UPDATE: The Venice Film Festival has come up with another intriguing lineup which — despite mostly on-the-nose pre-reveal speculation — also offers some surprises, notably the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs landing in competition. Artistic Director Alberto Barbera unveiled the full roster this morning in Rome, setting the stage for the awards season kick-off and providing a window onto some of the major titles we expect to be talking about throughout the next six months. (What’s more, the Hotel des Bains is back — sort of.)

Under Barbera’s curation, such films as Gravity, Birdman, La La Land, Hacksaw Ridge, Spotlight, Arrival and last year’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Shape Of Water have been key fixtures on the trail and account for three Best Picture Oscar winners. But Venice hasn’t gone entirely Hollywood and today’s roster reveal is a mix of established and newer filmmakers from various backgrounds that speak to a world audience — although there’s only one female director in competition.

Universal Two of the splashiest titles were previously announced: Damien Chazelle’s First Man is opening in competition with an American tale whose basis — the path to Neil Armstrong’s 1969 moon landing — had global and historic repercussions. Universal releases in October. And, Bradley Cooper’s buzzy A Star Is Born from Warner Bros is set as a Special Event.

Rex/Shutterstock In the stuff we didn’t expect column, the biggest a-ha today was the Coen Brothers’ Netflix/Annapurna anthology The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs turning up in competition. The project was originally announced as a TV series, but its inclusion in the main section sets it on a potential awards run as it’s understood to be getting a theatrical domestic release. Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco (often to Venice what Nicole Kidman is to Cannes) and Liam Neeson star. About the American frontier, it is neither the only Western (Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers is in), nor the only Netflix project that’s Lido-bound.

Barbera was the first major fest director to embrace the streaming service, putting Beasts Of No Nation in competition in 2015. After a now notorious squabble with Cannes earlier this year, Netflix is again strongly repped on the Lido. Orson Welles’ previously unfinished film, The Other Side Of The Wind will run as a Special Event. Similarly, Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, which had been invited to Cannes, is in competition on the Lido. Paul Greengrass’ 22 July about the 2011 terrorist attack in Norway also has a slot in competition.

Amazon for its part has Suspiria in competition. That’s the remake of Dario Argento’s classic from Call Me By Your Name helmer Luca Guadagnino. He was last in Venice with A Bigger Splash and here reunites with that film’s stars Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson. Amazon is also in competition with Mike Leigh’s Peterloo.

CBS Films Other big names unveiled today include Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, as expected, from Fox Searchlight and starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. Julien Schabel’s Vincent Van Gogh portrait At Eternity’s Gate with Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac, Rupert Friend and Mads Mikkelsen will world premiere in competition. Schanbel bowed Before Night Falls and Miral in Venice back in 2000 and 2010, respectively. CBS Films releases At Eternity’s Gate in November.

Also as expected, Childhood Of A Leader director Brady Corbet returns to Venice, and moves into competition with Vox Lux. The Natalie Portman/Jude Law-starrer centers on a woman who becomes one of the world’s pop superstars after surviving a life-changing event. Sia composed a complete soundtrack with original music for the film. Portman’s become a Venice regular through such acclaimed roles in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan and more recently, Pablo Larrain’s Jackie.

The sole female director in competition is Jennifer Kent with her Babadook follow-up, The Nightingale. The period drama is set in Tasmania and stars Sam Claflin and Aisling Franciosi.

Foreign Language Oscar winners Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives Of Others) and Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul) take Lido competition berths with Werk Ohne Autor and Sunset, respectively. The former is about an artist tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime while the latter is about a young girl who grows up to become a strong and fearless woman in Budapest before World War I. Also repping Europe in competition is Olivier Assayas with Doubles Vies, a comedy set in the Parisian publishing world and starring Guillaume Canet and Juliette Binoche.

A particularly intriguing offering is The Mountain from Rick Alverson whose Entertainment bowed in Sundance in 2015. This one’s been somewhat under the radar and Barbera was a bit elusive, yet praising, about it during this morning’s press conference. Tye Sheridan (who was a Venice prizewinner for Joe a few years back), Danielle Smith and Jeff Goldblum star.

Out of competition, Terrence Malick’s 180-minute The Tree Of Life (Extended Cut) is set to screen in the Sconfini section (formerly Cinema nel Giardino). Further, Pablo Trapero is presenting La Quietud; Chinese master Zhang Yimou has Shadow; and S Craig Zahler returns with Dragged Across Concrete. As we’ve previously written, this is a reteam for the director with Vince Vaughn and also stars Mel Gibson. That portends a red carpet reunion for the Hacksaw Ridge director and Vaughn on the Lido where Hacksaw first wowed audiences.

Also out of competition, and after bowing Paolo Sorrentino’s small screen debut The Young Pope two years ago, this year the festival will screen 120 minutes of HBO’s Italian-language series My Brilliant Friend (L’Amica Geniale). Saverio Costanzo (Hungry Hearts) directs the 8-part adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s best-selling book.

