2020 Program

Access to screenings of films on the Giornate degli Autori competition lineup (being shown at the Sala Perla and the Cinema Astra) will be guaranteed exclusively to those who have personally booked the theater and their seat on the dedicated section of the Venice Biennale website, in the three days before the day of the screening. No free coupons will be available.

Access to all Venetian Nights - Directors Island screenings at the Isola degli Autori (via Pietro Buratti, 1, Lido di Venezia September 3rd to September 11th) and at the Teatro Goldoni (S. Marco, 4650/ B, Venezia only on the date of September 7th), these events being jointly arranged by Giornate and Isola Edipo, will be granted by booking directly on www.giornatedegliautori.com/booking.asp, starting on August 31st. Each person may book only 3 tickets, with the full name, email address and telephone number of each participant being specified.  You will receive an email confirming your booking to show at the entrance, where you will also find hand sanitizer dispensers and your temperature will be taken (access denied to anyone with a temperature exceeding 37.5° C, or 99.5° F. Masks must be worn inside the theater and in all common areas.

To attend the events at Isola Edipo, booking by email at prenotazioni@edipore.it is required. Please indicate in the subject of your email the date and name of the event being booked.

All screenings are in the original version with subtitles in Italian and/or English, unless otherwise indicated.

The venues of Giornate 2020.
Tuesday 01 September 2020
21:00
Meetings
The 2020 Bookciak, Action! Award
Isola Edipo
Wednesday 02 September 2020
08:30
Official Selection
Oaza
Oasis

by Ivan Ikić
Serbia, Slovenia, The Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 122', color, DCP
Sala Perla
Press, Industry
11:15
Official Selection
Konferentsiya
Conference

by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
Russia, Estonia, Italy, UK, 2020, 129', color, DCP
Sala Perla
Press, Industry
17:15
Official Selection
Cigare au miel
Honey Cigar

by Kamir Aïnouz
France, Algeria, 2020, 100', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
19:30
Official Selection
Kitoboy
The Whaler Boy

by Philipp Yuryev
Russia, Poland, Belgium, 2020, 94', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Press, Industry
19:45
Official Selection
Kitoboy
The Whaler Boy

by Philipp Yuryev
Russia, Poland, Belgium, 2020, 94', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Press, Industry
22:00
Official Selection
Residue
by Merawi Gerima
United States, 2020, 90', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Press, Industry
22:15
Official Selection
Residue
by Merawi Gerima
United States, 2020, 90', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Press, Industry
Thursday 03 September 2020
11:30
Official Selection
200 Meters
by Ameen Nayfeh
Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Sweden, 2020, 96', color, DCP
Sala Perla
Press, Industry
17:00
Official Selection
Oaza
Oasis

by Ivan Ikić
Serbia, Slovenia, The Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 122', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
17:00
Meetings
Ferzan Özpetek to receive the SIAE Award
Italian Pavilion - Sala conferenze Tropicana (Hotel Excelsior)
18:30
Meetings
Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving
Isola Edipo
19:30
Official Selection
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
by Lili Horvát
Hungary, 2020, 95', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Press, Industry
19:45
Official Selection
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
by Lili Horvát
Hungary, 2020, 95', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Press, Industry
21:30
Notti Veneziane
Est
by Antonio Pisu
Italy, 2020, 104', color, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O. ITA sub ENG
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
22:00
Official Selection
Tengo miedo torero
My Tender Matador

by Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Chile, Argentina, Mexico, 2020, 93', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Press, Industry
22:15
Official Selection
Tengo miedo torero
My Tender Matador

by Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Chile, Argentina, Mexico, 2020, 93', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Press, Industry
Friday 04 September 2020
11:30
Official Selection
Saint-Narcisse
by Bruce LaBruce
Canada, 2020, 101', color, DCP
Sala Perla
Press, Industry
15:00
Official Selection
Oaza
Oasis

by Ivan Ikić
Serbia, Slovenia, The Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 122', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
17:00
Meetings
Protecting cultural and creative industries in times of crisis
Italian Pavilion - Sala conferenze Tropicana (Hotel Excelsior)
17:00
Official Selection
Kitoboy
The Whaler Boy

by Philipp Yuryev
Russia, Poland, Belgium, 2020, 94', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
21:00
Official Selection
Cigare au miel
Honey Cigar

by Kamir Aïnouz
France, Algeria, 2020, 100', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
21:30
Notti Veneziane
iSola
by Elisa Fuksas
Italy, 2020, 80', color, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O. ITA sub ENG
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
22:15
Special Events
Das Neue Evangelium
The New Gospel

by Milo Rau
Germany, Switzerland, Italy, 2020, 107', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Press, Industry
22:30
Special Events
Das Neue Evangelium
The New Gospel

