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Penelope Cruz made a low-key arrival to the Rome set of Venuto al Mondo yesterday. She got a good-luck kiss on the forehead from director Sergio Castellitto then took her mark in front of the cameras. This is Penelope's second project to shoot in Italy this year; earlier this Summer, Penelope teamed up again with Woody Allen for his Bop Decameron. Since production wrapped, Woody's film's title has been changed to Nero Fiddled. Woody Allen explained changing Bop Decameron's title saying, "I couldn't believe how few people had heard of The Decameron even in Rome, and the few that did assumed the movie was based on Boccaccio's tales, which it's not. Anyhow, I changed the title to Nero Fiddled, which is the first time I've changed a title since my last-minute switch of Anhedonia to Annie Hall." View Slideshow ›...

The sophomore film from the director of Ex Drummer, Swedish thriller Bad Faith, Pablo Trapero's Carancho (my personal favorite film from Cannes 2010), Tsui Hark's Detective Dee, Tom Tykwer's Three and a host of others populate one of the more exciting lineups for the Tiff Contemporary World Cinema Program in recent years. Here's the complete lineup:

22nd of May Koen Mortier, Belgium World Premiere

The director of Ex-Drummer returns with an artful meditation on political violence. A security guard fails to prevent a horrific explosion in a shopping mall, then lives through the aftermath as a series of overlapping what-ifs.

Africa United Debs Gardner-Paterson, United Kingdom World Premiere

Africa United tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children and their bid to achieve their lifelong dream - to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2010 Football World Cup in Johannesburg.

Aftershock Feng Xiaogang, China North American Premiere...