When: August 31 - September 10 - 11, 2011
Where: Venice, Italy
Site: http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema

The line-up of the 68th Venice Film Festival has been announced on Thursday July 28th. The official selection of the festival includes the sections, Venezia 68 (In Competition), Out of Competition, Orizzonti and Controcampo Italiano, alongide a retrospective section and two autonomous sections (International Critics' Week and Venice Days). The daily schedule of screenings will be announced after August 15th.

The highly anticipated new film written and directed by George Clooney, The Ides of March, will be the opening film – in Competition – at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.
The official line-up of the 68th Venice Film Festival has been announced during the press conference in Rome. The daily screenings schedule will be announced after August 15th.

Marco Bellocchio will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 68. Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia and directed by Marco Müller.
Legendary American actor and director Al Pacino is the recipient of the Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award, a prize of the Film Festival created in collaboration with Jaeger-Le Coultre.

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