ROME?Following is a list of the films that will compete in the September 1-11 Venice film festival.

A 23rd "surprise" entry will be announced on September 6.

* "Black Swan" by Darren Aronofsky (US)

* "La Pecora Nera" (Black Sheep) by Ascanio Celestini (Italy)

* "Somewhere" by Sofia Coppola (US)

* "Happy Few" by Antony Cordier (France)

* "The Solitude of Prime Numbers" by Saverio Costanzo (Italy)

* "Ovsyanki" (Silent Souls) by Aleksei Fedorchenko (Russia)

* "Promises Written in Water" by Vincent Gallo (US)

* "Road to Nowhere" by Monte Hellman (US)

* "A Sad Trumpet Ballad" by Alex de la Iglesia (Spain/France)

* "Black Venus" by Abdellatif Kechiche (France)

* "Post Mortem" by Pablo Larrain (Chile/Mexico/Germany)

* "Barney's Version" by Richard J. Lewis (Canada/Italy)

* "Noi Credevamo" (We Believed) by Mario Martone (Italy-France)

* "La Passione" (The Passion) by Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)

* "13 Assassins" by Miike Takashi (Japan/Britain)

* "Potiche" by Francois Ozon (France)

* "Meek's Cutoff" by Kelly Reichardt (US)

* "Miral" by Julian Schnabel (US/France/Italy/Israel)

* "Noruwei no mori" ("Norwegian Wood") by Tran Anh Hung (Japan)

* "Attenberg" by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece)

* "Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame" by Hark Tsui (China)

* "Drei" (Three) by Tom Tykwer (Germany)