Telluride Film Festival

The famously secretive Colorado film festival announced its line-up just as the festival is set to start:

Nebraska

All is Lost (US)- directed by J.C. Chandor
Before the Winter Chill (France)- Philippe Claudel
Bethlehem (Israel)- directed by Yuval Adler
Blue is the Warmest Color (France)- directed by Adbellatif Kechiche
Burning Bush (Czech Republic)- directed by Agnieszka Holland
Death Row: Blaine Milam + Robert Fratta (US)- directed by Werner Herzog
Fifi Howls From Happiness (US)- directed by Mitra Farahani
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (US)- directed by Dan Geller & Dayna Goldfine
Gloria (Chilé)- directed by Sebastián Lelio
Gravity (US)- directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Ida (Poland)- directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
Inside Llewyn Davis (US)- directed by Joel & Ethan Coen
The Invisible Woman (UK)- directed by Ralph Fiennes
Labor Day (US)- directed by Jason Reitman
The Lunchbox (India)- directed by Ritesh Batra
La Maison de la Radio (France)- directed by Nicolas Philibert
Manuscripts Don't Burn (Iran)- directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
The Missing Picture (France)- directed by Rithy Panh
Nebraska (US)- directed by Alexander Payne
Palo Alto (US)- directed by Gia Coppola
The Past (France)- directed by Asghar Fahardi
Slow Food Story (Italy)- directed by Stefano Sardo
Starred Up (UK)- directed by David Mackenzie
Tim's Vermeer (US)- directed by Teller
Tracks (UK)- directed by John Curran
Under the Skin (UK)- directed by Jonathon Glazer
The Unknown Known (US)- directed by Errol Morris

New York Film Festival Line-Up

The 51st New York Film Festival has announced its official line-up.  Captain Phillips will open the festival, while The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will be the centerpiece gala and Her will close the prestigious film festival.

OPENING NIGHT
Captain Phillips (US)- Tom Hanks stars as in Paul Greengrass' latest intrigue-a-real life about the hijacking of of a US cargo ship by Somali pirates.  One of Sony's high button Oscar contenders.

MAIN LINE-UP

About Time

About Time (UK)- Domhall Gleeson (Anna Karenina) does the time warp in Richard Curtis' latest romantic fantasy co-starring Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy.
Abuse of Weakness (France)- Catherine Breillat, director of Romance and Fat Girl, introduces her latest provocation starring Isabelle Huppert.
Alan Partridge (UK)- Declan Lowney's comedy starring Steve Coogan.
All is Lost (US)- J.C. Chandor's Margin Call follow-up is the one-man survival drama starring Robert Redford, a role that's had major awards talk since debuting in Cannes.
American Promise (US)- Docuementary by Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson that follows two African American families.
At Berkeley (US)- Frederick Wiseman's documentary is a study of the famed University of Berekely.
Bastards (France)- Claire Denis' contemporary film noir makes it's North American premiere after debuting at Cannes this past May.
Blue is the Warmest Color (France)- The controversial Cannes Palme D'or winner from director Abdellatif Kechiche will continue to polarize in it's hopes of gaining awards traction.
Burning Bush (Czech Republic)- Czech mini-series from Europa Europa director Agnieszka Holland.

Child of God (US)- James Franco's Cormac McCarthy adaptation comes to NYFF after famously premiering at Cannes.

Locarno Film Festival Winners

GRAND JURY PRIZE: Historia de la Meva Mort (Story of My Death)- directed by Albert Serra (Spain/France)

JURY PRIZE: E Agora? Lembra-Me (What Now? Remind Me)- directed by Joaquim Pinto (Portugal)

BEST DIRECTOR: Sang-soo Hong, Our Sunhi (South Korea)- Hong previously directed the In Another Country, which featured Isabelle Huppert at premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

BEST ACTOR: Fernando Bacilio, El Mudo (Peru/Spain/France)


BEST ACTRESS: Brie Larson, Short Term 12 (US)

SPECIAL MENTIONS:
Short Term 12- directed by Destin Cretton
Tableau Noir- directed by Yves Yersin (Switzerland)

Short Term 12 opens next week in limited release stateside and is garnering nice words, especially for leading actress Larson, who currently in also in cinemas in The Spectacular Now and has been coming into her own in recent years with performances in Rampart, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 21 Jump Street and TV's The United States of Tara.

Venice Film Festival Line-Up Announced

This year marks the 70th Venice Film Festival, one of the holy trifecta of fall festival season.  It was already announced that Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, his bold 3-D lost in space science fiction odyssey will be opening out of competition.  Here is the rest of the slate:

