Venice 2016: Terrence Malick and Tom Ford set for red carpet in bumper year

Premieres of new films from Ford, Malick and Mel Gibson join highly-anticipated Michael Fassbender/Alicia Vikander romance, Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy and Timothy Spall as Ian Paisley

Related: Venice film festival 2016: full line-up

American cinema has secured a pre-eminent position in the line-up of the 2016 Venice film festival, with new films from Terrence Malick, Tom Ford, Damien Chazelle and Derek Cianfrance among the highlights of the competition that was announced on Thursday.

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