2. septembra počeo je 66. međunarodni filmski festival u Veneciji koji će trajati do 12. septembra. Za nagradu Zlatni lav takmičiće se 24 dugometražna filma:
FATIH AKIN – SOUL KITCHEN, Nemačka
Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birol Uenel
GIUSEPPE CAPOTONDI – LA DOPPIA ORA, Italija
Ksenia Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Giorgio Colangeli
POU-SOI CHEANG – YI NGOI (Nezgoda), Kina – Hong Kong
Louis Koo, Richie Jen, Michelle Ye
PATRICE CHÉREAU – PERSÉCUTION, Francuska
Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean Hugues Anglade, Alex Descas
FRANCESCA COMENCINI – LO SPAZIO BIANCO, Italija
Margherita Buy, Guido Caprino, Salvatore Cantalupo
CLAIRE DENIS – WHITE MATERIAL, Francuska
Isabelle Huppert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach De Bankolé
JACO VAN DORMAEL – MR. NOBODY, Francuska
Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Sarah Polley
TOM FORD – A SINGLE MAN, SAD
Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode
JESSICA HAUSNER – LOURDES, Austrija
Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini
WERNER HERZOG – BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS, SAD
Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Michael Shannon
JOHN HILLCOAT – THE ROAD, SAD
Charlize Theron, Viggo Mortensen, Guy Pearce, Robert Duvall
VIMUKTHI JAYASUNDARA – AHASIN WETEI (Između dva Sveta), Šri Lanka
Thusitha Laknath, Kaushalya Fernando, Huang Lu
AHMED MAHER – AL MOSAFER (Putnik), Egipat
Omar Sharif, Cyrine AbdelNour, Khaled El Nabawy
SAMUEL MAOZ – LEBANON, Izrael
Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen
MICHAEL MOORE – CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY, SAD
(dokumentarni film)
SHIRIN NESHAT, IN COLLABORATION WITH SHOJA AZARI – ZANAN BEDOONE MARDAN (Žena bez čoveka), Nemačka
Pegah Ferydoni, Shabnam Tolouei, Orsi Tóth, Arita Shahrzad
MICHELE PLACIDO – IL GRANDE SOGNO Italy, 101′
Riccardo Scamarcio, Jasmine Trinca, Luca Argentero, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando
JACQUES RIVETTE – 36 VUES DU PIC SAINT LOUP, Francuska
Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto, André Marcon, Jacques Bonnaffé
GEORGE ROMERO – SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD, SAD
Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Walsh, Devon Bostick, Kathleen Munroe
TODD SOLONDZ – LIFE DURING WARTIME, SAD
Ciarán Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Allison Janney, Charlotte Rampling, Ally Sheedy, Michael Kenneth Williams
GIUSEPPE TORNATORE – BAARÌA, Italija
Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Raoul Bova, Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Vincenzo Salemme, Monica Bellucci, Laura Chiatti
SHINYA TSUKAMOTO – TETSUO THE BULLET MAN, Japan
Eric Bossick, Akiko Monou, Shinya Tsukamoto
YONFAN – LEI WANGZI (Princ suza), Tajan-Hong Kong, Kina
Chih-Wei Fan, Terri Kwan, Joseph Chang, Kenneth Tsang, Zhu Xuan