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Milan — American directors dominated the competition lineup announced Thursday for this year's slimmed-down Venice Film Festival aimed at making the world's oldest movie festival easier to take in.
Brian De Palma and Terrence Malick are among 18 filmmakers competing for the coveted Golden Lion during the 69th edition of the festival, which runs from Aug. 29-Sept. 8. In keeping with recent tradition, a secret film, the 18th entry, will be announced at a later date.
Creative director Alberto Barbera returned this year to the festival he directed from 1998-2002 with a pledge to trim down the number of movies screened overall in order to allow festival goers the possibility to watch `'at least almost everything." More recent editions have seen as many as 24 films in competition, and well over 100 screened in all the side events.
This year, a total of 60 films will be shown, 50 of which are world premieres. That's from a...
Brian De Palma and Terrence Malick are among 18 filmmakers competing for the coveted Golden Lion during the 69th edition of the festival, which runs from Aug. 29-Sept. 8. In keeping with recent tradition, a secret film, the 18th entry, will be announced at a later date.
Creative director Alberto Barbera returned this year to the festival he directed from 1998-2002 with a pledge to trim down the number of movies screened overall in order to allow festival goers the possibility to watch `'at least almost everything." More recent editions have seen as many as 24 films in competition, and well over 100 screened in all the side events.
This year, a total of 60 films will be shown, 50 of which are world premieres. That's from a...
- 7/26/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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