Venice Film Festival: Twenty-Three Entries, Sept 2-12, 09

Italy has Four Entries , "Baaria" by Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy; "La doppia ora" (The Double Hour) by Giuseppe Capotondi, Italy; "Lo spazio bianco" (The White Space) by Francesca Comencini, Italy;"Il grande sogno" (The Big Dream) by Michele Placido, Italy.

The USA has Six Entries of the total of Twenty-Three Entries. I'm personally rooting for "Capitalism: A Love Story" by Michael Moore, U.S. :) Moore is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and producer of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko three of the top five highest-grossing documentaries of all time. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising documenting his personal crusade to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. Time magazine named him one of the world's 100 most influential people.

Line-up of films competing at Venice Film Festival

By The Associated Press (AP) July 30, 2009

ROME ? A list of the films in competition for the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice Film Festival, which will run from Sept. 2-12:

"Baaria" by Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy.

"La doppia ora" (The Double Hour) by Giuseppe Capotondi, Italy.

"Lo spazio bianco" (The White Space) by Francesca Comencini, Italy.

"Il grande sogno" (The Big Dream) by Michele Placido, Italy.

"Capitalism: A Love Story" by Michael Moore, U.S.

"Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" by Werner Herzog, U.S.

"The Road" by John Hillcoat, U.S.

"Survival of the Dead" by George A. Romero, U.S.

"Life During Wartime" by Todd Solondz, U.S.

"A Single Man" by Tom Ford, U.S.

"Persecution" by Patrice Chereau, France.

"White Material" by Claire Denis, France.

"Mr. Nobody" by Jaco van Dormael, France.

"36 vues du Pic Saint Loup" ("36 views from the Pic Saint Loup") by Jacques Rivette, France.

"Soul Kitchen" by Fatih Akin, Germany.

"Zanan-e bedun-e mardan" ("Women Without Men") by Shirin Neshat, Germany.

"Yi ngoi" ("Accident") by Pou-Soi Cheang, China-Hong Kong.

"Lei wangzi" ("Prince of Tears") by Yonfan, China-Hong Kong.

"Ahasin Wetei" ("Between Two Worlds") by Vimukhti Jayasundara, Sri Lanka.

"El Mosafer" ("The Traveller") by Ahmed Maher, Egypt.

"Levanon" ("Lebanon") by Samuel Maoz, Israel

"Lourdes" by Jessica Hausner, Austria.

"Tetsuo The Bullet Man" by Shinya Tsukamoto, Japan.

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