Sofia Coppola has been located. Last week, reporting that Darren Aronofsky's Black Swanwas to open the Venice Film Festival, we pondered the non-appearance of Coppola's Somewhere.

It has now been confirmed that the picture will play at Venice, as will Julian Schnabel’s much-anticipated

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. With new films by Takashi Miike, Monte Hellman, Kelly Reichardt and Tran Anh Hung also unspooling, Venice appears to have its juiciest line-up for years.

But, no, Terrence Malick's elusive The Tree of Lifewill not be at the party.