Biennale Cinema 2021
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- DirectorJane CampionStarsBenedict CumberbatchKirsten DunstJesse PlemonsCharismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
- DirectorThomas KruithofStarsIsabelle HuppertReda KatebNaidra AyadiA story that revolves around Clemence who's in the final stage of her political career as a Mayor of Parisian suburbs.
- DirectorYuri AncaraniStarsDaniele BarisonMaila DabalàBianka BerényiA young man from Sant'Erasmo, an island on the edges of the Venice Lagoon lives on his wits, isolated even from his peer group who are busy exploring an existence of pleasure-seeking expressed in the cult of the barchino (motorboat).
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzMilena SmitIsrael ElejaldeThe story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsOscar IsaacTiffany HaddishTye SheridanWilliam Tell is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. When he encounters a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy, he takes him on the casino circuit to set him on a new path.
- DirectorGuan ChenStarsKeyu DengRuguang WeiA boy and a girl wander through the streets of a city in China during lockdown, in search of entertainment and freedom.
- DirectorPeter KerekesStarsMaryna KlimovaIryna KiryazevaLyubov VasylynaFollows the real-life stories of 107 mothers in the Odesa prison in Ukraine.
- DirectorShoja AzariShirin NeshatStarsSheila VandMatt DillonWilliam MoseleyIn an effort to understand and control its populace, the government begins a program to record citizens' dreams.
- DirectorMaggie GyllenhaalStarsOlivia ColmanJessie BuckleyDakota JohnsonA woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametRebecca FergusonZendayaA noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
- DirectorMohamed DiabStarsSaba MubarakAli SulimanTara AbboudA Palestinian girl's world is turned upside down when she learns the man she grew up idolizing is not her real father.
- DirectorHarry WootliffStarsRuth WilsonTom BurkeHayley SquiresIt follows a young woman living on the fringes of society who becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
- CreatorHagai LeviStarsJessica ChastainOscar IsaacSophia KoperaTelevision drama miniseries which re-examines the original's iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple, played by Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.
- DirectorMariano CohnGastón DupratStarsPenélope CruzAntonio BanderasOscar MartínezA wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsThomasin McKenzieAnya Taylor-JoyMatt SmithAspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.
- DirectorMounia AklStarsYumna MarwanNadine LabakiSaleh BakriA couple decide to leave the toxic pollution of their home city of Beirut, hoping to build a utopian existence in a pristine home in the mountains.
- DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsKate HudsonJeon Jong-seoCraig RobinsonA girl with unusual powers escapes from a mental asylum and tries to make it on her own in New Orleans.
- DirectorLaura BispuriStarsDominique SandaAlba RohrwacherMaya SansaNena's family, who reunite in their house by the sea to celebrate her birthday. Everybody is there. Even Paco, Alma's peacock.
- DirectorAmeer Fakher EldinStarsAshraf BarhomMohammad BakriHitham OmariIn occupied Golan Heights, a desperate unlicensed doctor subverts his village's expectations when he accidentally encounters a wounded soldier from the war in Syria.
- DirectorAlexandre MorattoStarsChristian MalheirosRodrigo SantoroLucas OranmianTo provide a better life for his family in the country, 18-year-old Mateus accepts a job in a junkyard in São Paulo for his new boss, Luca, but becomes trapped in the dangerous world of human trafficking.
- DirectorStefano MordiniStarsBenedetta PorcaroliGiulio PrannoEmanuele Maria Di StefanoIn late September 1975, a renowned Catholic school in Rome for sheltered, upper-middle-class boys is attacked in what became known as the Circeo Massacre. The film examines what triggered the violence.
- DirectorJon AlpertStarsDelirisFreddyRobertA relentless ride through the streets and prisons of Newark, New Jersey's largest city, and desperate fight to survive the deadliest enemy ever to attack America.
- DirectorKiro RussoStarsMax Bautista UchasaraJulio César TiconaIsrael HurtadoA symphony of the city in the heights, the illness of a worker, the nightmare and his redemption.
- DirectorAudrey DiwanStarsAnamaria VartolomeiKacey Mottet KleinLuàna BajramiAn adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
- DirectorAntoinette BoulatStarsLou LamprosTom MercierCarmen KassovitzMarion faces Paris at night with a feeling of vulnerability linked to the loss of her sister. She crosses paths with Alex. Their encounter will evolve at the rhythm of their wanderings through the city, like a journey through the night.
