2022 Venice Intl. Film Critics’ Week: Debuts Films From Philippe Petit & Yasmine Benkiran

Announced very early this morning, we’ve had some time to take the plunge into the lucky seven feature films (plus opener and closer) selections for the 2022 Venice Intl. Film Critics’ Week. Now in its 37th edition, section topper Beatrice Fiorentino favors European cinema this time out. The two filmmakers and titles we do recognize (we predicted them in our TIFF selections) from the selection we find Swann Arlaud and Sarah Adler starring in Tant que le soleil frappe by Philippe Petit (see pic above) and the debut feature by Yasmine Benkiran – her film Queens closes the section. Of course tomorrow is the big reveal and on Thursday we have Giornate degli Autori line-up. Here are the selections:

ANHELL69 by Theo Montoya / Colombia (documentary)
BEATING SUN | TANT QUE LE SOLEIL FRAPPE by Philippe Petit / France
DOGBORN by Isabella Carbonell / Sweden
EISMAYER by David Wagner / Austria
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN? by Dušan Zorić & Matija Gluščević / Serbia
MARGINI by Niccolò Falsetti / Italy
SKIN DEEP by Alex Schaad / Germany

OUT OF COMPETITION
OPENING FILM: THREE NIGHTS A WEEK | TROIS NUITS PAR SEMAINE by Florent Gouëlou / France
CLOSING FILM: QUEENS by Yasmine Benkiran / Morocco

SPECIAL SCREENING
BLOOD | O SANGUE by Pedro Costa / Portugal