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Provided by: variety.com12010-09-07 17:37:26entertainment / variety.com /: Venice Film Festival: Scorsese, Jones docu set for Nov. 9 -- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones' title "A Letter to Elia" on Nov. 9, one month after the docu airs on PBS's "American Masters" series.

Provided by: variety.com22010-09-07 17:04:32entertainment / variety.com /: Film Festivals: Local distributors move in for pick ups ahead of Toronto -- France's Funny Balloons has sold Pablo Larrain's Venice competition player "Post Mortem" to Archibald Films in Italy.

Provided by: variety.com32010-09-07 16:54:05entertainment / variety.com /: Film Festivals: Helmer Martone dealt tragic news in connection to epic -- Italy's turbulent history -- both past and present -- made big waves on the Lido Tuesday, as helmer Mario Martone's 19th century-set drama "We Believed," about the revolutionary turmoil that led to Italy's unification, unspooled.

Provided by: variety.com41970-01-01 00:00:00entertainment / variety.com /: *Putting the The premier source of entertainment news. Turn to Variety.com for timely, credible articles, reviews and analysis of film, TV, music, theater, video, gaming and movie and television production -- information vital to your showbiz career. Film Festivals: Local distributors move in for pick ups ahead of Toronto -- France's Funny Balloons has sold Pablo Larrain's Venice competition player "Post Mortem" to Archibald Films in Italy.

Provided by: variety.com52010-09-07 16:38:16entertainment / variety.com /: Film News: Wang mulls docs about rural China -- Chinese documaker Wang Bing, whose first fiction film, "The Ditch," is Venice's traditional surprise addition to its slate, was on the Lido Tuesday talking about plans to focus his camera on contempo rural China.

Provided by: variety.com62010-09-07 16:39:51entertainment / variety.com /: Film Reviews: A surly tomboy succeeds inside and outside the boxing ring.

Provided by: variety.com72010-09-07 16:40:29entertainment / variety.com /: Insiders: Gala held on Oct. 10 at Beverly Hilton -- WME's Mark Itkin will be feted by Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services at the org's Oct. 10 gala at the Beverly Hilton.

Provided by: variety.com82010-09-07 16:14:18entertainment / variety.com /: Births: Birth

Provided by: variety.com92010-09-07 16:15:29entertainment / variety.com /: Exec Shuffle: Exec shuffles include Tom Cox, Richard Kelley, Kristen Bender and Kami Ragsdale.

Provided by: variety.com102010-09-07 16:38:12entertainment / variety.com /: Philanthropy: Toon net launches public-service campaign -- When Cartoon Network execs were considering issues to tackle through a public-service campaign, the problem of bullying quickly emerged as a natural fit with the cabler's core demo of kids 9 to 12.

Provided by: variety.com112010-09-07 15:51:24entertainment / variety.com /: International News: Constantin to produce; release pic in Germany -- German helmer Doris Doerrie is moving from the light-heartedness of her last feature, "The Hairdresser," to the darker and seedier side of Berlin with her next project, "Glueck."

Provided by: variety.com122010-09-07 16:00:00entertainment / variety.com /: Spotlight: 3D Films 2010: 3D toon's playful edge shows European flair -- If he'd stuck to his training, Lionel Gallat would be more concerned with time signatures or comicbook panels than with storyboards and depth budgets.

Provided by: variety.com132010-09-07 16:00:00entertainment / variety.com /: Spotlight: 3D Films 2010: Venice looks to 3D filmmakers to make waves -- Buoyed by the boffo box office of "Avatar," "Alice in Wonderland" and animated pics from DreamWorks and Pixar, 3D is on a roll -- and Venice organizers will be looking to their 3D prize to make headlines.

Provided by: variety.com142010-09-07 16:00:00entertainment / variety.com /: Spotlight: 3D Films 2010: European filmmakers try bold stereo experiments -- In Hollywood, 3D is for family-oriented spectacles and low-budget suspensers, with little in between.

Provided by: variety.com152010-09-07 15:40:05entertainment / variety.com /: Technology News: Site offers 15 blogs for fem-demo shows -- The blog bog gets a little thicker.