by Milo Rau
Germany, Switzerland, Italy, 2020, 107', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Press, Industry
Saturday 05 September 2020
11:00
Official Selection
Ma ma he qi tian de shi jian - Mama
by Li Dongmei
China, 2020, 134', color, DCP
Sala Perla
Press, Industry
17:00
Official Selection
Residue
by Merawi Gerima
United States, 2020, 90', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
18:00
Meetings
LUX Award 2020
Isola Edipo
21:00
Official Selection
Kitoboy
The Whaler Boy

by Philipp Yuryev
Russia, Poland, Belgium, 2020, 94', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
21:30
Notti Veneziane
James
by Andrea Della Monica
Italy, 2020, 70', color, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O. ITA sub ENG
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
22:00
Special Events
Samp
by Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza
Italia, 2020, 78', colore, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Press, Industry
22:15
Special Events
Samp
by Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza
Italia, 2020, 78', colore, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Press, Industry
Sunday 06 September 2020
11:00
Special Events
Das Neue Evangelium
The New Gospel

by Milo Rau
Germany, Switzerland, Italy, 2020, 107', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
17:00
Miu Miu Women's Tales
#19 Nightwalk
by Małgorzata Szumowska
Italy, Poland, 2020, 9', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
17:00
Miu Miu Women's Tales
#20 In My Room
by Mati Diop
Italy, France, 2020, 20', colore, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
17:00
Official Selection
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
by Lili Horvát
Hungary, 2020, 95', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
19:30
Meetings
Vinicio Capossela: Showcase
Isola Edipo
21:00
Official Selection
Residue
by Merawi Gerima
United States, 2020, 90', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
21:30
Notti Veneziane
50 - Santarcangelo Festival
by Michele Mellara & Alessandro Rossi
Italy, 2020, 77', color, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O. ITA sub ENG
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
22:15
Official Selection
Spaccapietre
Una Promessa

by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio
Italy, France, Belgium, 2020, 104', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Press, Industry
22:30
Official Selection
Spaccapietre
Una Promessa

by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio
Italy, France, Belgium, 2020, 104', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Press, Industry
Monday 07 September 2020
11:00
Meetings
Future Vistas: the directors visualising 21st-century hop
Spazio della Regione del Veneto (Hotel Excelsior)
11:00
Official Selection
Konferentsiya
Conference

by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
Russia, Estonia, Italy, UK, 2020, 129', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
15:00
Official Selection
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
by Lili Horvát
Hungary, 2020, 95', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
15:30
Meetings
Breaking Ground: the next generation of women on screen
Spazio della Regione del Veneto (Hotel Excelsior)
16:45
Official Selection
Spaccapietre
Una Promessa

by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio
Italy, France, Belgium, 2020, 104', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
18:30
Notti Veneziane
Nilde Iotti, il tempo delle donne
by Peter Marcias
Italy, 2020, 80', color, DCP
Teatro Goldoni
Reservation required on www.giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
21:00
Meetings
Homage to Liliana Cavani
Teatro Goldoni
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
21:00
Special Events
Das Neue Evangelium
The New Gospel

by Milo Rau
Germany, Switzerland, Italy, 2020, 107', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
21:30
Notti Veneziane
Say Amen, Somebody
by George T. Nierenberg
United States, 1982, 101', color, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O. ENG sub ITA
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
22:30
Special Events
Extraliscio - Punk da balera
by Elisabetta Sgarbi
Italy, 2020, 90', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Press, Industry
22:45
Special Events
Extraliscio - Punk da balera
by Elisabetta Sgarbi
Italy, 2020, 90', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Press, Industry
Tuesday 08 September 2020
11:00
Meetings
Fashioning Resistance: performance and representation now
Spazio della Regione del Veneto (Hotel Excelsior)
11:30
Special Events
Guida romantica
a posti perduti

by Giorgia Farina
Italy, 2020, 106', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
12:00
Meetings
Film, media and copyright law
Villa degli Autori
15:00
Official Selection
Spaccapietre
Una Promessa

by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio
Italy, France, Belgium, 2020, 104', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
15:00
Meetings
Common Threads: female creativity on both sides of the lens
Italian Pavilion - Sala conferenze Tropicana (Hotel Excelsior)
17:00
Official Selection
200 Meters
by Ameen Nayfeh
Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Sweden, 2020, 96', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
18:30
Meetings
The upside-down sky: real meets unreal in the films of Mario Balsamo
Isola Edipo
21:00
Official Selection
Konferentsiya
Conference

by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
Russia, Estonia, Italy, UK, 2020, 129', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
21:30
Notti Veneziane
Solitaire
by Edoardo Natoli
Italy, 2020, 11', color, stop motion, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
21:30
Notti Veneziane
To the Moon
by Tadhg O'Sullivan
Ireland, 2020, 76', color and B&W, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O. ENG sub ENG
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
22:00
Official Selection
Cigare au miel
Honey Cigar

by Kamir Aïnouz
France, Algeria, 2020, 100', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Tickets, All Accreditations
22:15
Official Selection
Cigare au miel
Honey Cigar

