Venice Cinema Mostra Film Festival
Venezia Classici 2024

The restored films of Venezia Classici 2024

The world premiere of 18 restorations of masterpieces produced over the past year by cinematheques, cultural institutions and productions from around the world.

The Venice Classics programme includes the commemoration of several important anniversaries, including the centenary of the birth of Marcello Mastroianni, the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Vittorio De Sica and the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Columbia Pictures.

Here is the full list of restored Venice Classics films selected for the 81st Venice Film Festival:

LA NOTTE (THE NIGHT)

by MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI (Italy - France, 1961, 125’, B/W)
restored by: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale - Compass Film

THE MAHABHARATA

by PETER BROOK (France - UK - USA, 1989, 173’, Colour)
restored by: Brook Productions

JEUX INTERDITS (FORBIDDEN GAMES)

by RENÉ CLÉMENT (France, 1952, 102’, B/W)
restored by: StudioCanal

L'ORO DI NAPOLI (THE GOLD OF NAPLES)

by VITTORIO DE SICA (Italy, 1954, 137’, B/W)
restored by: Cinecittà - Filmauro

HIS GIRL FRIDAY

by HOWARD HAWKS (USA, 1940, 92’, B/W)
restored by: Sony Pictures Entertainment

GHATASHRADDHA (THE RITUAL)

by GIRISH KASARAVALLI (India, 1977, 108’, B/W)
restored by: The Film Foundation World Cinema - Film Heritage Foundation

THE BIG HEAT

by FRITZ LANG (USA, 1953, 90’, B/W)
restored by: Sony Pictures Entertainment

BLOOD AND SAND

by ROUBEN MAMOULIAN (USA, 1941, 125’, Colour)
restored by: Walt Disney Studios - The Film Foundation

BEND OF THE RIVER

by ANTHONY MANN (USA, 1952, 91’, Colour)
restored by: Universal Pictures - The Film Foundation

MANJI (ALL MIXED UP)

by YASUZÔ MASUMURA (Japan, 1964, 90’, Colour)
restored by: Kadokawa Corporation

ECCE BOMBO

by NANNI MORETTI (Italy, 1978, 104’, Colour)
restored by: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale - Sacher Film

TÔKYÔ SENSÔ SENGO HIWA – EIGA DE ISHO WO NOKOSHITE SHINDA (THE MAN WHO LEFT HIS WILL ON FILM)

by NAGISA ÔSHIMA (Japan, 1970, 94’, B/W)
restored by: Oshima Productions LTD

A HORA E VEZ DE AUGUSTO MATRAGA (THE TIME AND THE CHANGE OF AUGUSTO MATRAGA)

by ROBERTO SANTOS (Brazil, 1965, 114’, B/W)
restored by: LC Barreto Produções Cinematográficas

LES FLOCONS D'OR (GOLDFLAKES)

by WERNER SCHROETER (Germany - France, 1976, 163’, Colour)
restored by: Filmmuseum Düsseldorf - Filmmuseum München

LA PEAU DOUCE (SOFT SKIN)

by FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT (France, 1964, 117’, B/W)
restored by: mk2 Films

TRAVOLTI DA UN INSOLITO DESTINO NELL'AZZURRO MARE D'AGOSTO (SWEPT AWAY BY AN UNUSUAL DESTINY IN THE BLUE SEA OF AUGUST)

by LINA WERTMÜLLER (Italy, 1974, 114’, Colour)
restored by: Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna - Minerva Pictures

PUSHER

by NICOLAS WINDING REFN (Denmark, 1996, 109’, Colour)
restored by: byNWR

MODEL

by FREDERICK WISEMAN (USA, 1980, 129’, B/W)
restored by: Zipporah Films

VENICE CLASSICS – DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT CINEMA

In Competition

MIYAZAKI, L’ESPRIT DE LA NATURE (MIYAZAKI, SPIRIT OF NATURE)

by LEO FAVIER
France - 84’

I WILL REVENGE THIS WORLD WITH LOVE S. PARADJANOV

by ZARA JIAN
Armenia, France - 105’

LE CINÉMA DE JEAN-PIERRE LÉAUD

by CYRIL LEUTHY
France - 64’

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

by MICHAEL LURIE, ERIC FRIEDLER
USA, Germany - 108’

CARLO MAZZACURATI – UNA CERTA IDEA DI CINEMA

by ENZO MONTELEONE, MARIO CANALE
Italy - 80’

CHAIN REACTIONS

by ALEXANDER PHILIPPE
USA - 103’

WA ADA MAROUN ILA BEIRUT (MAROUN RETURNS TO BEIRUT)

by FEYROUZ SERHAL
Qatar, Lebanon - 120’

VOLONTÉ – L’UOMO DAI MILLE VOLTI

by FRANCESCO ZIPPEL
Italy - 97’

CONSTEL·LACIÓ PORTABELLA

Venice Cinema Mostra Film Festival Venezia Classici 2024