FACTBOX: Main competition line up at Venice Film Festival

(Reuters) - The annual Venice Film Festival opens on Wednesday on the Lido waterfront and ends on September 8.

Twenty-two movies are in the main competition vying for the Golden Lion prize for best film, and dozens more are being screened and promoted out of competition.

Following are the main competition entries:

1. "Atonement" (Britain/U.S.)

- director Joe Wright, starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave, Romola Garai, Brenda Blethyn.

2. "The Darjeeling Limited" (U.S.)

- director Wes Anderson, starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray.

3. "Sleuth" (Britain/U.S.)

- director Kenneth Branagh, starring Michael Caine, Jude Law.

4. "Heya Fawda" (Egypt)

- director Youssef Chahine, starring Khaled Saleh, Mena Shalaby, Hala Sedky, Youssef El Cherif.

5. "Redacted" (U.S.)

- director Brian De Palma, starring Kel O'Neill, Daniel Stewart Sherman.

6. "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (U.S.)

- director Andrew Dominik, starring Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard.

7. "Nessuna Qualita Agli Eroi" (Italy/Switzerland/France)