ROME — A list of films competing for the Golden Lion at the 70th Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 28-Sept. 7.
"Es-Stouh" ("The Rooftops") by Merzak Allouache; Algeria, France.
"L'intrepido" (The Intrepid) by Gianni Amelio, Italy.
"Miss Violence" by Alexandros Avranas, Greece.
"Tracks" by John Curran; Britain, Australia.
"Via Castellana Bandiera" (Castellana Bandiera Street) by Emma Dante; Italy, Switzerland, France.
"Tom a la ferme" (Tom at the Farm) by Xavier Dolan; Canada, France.
"Child of God" by James Franco, United States.