Venice & Toronto 2023 Film Fest Line-Ups – Dark Horizons

Both Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals have announced their gala and competition line-ups in the past 24 hours.

While the actor’s strikes have limited talent that can show up, with some titles opting to hold off on hitting the Fall fest circuit this year, there’s still plenty of big name titles set to screen at the fests.

The 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival will include David Fincher’s “The Killer,” Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” Ava DuVernay’s “Origin,” Pablo Larain’s “El Conde,” Luc Besson’s “Dogman” and Nikolaj Arcel’s “The Promised Land” in competition amongst many others.

In addition Wes Anderson’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” Richard Linklater’s “Hitman,” William Friedkin’s “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” and Roman Polanski’s “The Palace” will also screen out of competition whilst J.A. Bayona’s “Society of the Snow” will close out the fest which runs from August 30th- September 9th.

Here’s the full list of films set to premiere at Venice in 2023:

Venice – In Competition 2023
The Promised Land, directed by Nikolaj Arcel
Dogman, directed by Luc Besson
La Bête, directed by Bertrand Bonello
Hors-Saison, directed by Stéphane Brizé
Enea, directed by Pietro Castellitto
Comandante, directed by Edoardo de Angelis (opening night film)
Maestro, directed by Bradley Cooper
Priscilla, directed by Sofia Coppola
Finalmente L’Alba, directed by Saverio Costanzo
Lubo, directed by Giorgio Diritti
Origin, directed by Ava DuVernay
The Killer, directed by David Fincher
Memory, directed by Michel Franco
Io Capitano, directed by Matteo Garrone
Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
The Green Border, directed by Agnieszka Holland
Die Theorie Von Allem, directed by Timm Kroger
Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
El Conde, directed by Pablo Larrain
Ferrari, directed by Michael Mann
Adagio, directed by Stefano Sollima
Woman Of, dirs: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert
Holly, directed by Fien Troch

Venice – Out of Competition 2023
Coup de Chance, directed by Woody Allen
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, directed by Wes Anderson
The Penitent, directed by Luca Barbareschi
L’Ordine del Tempo, directed by Liliana Cavani
Vivants, directed by Alix Delaporte
Daaaaaal!, directed by Quentin Dupieux
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, directed by William Friedkin
Aggro Dr1ft, directed by Harmony Korine
Hit Man, directed by Richard Linklater
The Palace, directed by Roman Polanski
Snow Leopard, directed by Pema Tseden
Hollywoodgate, directed by Ibrahim Nash’at
Amor, directed by Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri
Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus, directed by Neo Sora
Frente a Guernica (Version Integrale), directed by Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Enzo Jannacci Vengo Anch’io, directed by Giorgio Verdelli
Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros, directed by Frederick Wiseman

Venice – Horizons Extra
Bota Jone, directed by Luana Bajrami
Forever Forever, directed by Anna Buryachkova
The Rescue, directed by Daniela Goggi
In the Land of Saints and Sinners, directed by Robert Lorenz
Day of the Fight, directed by Jack Huston
Felicita, directed by Micaela Ramazzotti
Pet Shop Boys, directed by Olmo Schnabel
Stolen, directed by Karan Tejpal
L’Homme d’Argile, directed by Anais Tellenne

Venice – Horizons
A Cielo Abierto, directed by Mariana Arriaga, Santiago Arriaga
El Paraiso, directed by Enrico Maria Artale
Behind the Mountains, directed by Mohamed Ben Attia
The Red Suitcase, directed by Fidel Devkota
Tatami, directed by Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Paradise Is Burning, directed by Mika Gustafson
The Featherweight, directed by Robert Kolodny
Invelle, directed by Simone Massi
Hesitation Wound, directed by Selman Nacar
Heartless, directed by Nara Normande, Tiao
Una Sterminata Domenica, directed by Alain Perroni
City of Wind, directed by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
Explanation for Everything, directed by Gabor Reisz
Gasoline Rainbow, directed by Bill Ross, Turner Ross
En Attendant la Nuit, directed by Céline Rouzet
Housekeeping for Beginners, directed by Goran Stolevski
Shadow of Fire, directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
Dormitory, directed by Nehir Tuna

Meanwhile the big titles premiering in Toronto include works from Alexander Payne, Taika Waititi, Richard Linklater, John Carney, Warwick Thonton, Atom Egoyan, Jonathan Glazer, Anand Tucker, Maggie Betts, Michael Winterbottom, David Yates, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Catherine Breillat, Alex Gibney, Sophie Dupuis and Craig Gillespie.

There’s also plenty of works from names mostly known for their acting who’re also directing, including Chris Pine, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Keaton, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ethan Hawke, Anna Kendrick and Tony Goldwyn. The full Toronto list is as follows:

Toronto – Gala Presentations 2023
Concrete Utopia, directed by Um Tae-Hwa
Dumb Money, directed by Craig Gillespie
Fair Play, directed by Chloe Domont
Flora and Son, directed by John Carney
Hate to Love: Nickelback, directed by Leigh Brooks
Lee, directed by Ellen Kuras
Next Goal Wins, directed by Taika Waititi
NYAD, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Punjab ’95, directed by Honey Trehan
Solo, directed by Sophie Dupuis
The End We Start From, directed by Mahalia Belo
The Movie Emperor, directed by Ning Hao
The New Boy, directed by Warwick Thornton
The Royal Hotel, directed by Kitty Green

Toronto – Special Presentations 2023
A Difficult Year, directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
A Normal Family, directed by Hur Jin-ho
American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson
Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet
Close to You, directed by Dominic Savage
Days of Happiness, directed by Chloé Robichaud
El Rapto, directed by Daniela Goggi
Ezra, directed by Tony Goldwyn
Fingernails, directed by Christos Nikou
Four Daughters, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
His Three Daughters, directed by Azazel Jacobs
Hitman, directed by Richard Linklater
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, directed by Alex Gibney
Kidnapped, directed by Marco Bellocchio
Knox Goes Away, directed by Michael Keaton
La Chimera, directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Last Summer, directed by Catherine Breillat
Les Indésirables, directed by Ladj Ly
Memory, directed by Michel Franco
Monster, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
Mother Couch, directed by Niclas Larsson
North Star, directed by Kristin Scott Thomas
One Life, directed by James Hawes
Pain Hustlers, directed by David Yates
Poolman, directed by Chris Pine
Reptile, directed by Grant Singer
Rustin, directed by George C. Wolfe
Seven Veils, directed by Atom Egoyan
Shoshana, directed by Michael Winterbottom
Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar
Smugglers, directed by Ryoo Seung-wan
Swan Song, directed by Chelsea McMullan
The Beast, directed by Bertrand Bonello
The Burial, directed by Maggie Betts
The Convert, directed by Lee Tamahori
The Critic, directed by Anand Tucker
The Dead Don’t Hurt, directed by Viggo Mortensen
The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne
The Peasants, directed by DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
The Zone of Interest, directed by Jonathan Glazer
Together 99, directed by Lukas Moodysson
Unicorns, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd
Uproar, directed by Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett
Wicked Little Letters, directed by Thea Sharrock
Wildcat, directed by Ethan Hawke
Woman of the Hour, directed by Anna Kendrick

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 7th-17th.