Venice is typically strong on documentaries and this year has 13 out of competition, and more in the Classics section. Among the notable offerings are Errol Morris’ American Dharma which is billed as a dialogue with Steve Bannon. There’s also a Peter Bogdonavich-directed doc about legendary silent film star Buster Keaton entitled The Great Buster. Mark Cousins is also in the non-fiction strand with Women Making Films: A New Road Movie Through Cinema and Venice favorite William Friedkin gets a doc in Francesco Zippel’s Friedkin Uncut.

And in news to put a smile on the faces of Venice veterans, the historic Hotel des Bains will be re-opened this year. The setting for Luchino Visconti’s film adaptation of Thomas Mann’s classic Death In Venice will host a photographic exhibition in honor of the 75th anniversary of the festival. Death In Venice is also screening in Classics.

See below for the full list of titles, which could be padded out in the coming weeks. Venice runs August 29-September 8.

Andreas Wiseman contributed to this report

PREVIOUS: Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera is unveiling the lineup for the 75th edition of the event this morning in Rome. As previously announced, Damien Chazelle will return to opening night duties with Universal’s First Man, two years after his La La Land danced its way onto the awards season trail. Also world premiering is Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, A Star Is Born, from Warner Bros. Other films expected to turn up in the main section include Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite with Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, and Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, five years after the director blew the doors off the Sala Grande with Gravity and three years since he was jury president on the Lido. That honor this year goes to his pal Guillermo del Toro who scooped the Golden Lion last year with The Shape Of Water before going on to win the Best Picture Oscar.

Here’s the lit of titles announced today:

VENEZIA 75 (COMPETITION)

First Man, dir: Damien Chazelle

The Mountain, dir: Rick Alverson

Doubles Vies, dir: Olivier Assayas

The Sisters Brothers, dir: Jacques Audiard

The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, dirs: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Vox Lux, dir: Brady Corbet

22 July, dir: Paul Greengrass

Roma, dir: Alfonso Cuaron

Suspiria, dir: Luca Guadagnino

Werk Ohne Autor, dir: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck

The Nightingale, dir: Jennifer Kent

The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthiomos

Peterloo, dir: Mike Leigh

Capri-Revolution, dir: Mario Martone

What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire?, dir: Roberto Minervini

Sunset, dir: Laszlo Nemes

Frères Ennemis, dir: David Oelhoffen

Nuestro Tiempo, dir: Carlos Reygadas

At Eternity’s Gate, dir: Julian Schnabel

Acusada, dir: Gonzalo Tobal

Killing, dir: Shinya Tsukamoto

OUT OF COMPETITION

A Star Is Born, dir: Bradley Cooper

Mi Obra Maestra, dir: Gaston Duprat

Un Peuple Et Son Roi, dir: Pierre Schoeller

A Tramway In Jerusalem, dir: Amos Gitai

La Quietud, dir: Pablo Trapero

Shadow, dir: Zhang Yimou

Dragged Across Concrete, dir: S Craig Zahler

OUT OF COMPETITION – SPECIAL EVENT

The Other Side Of The Wind, dir: Orson Welles

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, dir: Morgan Neville

OUT OF COMPETITION – SPECIAL SCREENINGS

L’Amica Geniale, dir: Saverio Costanza

Il Diario Di Angela – Noi Due Cineasti, dir: Yervant Gianikian

OUT OF COMPETITION – NON-FICTION

A Letter To A Friend In Gaza, dir: Amos Gitai

Aquarela, dir: Victor Kossakovsky

El Pepe, Una Vida Suprema, dir: Emir Kusturica

Process, dir: Sergei Loznitsa

Carmine Street Guitars, dir: Ron Mann

Isis, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls Of Mosul., dirs: Francesca Mannocchi, Alessio Romenzi

American Dharma, dir: Errol Morris

Introduzione All’Oscuro, dir: Gaston Solnicki

Your Face, dir: Tsai Ming-Liang

1938 Diversi, dir: Giorgi Treves

Monrovia, Indiana, dir: Frederick Wiseman

Una Storia Senza Nome, dir: Roberto Ando

Les Estivants, dir: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

HORIZONS

Sulla Mia Pelle, dir: Alessio Cremonini (opening film)

Manta Ray, dir: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng

Soni, dir: Ivan Ayr

The River, dir: Emir Baigazin

La Noche De 12 Anos, dir: Alvaro Brechner

Deslembro, dir: Flavia Castro

The Announcement, dir: Mahmut Fazil Coskun

Un Giorno All’Improvviso, dir: Ciro D’Emilio

Charlie Says, dir: Mary Harron

Amanda, dir: Mikhael Hers

The Day I Lost My Shadow, dir: Soudade Kaadan

L’Enkas, dir: Sarah Marx

The Man Who Surprised Everyone, dirs: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksy Chupov

Memories Of My Body, dir: Garin Nugroho

As I Lay Dying, dir: Mostafa Sayyari

La Profezia Dell’Armadillo, dir: Emanuele Scaringi

Tel Aviv On Fire, dir: Sameh Zoabi

Jinpa, dir: Pema Tseden

Stripped, dir: Yaron Shani

SCONFINI (formerly Cinema in the Garden)

