Everything to look forward to at The Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival will start from August 30 and there's a lot to look forward to, for the movie buffs.

This year, the 74th edition of the film festival will see the world premiere of movies from directors such asAlexander Payne, Guillermo del Toro, George Clooney, Darren Aronofsky, Paul Schrader and Martin McDonagh.

The film festival's chief,Alberto Barbera announced earlier today that the film festival will have everything that the festival attendees and the world is expecting. He said that he was“97% satisfied” with his roster of movies and celebrities for the year.

The fest will be opening with "Payne’s Downsizing" that stars Matt Damon.

Guillermo del Toro's film "The Shape Of Water" will make del Toro's debut at the Venice Film Festival. Barbera today called his film teh best film in a decade.The movie stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer and Richard Jenkins.

Also, tonote is George Clooney's home invasion comedycrime movie "Suburbicon"with Matt Damon, Oscar Isaac and Julianne Moore.

Darren Aronofsky who produced "Jackie"that made an entry last year will bring in the much talked about movie "Mother!", a horror drama movie starringJennifer Lawrence, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer and Javier Bardem star.

Javier Bardem will be there not only for "Mother!"but for "Loving Pablo",a drama about Pablo Escobar that also stars Penelope Cruz and Peter Sarsgaard and is running out of competition. (Scroll down for the entire list of movies in the section)

The film festival will also include some titles from Netflix this year. The list includes "Our Souls At Night"out of competition and two episodes of "Suburra" its first Italian series, which will screen in the Cinema nel Giardino.

The entire list of movies at Venice Film festival under all sections:

VENICE 74 COMPETITION

• Downsizing, dir: Alexander Payne (Opening Night Film)
• Human Flow, dir: Ai Weiwei
• Mother!, dir: Darren Aronofsky
• Suburbicon, dir: George Clooney
• The Shape Of Water, dir: Guillermo del Toro
• L’Insulte, dir: Ziad Doueiri
• La Villa, dir: Robert Guediguian
• Lean On Pete, dir: Andrew Haigh
• Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, dir: Abdellatif Kechiche
• The Third Murder, dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda
• *Jusqu’à La Garde, dir: Xavier Legrand
• Foxtrot, dir: Samuel Maoz
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; dir: Martin McDonagh
• Hannah, dir: Andrea Pallaoro
• Ammore E Malavita, dir: Manetti Bros
• Angels Wear White, dir: Vivian Qu
• Una Famiglia, dir: Sebastiano Riso
• First Reformed, dir: Paul Schrader
• Sweet Country, dir: Warwick Thornton
• The Leisure Seeker, dir: Paolo Virzi
• Ex Libris – The New York Public Library, dir: Frederick Wiseman

OUT OF COMPETITION – FICTION

• Our Souls At Night, dir: Ritesh Batra
• Il Singor Rotpeter, dir: Antonietta De Lillo
• Victoria & Abdul, dir: Stephen Frears
• La Mélodie, dir: Rachid Hami
• Outrage Coda, Takeshi Kitano (Closing Night Film)
• Loving Pablo, dir: Fernando Leon De Aranoa
• Zama, dir: Lucretia Martel
• Wormwood, dir: Errol Morris
• Diva!, dir: Francesco Patierno
• La Fidèle, dir: Michael R Roskam
• Il Colore Nascosto Delle Cose, dir: Silvio soldini
• The Private Life Of A Modern Woman, dir: James Toback
• Brawl In Cell Block 99, dir: S Craig Zahler

OUT OF COMPETITION – DOCUMENTARIES

• Cuba And The Cameraman, dir: Jon Alpert
• My Generation, dir: David Batty
• Piazza Vittorio, dir: Abel Ferrara
• The Devil And Father Amorth, dir: William Friedkin
• This Is Congo, dir: Daniel McCabe
• Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, dir: Stephen Nomura Schible
• Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond. The Story Of Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman And Tony Clifton, dir: Chris Smith
• Happy Winter, dir: Giovanni Totaro

OUT OF COMPETITION – SPECIAL EVENTS

• Casa D’Altri, dir: Gianni Amelio
• Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D, dir: John Landis
• Making Of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, dir: Jerry Kramer

HORIZONS

• Nico 1988, dir: Susanna Nicchiarelli (opening film)
• *Disappearance , dir: Ali Asgari
• Espèces Menacées, dir: Gilles Bourdos
• The Rape Of Recy Taylor, dir: Nancy Buirski
• Caniba, dirs: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel
• *Les Bienheureux, dir: Sofia Djama
• Marvin, dir: Anne Fontaine
• Invisible, dir: Pablo Giorgelli
• *Brutti E Cattivi, dir: Cosimo Gomez
• The Cousin, dir: Tzahi Grad
• *The Testament, dir: Amichai Greenberg
• No Date, No Signature, dir: Vahid Jalilvand
• *Los Versos Del Ovido, dir: Alireza Khatami
• La Nuit Ou J’ai Nagé – Oyogisugita, dirs: Damien Manivel, Igarashi Kohei
• Krieg, dir: Rick Ostermann
• *West Of Sunshine, dir: Jason Raftopoulos
• Gatta Cenerentola, dirs: Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri, Dario Sansone
• Under The Tree, dir: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson
• La Vita In Commune, dir: Edoardo Winspeare

CINEMA NEL GIARDINO

• Manuel, dir: Dario Albertini
• Controfigura, dir: Ra Di Martino
• Woodshock, dirs: Kate and Laura Mulleavy
• Nato A Casal Di Principe, dir: Bruno Oliviero
• Suburra, dirs: Michele Placido, Andrea Molaioli, Guiseppe Capotondi
• Tuers, dirs: Francois Troukens, Jean-Francois Hensgens

(WION)