9/11, Katrina films shown at Venice fest
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They were events that glued a disbelieving world to their television sets: the attacks on the World Trade Center, the death of Princess Diana, the breaching of New Orleans' levees during Hurricane Katrina.
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VENICE, Italy  - African cinema is back at the   Venice film festival after nearly 20 years with Chad's   "Daratt," a story about coming to terms with the horrors of   civil war inspired by director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's own   experience.
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Top directors used the Venice Film   Festival on Friday to excoriate the Bush administration, the   war in Iraq and Hollywood itself, and presented three starkly   different movies to express their views.
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A new film about the real-life rape and  killing of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl by U.S. soldiers who also  murdered her family stunned the Venice festival, with shocking  images that left some viewers in tears.
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Two films attacking Fahrenheit 9/11 director Michael Moore will debut at a conservative US film festival.
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Actors Al Pacino, Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp attend the Venice Film Festival despite protests.
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The 61st Venice Film Festival opens on Wednesday, with the European premiere of Steven Spielberg&#39;s new film The Terminal kicking off proceedings.
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AT THE opening day of the 61st Venice Film Festival yesterday, director Steven Spielberg offered a tribute to escapism, saying times of turmoil call for relief within darkened cinemas.
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The Venice Film Festival gets serious  this year with competition films about the Iraq war and its  impact on U.S. society, police brutality in Egypt, big  corporation corruption and the mafia in Italy.
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VENICE, Italy  - Security measures at   the Venice International Film Festival are tighter than ever,   though some officials said the greatest threat this year may   come from protesters rather than any kind of terrorist plot.
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Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg brought ``The Terminal&#39;&#39; to pop the cork on the 61st Venice Film Festival yesterday, where almost two dozen American films are set to screen during the festival&#39;s 11-day run.
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The 61st Venice International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday night with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg arriving -- albeit a little late -- to launch the distinctly Hollywood-friendly 11-day event.
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VENICE, Italy  - The Venice Film Festival dazzled  like never before this year with its string of Hollywood stars  and hot arthouse directors, but the festival's new chief may  find delays and embarrassing blunders are what people remember.
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With an acceptance speech that included a dig at the Cannes Film Festival, Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake&quot; won the Leone d&#39;Oro for best film, closing out a controversial edition of the Venice Film Festival marked with some organizational snafus.
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The Sarajevo film festival that once represented an unusual act of defiance to war has proven its worth as the most important showcase for films in south east Europe this week as it drew thousands of people to its screenings.
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Richard Gere and Charlize Theron added their voices to a chorus of stars taking swipes at the Bush administration at the Venice Film Festival.
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Hollywood&#39;s premier cash-and-award magnet Steven Spielberg kicked off the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night. The opening night&#39;s gala screening is Spielberg&#39;s &quot;The Terminal