Darren Aronofsky, Sofia Coppola and Julian Schnabel are among the big names competing for this year's Golden Lion, the Venice Film Festival announced on Thursday.
The festival will screen 22 films in competition this year. This will be augmented by out-of-competition films such as Ben Affleck’s “The Town,” Casey Affleck’s Joaquin Phoenix documentary “I’m Still Here,” Julie Taymor's "The Tempest" and Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete.”
The international festival runs Sept. 1-11.
On the Lido, Coppola will debut “Somewhere,” the story of a jaded Hollywood star and his daughter; Aronofsky will screen “Black Swan,” a thriller set in the world of ballet; and Schnabel will offer “Miral,” which chronicles the establishment of an orphanage in Jerusalem.