by Kamir Aïnouz
France, Algeria, 2020, 100', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Tickets, All Accreditations
Wednesday 09 September 2020
11:00
Special Events
Extraliscio - Punk da balera
by Elisabetta Sgarbi
Italy, 2020, 90', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
15:00
Official Selection
200 Meters
by Ameen Nayfeh
Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Sweden, 2020, 96', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
17:00
Official Selection
Ma ma he qi tian de shi jian - Mama
by Li Dongmei
China, 2020, 134', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
21:00
Special Events
Guida romantica
a posti perduti

by Giorgia Farina
Italy, 2020, 106', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
21:30
Notti Veneziane
En ce moment
In this moment

by Serena Vittorini
Italy, 2020, 15', color, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O.FR sub ITA
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
21:30
Notti Veneziane
Agalma
by Doriana Monaco
Italy, 2020, 54', color, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O. ITA sub ENG
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
22:15
Official Selection
Oaza
Oasis

by Ivan Ikić
Serbia, Slovenia, The Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 122', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Tickets, All Accreditations
22:30
Official Selection
Oaza
Oasis

by Ivan Ikić
Serbia, Slovenia, The Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 122', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Tickets, All Accreditations
Thursday 10 September 2020
11:00
Meetings
A homage to Ugo Pirro
Italian Pavilion - Sala conferenze Tropicana (Hotel Excelsior)
11:30
Special Events
Samp
by Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza
Italia, 2020, 78', colore, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
15:00
Official Selection
Ma ma he qi tian de shi jian - Mama
by Li Dongmei
China, 2020, 134', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
17:00
Official Selection
Tengo miedo torero
My Tender Matador

by Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Chile, Argentina, Mexico, 2020, 93', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
21:00
Special Events
Extraliscio - Punk da balera
by Elisabetta Sgarbi
Italy, 2020, 90', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
21:30
Notti Veneziane
Venice Concert 1989
by Wayne Isham, Egbert Van Hees
UK, 1989, 90', color
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O. ENG
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
The documentary will be anticipated by the screening of the Laguna Sud 2020 winner
22:15
Official Selection
Spaccapietre
Una Promessa

by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio
Italy, France, Belgium, 2020, 104', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Tickets, All Accreditations
22:30
Official Selection
Spaccapietre
Una Promessa

by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio
Italy, France, Belgium, 2020, 104', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Tickets, All Accreditations
Friday 11 September 2020
11:00
Meetings
GdA Director's Award: the jury's deliberations
Villa degli Autori
11:15
Official Selection
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
by Lili Horvát
Hungary, 2020, 95', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
15:00
Official Selection
Tengo miedo torero
My Tender Matador

by Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Chile, Argentina, Mexico, 2020, 93', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
17:00
Official Selection
Saint-Narcisse
by Bruce LaBruce
Canada, 2020, 101', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
Followed by Q&A
18:30
Meetings
Awards Ceremony
Villa degli Autori
19:30
Official Selection
Konferentsiya
Conference

by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
Russia, Estonia, Italy, UK, 2020, 129', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Tickets, All Accreditations
19:45
Official Selection
Konferentsiya
Conference

by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy
Russia, Estonia, Italy, UK, 2020, 129', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Tickets, All Accreditations
21:00
Special Events
Samp
by Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza
Italia, 2020, 78', colore, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
21:30
Notti Veneziane
Occident Express
by Simone Marcelli
Italy, 2020, 84', color, DCP
Isola degli Autori
Public, free entrance
V.O. ITA
Reservation required on giornatedegliautori.com starting from August 31st
22:15
Official Selection
Ma ma he qi tian de shi jian - Mama
by Li Dongmei
China, 2020, 134', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Tickets, All Accreditations
22:30
Official Selection
Ma ma he qi tian de shi jian - Mama
by Li Dongmei
China, 2020, 134', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Tickets, All Accreditations
Saturday 12 September 2020
11:30
Official Selection
Kitoboy
The Whaler Boy

by Philipp Yuryev
Russia, Poland, Belgium, 2020, 94', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
17:00
Official Selection
Residue
by Merawi Gerima
United States, 2020, 90', color, DCP
Sala Perla
All Accreditations
19:30
Official Selection
200 Meters
by Ameen Nayfeh
Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Sweden, 2020, 96', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Tickets, All Accreditations
19:45
Official Selection
200 Meters
by Ameen Nayfeh
Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Sweden, 2020, 96', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Tickets, All Accreditations
21:00
Official Selection
Saint-Narcisse
by Bruce LaBruce
Canada, 2020, 101', color, DCP
Cinema Rossini
Tickets
22:00
Official Selection
Tengo miedo torero
My Tender Matador

by Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Chile, Argentina, Mexico, 2020, 93', color, DCP
Sala Astra 1
Tickets, All Accreditations
22:15
Official Selection
Tengo miedo torero
My Tender Matador

by Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Chile, Argentina, Mexico, 2020, 93', color, DCP
Sala Astra 2
Tickets, All Accreditations
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