Venice Critics’ Week Unveils 40th Edition Line-Up Featuring Omnes Films’ ‘No Sleep Till’

Venice Critics’ Week has unveiled the selection for its 40th edition running from August 28 to September 7.

The seven titles in Competition include U.S-French filmmaker Alexandra Simpson’s debut feature No Sleep Till, set against the background of a Florida coastal town in the lead-up to looming hurricane.

It is produced Tyler Taormina under the banner of the Omnes Films collective which made a splash at Cannes this year with two films in Directors’ Fortnight, Tyler’s Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point and Eephus by Carson Lund.

Also out of the U.S., Micheal Premo will unveil his timely documentary Homegrown, following three right-wing activists as they criss-cross the country in 2020, campaigning for Donald Trump.

The sidebar will open with French director Aude Léa Rapin’s fantasy drama Planet B and close with Lawrence Valin’s Little Jaffna, set against the backdrop of the Tamil community in Paris.

The full-line-up

In competition

Anywhere Anytime

Dir. Milad Tangshir

Italy

Don’t Cry, Butterfly

Dir, Dương Diệu Linh

Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia

Homegrown

Dir. Michael Premo

United States

No Sleep Till

Dir. Alexandra Simpson

United States, Switzerland

Paul & Paulette Take A Bath

Dir. Jethro Massey

United Kingdom

Peacock

Dir. Bernhard Wenger

Austria, Germany

Perfumed With Mint

Dir. Muhammed Hamdy

Egypt, France, Tunisia

Out of Competition

Opening film

Planet B

Dir. Aude Léa Rapin

France, Belgium

Closing Film

Little Jaffna

Dir. Lawrence Valin

France