Actress and director Greta Scarano along with actor Nicolas Maupas will host the opening and closing nights, during which the Lions and other official awards will be announced.
This year, the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement have been awarded to American actor, director, and producer George Clooney (Jay Kelly, Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck), a complete and charismatic artist, passionate and original, who has managed to transform a profound vocation into one of the brightest stories in contemporary cinema, and to American actress Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Interstellar), a performer of rare intensity and truth, who has traversed over fifty years of American cinema giving depth and complexity to unforgettable female characters capable of embodying the contradictions and transformations of contemporary woman.
Ink, directed by Oscar® and BAFTA award-winning director Danny Boyle (28 Years Later, Trainspotting, The Millionaire) and starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce, and Claire Foy, will be the opening film (Wednesday, September 2), having its world premiere in competition.
In homage to Venetian director Tinto Brass, unconventional genius of Italian cinema, the film Col cuore in gola (1967) will be the Pre-Opening night feature on Tuesday, September 1 at the Sala Darsena in Venice. The film will be shown in its world premiere in a restored digital 4K version.
