Sentence examples for competition section from inspiring English sources

The big, promising news going into the festival was that for the first time women accounted for half of the directors in the American dramatic competition section.

If they get the bill passed into law, they will then quietly put the competition section of the bill into cold storage, hold back on it, until after the next election.

About 100 films — including the fictionalized Diane Arbus film, "Fur"; Mr. Scorsese's "Departed"; and Lasse Hallstrom's "Hoax" — will be shown across five different sections, with 16 films selected for the competition section.

His new film, "Signs and Wonders," was drafted as the token independent American film in the festival's competition section, where the other contenders included "The Beach," "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Any Given Sunday".

HBO has two entries (on top of four in the competition section), including "The Crash Reel," focused on the snowboarder Kevin Pearce and his struggle with severe brain injury.

The competition section will include new work by a number of familiar faces, including Hector Babenco (with a film set in a Brazilian prison, "Carandiru"); Peter Greenaway (with the ambitiously titled "Moab Story/The Tulse Luper Suitcases -- Part I"); Canada's Denys Arcand ("Les Invasions Barbares"); and the peripatetic Chilean director Raúl Ruiz (with "Ce Jour-là," a comedy filmed in Switzerland)).

The festival has evolved into one of the most important film festivals in this part of the world with competition sections, very strong programming and the participation of international guests.

The out-of-competition section, called Premieres, had become a little artier and less commercial; films from well-established indie directors were few.

A man who clearly doesn't have a career plan, Mr. Cavalier returned in 2005 with "Le Filmeur" in Un Certain Regard, the official out-of-competition section, and again in 2009, with "Irène," about the loss of the woman he loved.

Festival programmers have also pulled in a number of intriguing films for Venice's out-of-competition sections.

There are competitive sections for feature-length and short dramatic and documentary films, as well as out-of-competition sections.