British film to open Venice gala
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British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, is to raise the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.
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The 11-day Venice Film Festival winds up  on Saturday after a red carpet award ceremony on the glamorous  Lido beach front, with British entry "The Queen" and  Hollywood's "Bobby" favorites to take away the main prize.
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The Prince of Wales will be among guests at the London premiere of The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino.
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One of Britain&#39;s most respected filmmakers was basking in Italian glory this weekend, after Mike Leigh scooped the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
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Kenneth Branagh's movie of the Mozart opera The Magic Flute is to be launched later at the Venice Film Festival.
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VENICE (Italy) Sept 12 - A foreign clean sweep of the top awards at the 61st Venice International Film Festival, including the Golden Lion for British film ``Vera Drake&#39;&#39;, disappointed Italian critics who had campaigned for the first ``home&#39;&#39; Golden Lion
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The Venice Film Festival opens on   Wednesday with the world premiere of "The Black Dahlia," a   sepia-tinted throwback to 1940s Hollywood based on a grisly   real-life murder that remains unsolved to this day.
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The Venice film festival opens on Wednesday with "Atonement", an adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel about a girl who makes a false accusation with tragic results and tries to atone for her mistake.
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The Venice Film Festival is grappling with its perennial tag as the No. 2 movie extravaganza in Europe &#151; still a little brother to Cannes in terms of stars, marketing and buzz, even though it's older.
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The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th-anniversary edition on Wednesday with a cascade of stars.
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Arts & entertainment: Andrew Clements watches the opening gala at the renovated Royal Festival Hall.
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The Venice Film Festival opens its 75th anniversary edition Wednesday with an all-world premiere competition for the coveted Golden Lion, a cascade of stars such as George Clooney and Keira Knightley, and its share of international controversy.
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. (antiTainment) Vera Drake, a low budget British film that examines the controversial subject of abortion has won the top honor at the Venice Film Festival after being snubbed by Cannes earlier this year.
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"The Queen," a superbly acted   reconstruction of the crisis within the British monarchy caused   by Princess Diana's death in 1997, is the early favorite to   land the big prizes at the Venice Film Festival this year.
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Italians are bracing themselves for  blood on the red carpet as Rome launches its own film festival  next month in what many see as a challenge to Venice.
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ROME  - The 64th Venice Film Festival will open with Joe Wright's "Atonement," starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Vanessa Redgrave, organizers said Friday.
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Ang Lee unveils his latest film in Venice, where he won the top prize with Brokeback Mountain two years ago.