ROME - Following are the 22 films selected for competition at this year's Venice film festival, to run from Wednesday through September 8.
- "Atonement," by Joe Wright (Britain, United States)
- "The Darjeeling Limited," by Wes Anderson (United States)
- "Sleuth," by Kenneth Branagh (Britain, United States)
- "Heya Fawda" (Chaos), by Youssef Chahine (Egypt)
- "Redacted," by Brian De Palma (United States)
- "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," by Andrew Dominik (United States)
- "Nessuna Qualita agli Eroi," by Paolo Franchi (Italy, Switzerland, France)
- "Michael Clayton," by Tony Gilroy (United States)
- "Nightwatching," by Peter Greenaway (Canada, France, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, Britain)
- "En la Ciudad de Sylvia," by Jose Luis Guerin (Spain)
- "In the Valley of Elah," by Paul Haggis (United States, Morocco)
- "I'm Not There," by Tod Haynes (United States)
- "Taiyang Zhaochang Shenqi" (The Sun Also Rises), by Jiang Wen (China, Hong Kong)
- "Bangbang Wo Aishen" (Help Me Eros), by Lee Kang Sheng (Taiwan)
- "La Graine et le Mulet," by Abdellatif Kechiche (France)
- "Se Jie" (Lust, Caution), by Ang Lee (China, United States)
- "It's a Free World," by Ken Loach (Britain, Italy, Germany, Spain)
- "L'Ora di Punta" (Rush Hour), by Vincenzo Marra (Italy)
- "Sukiyaki Western Django," by Miike Takashi (Japan)
- "12," by Nikita Mikhalkov (Russia)
- "Il Dolce e l'Amaro," by Andrea Porporati (Italy)
- "Les Amours d'Astree et Celadon" by Eric Rohmer (France, Italy, Spain)
Eleven films qualified for the festival's Horizons section:
- "Sad Vacation," by Shinji Aoyama (Japan)
- "Mal Nascida," by Joao Canijo (Portugal)
- "Searchers 2.0," by Alex Cox (United States)
- "Medee Miracle," by Tonino De Bernardi (Italy, France)
- "Cochochi," by Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas (Mexico, Britain, Canada)
- "Geomen Tangyi Sonyeo Oi" (With the Girl of Black Soil), by Jeon Soo-il (South Korea, France)
- "L'Histoire de Richard O.," by Damien Odoul (France)
- "Sugisball" (Autumn Ball), by Veiko Ounpuu (Estonia)
- "Die Stille vor Bach" (The Silence Before Bach), by Pere Portabella (Spain)
- "Exodus," by Penny Woolcock (Britain)
- "Xiaoshuo" (The Obscure), by Lu Yue (China)
Another 11 films will vie for the Horizons Documentary Prize:
- "Staub" (Dust), by Hartmut Bitomsky (Germany)
- "Madri," by Barbara Cupisti (Italy)
- "Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto" (Death in the Land of Encantos), by Lav Diaz (Philippines)
- "Man from Plains," by Jonathan Demme (United States)
- "L'Aimee," by Arnaud Desplechin (France)
- "San" (Umbrella), by Du Haibin (China)
- "Andarilho," by Cao Guimaraes (Brazil)
- "Wuyong" (Useless), by Jia Zhangke (China)
- "Il Passaggio della Linea," by Pietro Marcello (Italy)
- "Anabazys," by Joel Pizzini and Paloma Rocha (Brazil)
- "Berlin," by Julian Schnabel (United States)
08/27/2007 02:47 GMT