Before the big announcement next week, Venice unveiled the line-up for the 24th edition of the Critics’ Week with ten world premieres with a mix that includes three titles from Sweden and a pair from Iran.
The only title that sticks out is Erik Gandini docu on Berlusconi which looks at “the media empire of Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlosconi and reveals how his reality TV shows full of bikini-clad women enriched his friends and beguiled a nation.” I’ll be covering this at TIFF where it is slated for the Reel-to-Reel section. The film will be presented as an out-of-competition special event in partnership with Venice Days.
Here is a run down of the selected titles.:
A Rational Solution (Det Enda Rationella) by Jorgen Bergmark, Sweden
Café Noir by Jung-Sung-il, Korea
Domanie by Patric Chiha, France
Good Morning Aman by Claudio Noce, Italy
Like Scampi (Kakraki) by Ilya Demichev, Russia
Wolves (Listicky) by Mira Fornay, Czech Republic-Ireland
Tehroun by Nader T Homayoun, Iran-France
Out of competition:
Metropia by Tarik Saleh, Sweden (opening film)
The Hole (Chaleh), by Ali Karim, Iran (closing film)
Videocracy, by Erik Gandini, Sweden (special event)