COMPETITION

Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin

Ana Arabia (Israel)- directed by Amos Gitai
Child of God (USA)- directed by James Franco- Just months after the Cannes premiere of Franco's Faulkner adaptation of As I Lay Dying, the actor-multi-hyphenate takes his adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel to Venice; Franco co-stars with Tim Blake Nelson. 
Es-Stouh (France)- directed by Merzak Allouache
Joe (USA)- directed by David Gordon Green-  Nicolas Cage and The Tree of Life's Tye Sheridan star in Green's latest, a drama about the relationship between an ex-con and a 15-year-old boy.
La Jalousie (France)- directed by Philippe Garrel
L'intrepido (Italy)- directed by Gianni Amelio
Miss Violence (Greece)- directed by Alexandros Avranas
Night Moves (USA)- directed by Kelly Reichardt
Philomena (UK)- directed by Stephen Frears- As expected Frears is premiering his latest drama-- about a woman and her search for her adult son-- in competition here.  Frears previously took his The Queen, Dirty Pretty Things and Liam to Venice.
The Policeman's Wife- directed by Philip Groning
Sacro Gra (Italy)- directed by Gianfranco Rosi
Stray Dogs (Taiwan)- directed by Ming-liang Tsai
Tom at the Farm (Canada)- directed by Xavier Dolan- The latest gay drama from the director of Laurence Anyways and I Killed My Mother.
Tracks (UK)- directed by John Curran- This biographical drama starring Mia Wasikowski and Adam Driver about a young woman who goes on a 1,700 mile trek across the deserts of West Australia will also play Toronto.  Curran previously directed Stone, The Painted Veil and We Don't Live Here Anymore.
Under the Skin (USA/UK)- directed by Jonathon Glazen-  Scarlett Johansson stars as in alien in Glazen's follow-up to Birth, the Nicole Kidman oddity that came out nine years ago.
The Unknown Known: The Life & Times of Donald Runsfeld (USA)- directed by Errol Morris
Via Castellana Bandiera (Italy)- directed by Emma Dante
The Wind Rises (Japan)- directed by Hayao Miyazaki
The Zero Theorem (USA)- directed by Terry Gilliam-- Gilliam's latest surrealist fantasia stars Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton and involves a computer hacker's goal to discover the key to human existence.

Full list here.

Venice Film Festival Winners

GOLDEN LION (Best Picture)
The Wrestler
Darren Aronofsky's latest film starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood won the top prize.

BEST DIRECTOR
Aleksei German, Paper Soldier

BEST ACTOR
Silvio Orlando, Il

BEST ACTRESS
Dominique Blanc, L'Autre

BEST YOUNG ACTOR (Marcello Mastroianni Award)
Jennifer Lawrence, The Burning Plain

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Teza

Venice Film Festival

The 2008 line-up has been announced:

IN COMPETITION
The Wrestler- directed by Darren Aronofsky (USA)
Stars Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood and Mickey Rourke
The Burning Plain- directed by Guillermo Arriaga (USA)
Stars Kim Basinger and Charlize Theron; Arriaga is screenwriter of Amores Perros and 21 Grams, this is his directorial debut.
Il Papa di Giovanna- directed by Pupi Avati (Italy)
Birdwatchers- directed by Marco Bechis (Italy)
L'Autre- directed by Patrick Mario Bernard & Pierre Trividic (France)
The Hurt Locker- directed by Kathryn Bigelow (USA)
Stars Ralph Fiennes and Guy Pearce
Il Serne Della Discordia- directed by Pappi Coricato (Italy)
Rachel Getting Married- directed by Jonathon Demme (USA)
Stars Anne Hathaway and Debra Winger, and marks the first original film in nearly 20 years for Demme, whose been stuck in remake hell as of late with the ill-advised The Manchurian Candidate and The Truth About Charlie. This film been slowly generating possible Oscar buzz.
Teza- directed by Haile Gerima (Ethiopia\Germany\France)
Paper Soldier- directed by Aleksey German, Jr. (Russia)
Sut- directed by Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey\France\Germany)
Achilles and the Tortoise- directed by Takeshi Katino (Japan)
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea- directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)
Miyazaki's follow-up to his wonderous Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away.
Vegas: Based on a True Story- directed by Amir Naderi (USA)
The Sky Crawlers- directed by Oshii Mamoru (Japan)
Un Giorno Perfetto- directed by Ferzan Ozpetek (Italy)
Jerichow- directed by Christian Petzold (Germany)
Inju, La Bete Dans L'Ombre- directed by Barbet Schroeder (France)
Stars Benoit Magimel, of The Piano Teacher fame, director of Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Nuit de Chien- directed by Werner Schroeter (France\Germany\Poland)
Inland- directed by Taniq Teguia (Algeria\France)
Plastic City- directed by Yu Lik-Wai (Brazil\China\Hong Kong)

OUT OF COMPETITION
Puccini e La Fanciulla- directed by Paolo Benvenuti (Italy)
Yuppi Du- directed by Adriano Celantano (Italy)
Burn After Reading- directed by Joel & Ethan Coen (USA)
The Coen Brothers latest film will serve as the opener of the Venice Film Festival.
35 Rhums- directed by Claire Denis (France/Spain)
Cry Me A River- directed by Jia Zhangke (China/Spain/France)
Shirin- directed by Abbas Kiarostami (Iran)
Tutto e Musica (1963)- directed by Domenico Modugno (Italy)
Vicino al Colosseo…c’e Monti- directed by Mario Monicelli (Italy)
Do Visivel ao Invisivel- directed by Manoel de Oliveira (Brazil/Portugal)
Orfeo 9 (1973)- directed by Tito Schipa Jr (Italy)
Les Plages D’Agnes- directed by Agnes Varda (France)
Vinyan- directed by Fabrice du Welz (France/UK/Belgium)
Encarnacao do Demonio- directed by Jose Mojica Marins (Brazil)
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) (1959)- directed by Piero Tellini (Italy)

The complete list here.