US director Woody Allen attends by video conference a photocall of the film 'Rifkin's Festival' during the 68th San Sebastian Film Festival in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian on Sept. 18, 2020. The head of the Venice Film Festival, which starts Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, told AFP it was 'absolutely incomprehensible' why US opinion had turned so strongly against director Woody Allen. The festival has been criticized for its inclusion of several directors with past sexual assault allegations in this year's lineup, including Allen, Roman Polanski and Luc Besson.

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