Will Venice Be Remembered for Films or Follies?
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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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"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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Hollywood has turned serious with one  eye on the Oscars in February, but it is elsewhere the jury may  look when choosing which of 23 competition entries at the  Venice film festival wins the Golden Lion on Saturday.
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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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VENICE, Italy A film about a 1950s London housewife who secretly performs abortions has won the best picture award as the Venice Film Festival wrapped up.
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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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The Venice film festival opens on  Wednesday with &quot;Atonement,&quot; an adaptation of Ian McEwan&#39;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 opened its 75th-anniversary edition on Wednesday with a cascade of stars.
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The Queen, about the days after the death of Princess Diana, is tipped to win at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
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The second film in less that a year to  focus on writer Truman Capote has premiered in Venice.
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Two movies about the Iraq war and its impact on Americans back home are among 22 competition entries at the Venice Film Festival this year, lending political weight to a cinema showcase laden with Hollywood productions.
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The Chinese movie "Sanxia Haoren," or "Still Life," on Saturday took this year's Golden Lion, the top award at the Venice Film Festival.
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The Venice Film Festival is past the  halfway point and the buzz ahead of the prize ceremony on  Saturday is building.
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Seventeen movies from 15 countries will compete for best short film at the Venice Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday.
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Venice's St Mark's Square will be transformed into a giant cinema for the premiere of animation Shark Tale.
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Two movies about the Iraq war and its  impact on Americans back home are among 22 competition entries  at the Venice Film Festival this year, lending political weight  to a cinema showcase laden with Hollywood productions.
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Hollywood has packed its bags and headed  for the Venice Film Festival, where a whopping 20 American  films will be screened and dozens of the hottest stars are set  to inject glamour into the arthouse competition.