The only Scandinavian feature film at the festival is the Danish "The last viking" with, among others, Mads Mikkelsen, who participates out of competition. On the short film side, Lovisa Sirén's "Utan Kelly" competes.
But Swedish big stars will come anyway: Rebecca Ferguson, Noomi Rapace, Alicia Vikander, and possibly Bill Skarsgård.
They represent each English-language film. Ferguson plays against Idris Elba in Kathryn Bigelow's thriller "A house of dynamite", Vikander is in "The wizard of Kremlin" and Rapace plays Mother Teresa in "Mother".
Uncertain with Skarsgård
Bill Skarsgård has the lead role in Gus Van Sant's reality-based thriller "Dead man's wire", but since he is currently filming in Australia, it is extremely uncertain whether he can travel to Europe.
The festival is initiated on Wednesday evening by Paolo Sorrentino's "La Grazia". During the following days, films such as Yorgos Lanthimos' "Bugonia" with constant acting partner Emma Stone, Park Chan-Wook's "No other choice", Jim Jarmusch's "Father mother sister brother", "The smashing machine" with Dwayne Johnson, and Sofia Coppola's documentary about fashion icon Marc Jacobs, "Marc by Sofia", will be shown.
Much Netflix
Streaming giant Netflix takes up a large space at the festival: Rebecca Ferguson's "A house of dynamite" is a Netflix film, as is "Jay Kelly" with George Clooney and the highly anticipated "Frankenstein" directed by Guillermo del Toro.
The greatest attention and controversy is likely to be around Kaouther Ben Hania's "The voice of Hind Rajab". It tells the true story of the little Palestinian girl who lay in a car with her shot parents and tried to call for help.
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Takes place between 27/8 and 6/9.
The festival's finest prize, the Golden Lion, has been awarded since 1949.
More films to look out for: Francois Ozon's "Främlingen" after Albert Camus' novel, Julian Schnabel's "In the hand of Dante" and "The testament of Ann Lee" with Amanda Seyfried.
