MUMBAI: Darren Aronofsky‘s thriller Black Swan will be among seven films vying for this year‘s Queer Lion collateral prize at the 67th Venice Film Festival.

This is the fourth year that the Venice festival will host the Queer Lion competition that selects a winner from among the films in the main Venice competition lineup.

In addition to Black Swan that will open the Venice film fest this year, other films vying for the prize are love triangle story Drei; Potiche; Happy Fewz; En el Futuro; Et in Terra Pax and Lisetta Carmi, un‘animo in Cammino.

A three-member jury will select the winner and the prize will be announced on 10 September.

The Venice Film Festival takes place from 1 to 11 September this year.