Venice Film Festival finale nears
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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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Seventeen movies from 15 countries will compete for best short film at the Venice Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday.
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The winner of last year&#39;s Venice film  festival, Chinese director Jia Zhang-Ke, is back on the Lido  with a documentary exploring China&#39;s burgeoning fashion  industry and the social changes it reflects.
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The guessing game is almost over at the  Venice film festival, where few clear frontrunners for the  Golden Lion award for best picture have emerged ahead of the  prize ceremony on Saturday evening. By the end of the annual  11-day marathon of movies, press conferences, interviews and  parties, critics and journalists normally agree on a handful of  films they think could win the top honor, although their  predictions are not always correct.
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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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The guessing game is almost over at the Venice film festival, where few clear frontrunners for the Golden Lion award for best picture have emerged ahead of the prize ceremony on Saturday evening. By the end of the annual 11-day marathon of movies, press conferences, interviews and parties, critics and journalists normally agree on a handful of films they think could win the top honor, although their predictions are not always correct.
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The 61st Venice Film Festival ended with a big roar of approval for   Vera Drake.
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VENICE, Italy  - With a strong American  presence at this year's Venice International Film Festival, it  didn't take long for U.S. politics to rear its controversial  head.
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Movies by a favored Spanish veteran and three rising Latin American directors were among key contenders for prizes as the Cannes Film Festival prepared to wrap up Sunday.
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Bernardo Bertolucci will receive an honorary Golden Lion award at this year's Venice Film Festival.
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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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Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson are among the stars expected at the 61st Venice Film Festival this week.
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The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th-anniversary edition on Wednesday with a cascade of stars.
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One of the year's most anticipated movies, Stephen Frears' &quot;The Queen&quot; starring Helen Mirren, has become an early contender for the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival when it was lauded by critics ahead of its world premiere.
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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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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 actor is getting ready for the final match on July 14.