Andrei Ujică’s French/Romanian hybrid film TWST / Things We Said Today has been selected for the Out of Competition - non-fiction section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, which will be held 28 August – 7 September 2024.

The Horizons section boasts productions from SEE countries: Bogdan Mureșanu’s debut feature and Romanian/Serbian coproduction The New Year That Never Came / Anul Nou care n-a fost. 

The Competition and Horizons lineups were announced on 23 July 2024.

The 2024 Venice Competition jury will be presided by Isabelle Huppert, while Debra Granik will head the Horizons jury.

Films from SEE Countries Selected:

Out of Competition - non-fiction:

TWST / Things We Said Today (France, Romania), Documentary, Animation
Directed by Andrei Ujică
Produced by Les Films du Camélia, Modern Electric Pictures, Tangaj Production
Coproduced by ARTE France Cinéma, INA: Institut national de l’audiovisuel
Supported by Eurimages, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, HfG / ZKM Filminstitut, Arte France, UPFAR-ARGOA, SACEM, Avanpost

Horizons:

Quiet Life (France, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Estonia, Finland)
Directed by Alexandros Avranas
Produced by Les Films du Worso
Coproduced by Elle Driver, Senator Film, Playground - Asterisk, Amrion, Fox in the Snow, Making Movies
Supported by the Estonian Film Institute, Cultural Capital and Film Estonia and Eurimages, among others

Wishing on a Star (Italy, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic), Documentary
Directed by Peter Kerekes
Produced by Videomante
Coproduced by Restart, Mischief Films, Peter Kerekes, Artcam
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (havc.hr), the Slovak National Television (rtvs.sk), the Czech Film Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA, Fondo Audiovisivo Friuli Venezia Giulia –, FVG Film Commission, YLE, ARTE/ZDF

The New Year That Never Came / Anul Nou care n-a fost (Romania, Serbia)
Directed by Bogdan Mureșanu
Produced by Kinotopia
Coproduced by Chainsaw Europe, the Romanian National Television (SRTV), All Inclusive Film
Supported by the Romanian Ministry of Culture, the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), the Romanian Cultural Institute, Institutul Român de Cultură și Cercetare Umanistică, DACIN SARA, the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN), Creative Europe MEDIA

Source: Filmneweurope