Alexander Rodnyansky, Andriy Alferov
Director’s Diary – Aleksandr Sokurov
Back Home – Tsai Ming-liang

Out of Competition – Film & Music

Nino. 18 giorni – Toni D’Angelo
Piero Pelù. Rumore dentro – Francesco Fei
Newport and the Great Folk Dream – Robert Gordon
Francesco de Gregori Nevergreen – Stefano Pistolini

Out of Competition – Series

Portobello – Marco Bellocchio
Un prophète – Enrico Maria Artale
Etty – Hagai Levi
Il mostro – Stefano Sollima

Out of Competition – Short Films

Origin – Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Boomerang Atomic – Rachid Bouchareb
How to Shoot a Ghost – Charlie Kaufman

Orizzonti

Mother – Teona Strugar Mitevska (opening film)
Divine Comedy – Ali Asgari
Hiedra – Ana Cristina Barragán
Il rapimento di Arabella – Carolina Cavalli
Estrany riu – Jaume Claret Muxart
Lost Land – Akio Fujimoto
Grand ciel – Akihiro Hata
Rose of Nevada – Mark Jenkin
Late Fame – Kent Jones
Milk Teeth – Mihai Mincan
Pin de fartie – Alejo Moguillansky
Father – Tereza Nvotová
En el camino – David Pablos
Songs of Forgotten Trees – Anuparna Roy
Un anno di scuola – Laura Samani
The Souffleur – Gastón Solnicki
Barrio triste – Stillz
Human Resource – Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
Funeral Casino Blues – Roderick Warich

Venice Spotlight

Hijra – Shahad Ameen
Un cabo suelto – Daniel Hendler
Made in EU – Stephan Komandarev
Motor City – Potsy Ponciroli
La hija de la española – Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugas
À bras-le-corps – Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
Calle Málaga – Maryam Touzani
Ammazzare stanca – Daniele Vicari

Venice Classics

Mata Hari – Joe Beshenkovsky, James A Smith
Elvira Notari: Oltre il silenzio – Valerio Ciriaci
Louis Malle, le révolté – Claire Duguet
Memoria de los olvidados – Javier Espada
Megadoc – Mike Figgis
Boorman and the Devil – David Kittredge
Holofiction – Michal Kosakowski
Sangre del toro – Yves Montmayeur
The Ozu Diaries – Daniel Raim

Biennale College Cinema

Agnus Dei – Massimiliano Camaiti
One Woman One Bra – Vincho Nchogu
Becoming Human – Polen Ly
Secret of a Mountain Serpent – Nidhi Saxena