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsJamie Lee CurtisJudy GreerAndi MatichakSurviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.
- DirectorRadu JudeCollage of scenes in which the toys help us understand better a possible essence of our life.
- DirectorLuca ReaStarsSergio CorbucciRuggero DeodatoFranco NeroAn homage to Italian director Sergio Corbucci of the 1960s and contemporary director Quentin Tarantino, recounting a memorable period in Italian cinema with the sensibility of today.
- DirectorLaurynas BareisaStarsGabija BargailaiteGiedrius KielaIndre PatkauskaiteIndre and Paulius travel to the small town where a gruesome crime was committed and they learn it is not as easy as expected to revisit the past.
- DirectorValentyn VasyanovychStarsRoman LutskyiStanislav AseyevOleksandr DanyliukUkrainian surgeon Serhiy is captured by the Russian military forces in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine and while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying scenes of humiliation, violence and indifference towards human life.
- DirectorYvan AttalStarsBen AttalSuzanne JouannetCharlotte GainsbourgA young man is accused of raping a young woman.
- DirectorAlba ZariStarsSandro PivottiA family spends the summer months on a nudist beach. Intimacy and beauty of naked bodies, leaves drawing geometrical shapes on the skin, the water seems relieving from any thought. FREIKÖRPERKULTUR is a poem about longing for what is lost and will never return. It's the expulsion from Eden.
- DirectorEkaterina SelenkinaStarsDenis UrvantsevA sprawling meditation on the choreography of bodies in Moscow's urban landscape, Detours depicts a new way of dealing illicit drugs via the Darknet, the layering of the physical and the virtual realities, as well as a poetics, and politics, of space. Taking place in sleepy neighbourhoods, among the concrete walls of high-rises, behind garages and amidst abandoned railroads, the film alternately follows and loses track of Denis, the treasureman who hides stashes of drugs all over the city.
- DirectorRodrigo PláLaura SantulloStarsLeah MillerJorge CastroAlejandra DozalA mother may lose custody of her son because she refuses to medicate his ADHD.
- DirectorChiara CaterinaThe voices of five women fill the sound space of the film, weaving the threads of the narrative: a woman reads from tarot cards; a survivor of the "Circeo Massacre", one of the most heinous episodes of kidnapping and violence in Italian crime history, answers a journalist's questions; a woman accused of the murder of four people is questioned by the magistrates; a woman recounts her relationship with death, while another seeks an answer to violence through religious practice. These voices bring out, in different ways, the relationship to life through the discourse of death.
- DirectorArsalan AmiriStarsNavid PourfarajPourya Rahimi SamHoda ZeinolabedinInvestigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist.
- DirectorGabriele MainettiStarsClaudio SantamariaAurora GiovinazzoPietro CastellittoRome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are the main attractions of the "Mezza Piotta Circus" run by Israel, meanwhile someone starts looking for the four freaks with a plan that could change the fate of the whole world.
- DirectorDamiano D'InnocenzoFabio D'InnocenzoStarsElio GermanoAstrid CasaliSara CioccaMassimo is a dentist from Latina, happily married with two daughters. One day he goes down to the cellar for housework and finds a girl tied up and gagged, asking for help.
- DirectorJan P. MatuszynskiStarsTomasz ZietekSandra KorzeniakJacek BraciakIn 1983, communist Poland is shaken by the case of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, who is beaten to death by police. The only witness of the beating becomes the number one enemy of the state.
- DirectorJonas CarpignanoStarsCarmelo CaccamoPio AmatoSwamy RotoloFollows the story of 15-year-old Chiara whose close-knit family falls apart after her father abandons them in Calabria.
- DirectorGianluca MatarreseAn intimate and daring confession, a two-way conversation between the director and his lover, a game of domination and submission encompassing the universe of bondage, the traumas of AIDS and even the theory of images.
- DirectorFrancesco LettieriStarsAndrea CarpenzanoDaniele Del PlavignanoLudovica MartinoAs tattoos inked onto his face indicate stages in the story, we follow the spiral into drugs of a talented young musician.