Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana drama Spencer to premiere at Venice Film Festival, full line-up announced

The 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival runs from September 1-11 and it appears that this year’s line-up contains some of the most eagerly anticipated movies of 2021, including Edgar Wright’s oft-delayed horror Last Night in Soho, Ridley Scott’s medieval epic The Last Duel, and Pablo Larraín’s Kristen Stewart headlined drama Spencer.

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Taking place over a weekend in 1991, Spencer will tell the story of Diana’s decision to end her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales. Director Pablo Larraín stunned with his 2016 biopic Jackie, so anticipation is high that he can achieve similar results with Kristen Stewart playing the iconic Princess.

Elsewhere Pedro Almodovar’s Parallel Mothers will open the festival, which also brings Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills to the lagoon of Northern Italy. The in-person celebration will also take in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter, starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, and Jessie Buckley, and A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night‘s Ana Lily Amirpour returns with Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon, a fantasy film which stars Kate Hudson as a girl with unusual powers who escapes from a mental institute.

Here is the full line-up:

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IN COMPETITION

Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodovar

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, Ana Lily Amirpour

Un Autre Monde, Stephane Brize

The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion

America Latina, Damiano D’Innocenzo, Fabio D’Innocenzo

L’Evenement, Audrey Diwan

Official Competition, Gaston Depart, Mariano Cohn

The Hole, Michelangelo Frammartino

Sundown, Michel Franco

Lost Illusions, Xavier Giannoli

The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Spencer, Pablo Larrain

Freaks Out, Gabriele Mainetti

Qui Rido Io, Mario Martone

On The Job: The Missing 8, Eric Matti

Leave No Traces, Jan P. Matuszyski

Captain Volkonogov Escaped, Yuriy Borisov (Russia, Estonia, France)

The Card Counter, Paul Schrader

The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino

Reflection, Valentin Vasyanovych

La Caja, Lorenzo Vigas

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OUT OF COMPETITION – FICTION

Il Bambino Nascosto, Roberto Andò

Les Choses Humaines, Yvan Attal

Ariaferma, Leonardo Di Costanzo

Halloween Kills, David Gordon Green

La Scuola Cattolica, Stefano Mordini

Old Henry, Potsy Ponciroli

The Last Duel, Ridley Scott

Dune, Denis Villeneuve

Last Night in Soho, Edgar Wright

OUT OF COMPETITION – NON-FICTION

Life Of Crime, Jon Alpert

Tranchees, Loup Bureau

Viaggio Nel Crepuscolo, Augusto Contento

Republic of Silence, Diana El Jeiroudi

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine

DeAndre#Deandre Storia di un Impiegato, Roberta Lena

Django&Django, Luca Rea

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