The Tree Of Life (Extended Cut), dir: Terrence Malick

Arrivederci Saigon, dir: Wilma Labate

Il Ragazzo Piu Felice Del Mondon, dir: Gipi

Il Banchiere Anarchio, dir: Giulio Base

Blood Kin, dir: Ramin Bahrani

Magic Lantern, dir: Amir Naderi

L’Heure De La Sortie, dir: Sebastien Marnier

Camorra, dir: Francesco Patierno

VENICE CLASSICS

They Live, dir: John Carpenter

The Night Porter, dir: Liliana Cavani

The Naked City, dir: Jules Dassin

Brick And Mirror, dir: Ebrahim Golestan

Street Of Shame, dir: Kenji Mizoguchi

Il Posto, dir: Ermanno Olmi

Last Year At Marienbad, dir: Alain Resnais

The Place Without Limits, dir: Arturo Ripstein

Adieu Philippine, dir: Jacques Rozier

The Ascent, dir: Larisa Shepitko

The Killers, dir: Don Siegel

The Killers, dir: Robert Siodmark

The Night Of The Shooting Stars, dirs: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow AKA The Mad Fox, dir: Toma Uchida

Death In Venice, dir: Luchino Visconti

The Golem – How He Came Into The World, dir: Paul Wegener

Nothing Sacred, dir: William A Wellman

Some Like It Hot, dir: Billy Wilder

VENICE CLASSICS – DOCUMENTARIES

The Great Buster, dir: Peter Bogdanovich

Women Making Films: A New Road Movie Through Cinema, dir: Mark Cousins

Humberto Mauro, dir: André Di Mauro

Living The Light – Robby Muller, dir: Claire Pijman

24/25 Il Fotogramma In Piu, dirs: Giancarlo Rolandi, Federico Pontiggia

Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast, dir: Bruce Weber

Friedkin Uncut, dir: Francesco Zippel

VENICE VIRTUAL REALITY (In Competition – Interactive)

Make Noise, dir: May Abdalla

The Unknown Patient, dir: Michael Beets

Buddy VR, dir: Chuck Chae

Umami, dir: Landia Egal

Eclipse, dir: Astruc Jonathan, Favre Aymeric

The Horrifically Virtual Reality, dir: Marie Jourdren

Spheres, dir: Eliza McNitt

A Discovery of Witches – Hiding in Plain Sight, dir: Kim-Leigh Pontin

The Roaming – Wetlands, dir: Mathieu Pradat

Kobold, dirs: Max Sacker, Ioulia Isserlis

Awavena, dir: Lynette Wallworth

VENICE VIRTUAL REALITY (In Competition – Linear)

Even In The Rain, dir: Lindsay Branham

Trail Of Angels, dir: Kristina Buozyte

X-Ray Fashion, dir: Francesco Carrozzini

Half Life VR – Short Version, dir: Robert Connor

Crow: The Legend, dir: Eric Darnell

Age Of Sail, dir: John Kahrs

Mindpalace, dirs: Carl Krause, Dominik Stockhausen

Ballavita, dir: Gerda Leopold

Borderline, dir: Assaf Machnes

Shennong: Taste Of Illusion, dirs: Mi Li, Wang Zheng

The Great C, dir: Steve Miller

L’Ile Des Morts, dir: Benjamin Nuel

Home After War, dirs: Gayatri Parameswaran, Felix Gaedtke

Made This Way: Redefining Masculinity, dirs: Elli Raynai, Irem Harnak

Lucid, dir: Pete Short

The Last One Standing VR, dirs: Wang Jiwen, Liu Yang

Fresh Out, dirs: Wey Sam, Tao Fangchao

1943: Berlin Blitz, dir: David Whelan

Rooms, dir: Christian Zipfel

OUT OF COMPETITION – BEST OF VR (Interactive)

VR_I, dirs: Gilles Jobin, Caecilia Charbonnier, Sylvain Chagué

OUT OF COMPETITION – BEST OF VR (Linear)

Battlescar, dirs: Nico Casavecchia, Martin Allias

Arden’s Wake: Tide’s Fall, dir: Eugene YK Chung

Ghost In The Shell: Virtual Reality Diver, dir: Higashi Hiroaki

Isle Of Dogs: Behind The Scenes (In Virtual Reality), dirs: Paul Raphael, Felix Lajeunesse

Tales Of Wedding Rings VR, dir: Sou Kaei

OUT OF COMPETITION – BIENNALE COLLEGE CINEMA – VR (Linear)

In The Cave, dir: Ivan Gergolet

Elegy, dir: Marc Guidoni

Metro Veinte: Cita Ciega, dir: Maria Belen Poncio

Floodplain, dir: Deniz Tortum

BIENNALE COLLEGE

Zen Sul Ghiaccio Sottile, dir: Margherita Ferri

Deva, dir: Petra Szöcs

Yuva, dir: Emre Yeksan