Venice Film Festival line-up 2018 – what movies are showing? From Ryan Gosling’s First Man to Lady Gaga’s A Star Is Born
We have the full lowdown on the big movie event held on the Italian Riviera
VENICE Film Festival is back for another year, and with it comes the cream of Hollywood.
But what movies are featured in this year's line-up? Here's what we know...
When is Venice Film Festival?
This year's festival kicked off on August 29, 2018 and it runs until September 8, 2018.
The majority of films are shown on Lido at the Palazzo del Cinema di Venezia.
But to celebrate the festival there are opened aired screenings of different movies all around Venice.
What is the Venice Film Festival line-up?
Here are the movies that will be featured at this year's big event:
First Man
Directed by Damien Chazelle.
Stars Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy.
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Suspiria
Directed by Luca Guadagnino.
Stars Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton and Chloë Grace Moretz.
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
The Favourite
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachael Weisz.
In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne (Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Weisz) governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail (Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.
Stars James Franco, Zoe Kazan, Liam Neeson and Brendan Gleeson.
An anthology western following six different storylines centering on a man named Buster Scruggs.
Vox Lux
Directed by Brady Corbet.
Stars Natalie Portman and Jude Law.
An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.
The Other Side of the Wind
Directed by Orson Welles.
Stars John Huston, Peter Bogdanovich and Oja Kodar.
The story of a legendary director named J.J. "Jake" Hannaford, who returns to Hollywood from years of semi-exile in Europe, with plans to complete work on his own innovative comeback movie, also titled "The Other Side of the Wind".
A Star Is Born
Directed by Bradley Cooper.
Stars Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga ad Dave Chappelle.
A musician helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Roma
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron.
It features an unknown cast.
A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
22 July
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Stars Anders Danielsen Lie.
In Norway on July 22, 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. A three-part story.
The film is about the survivors of the attacks, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.
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At Eternity’s Gate
Directed by Julian Schnabel.
Stars Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac and Mads Mikkelsen.
A look at Vincent van Gogh's time in Arles.