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Natalie Portman, whose short film Eve was screened at the festival, and Marco Bechis, whose BirdWatchers is up for the Golden Lion

Ross McElwees (center), whose In Paraguay was screened in the Horizons sidebar

Marco Bechis (center), Claudio Santamaria (right) and BirdWatchers cast
Wim Wenders, Valeria Golino, VEGAS: Venice Film Festival 2008
Hayao Miyazaki, Ferzan Oztepek, Stefania Sandrelli at the 2008 Venice Film Festival
Emmanuelle Béart, Claire Denis, Mario Monicelli at the 2008 Venice Film Festival
Manoel de Oliveira, Benoît Magimel at the 2008 Venice Film Festival
Ermanno Olmi, Charlize Theron at the 2008 Venice Film Festival
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