Italian films dominate fest
2008-07-29 20:22
Rome - The Venice Film Festival will feature Italian movies this year - and it will also show fewer American movies because of the writers' strike.
Festival organisers unveiled the 21 films on Tuesday which are competing for the coveted Golden Lion award, including Johnathan Demme's Rachel is Getting Married and Kathryn Bigelow's Hurt Locker. The competition features five Hollywood productions, four from Italy and three each from France and Japan.
Organisers say the film festival will show 20 Italian films to 10 American this year, because fewer US productions were ready because of last year's writers' strike.
The festival runs from August 27 to September 6.
- AP