Ethan and Joel Coen’s crime comedy “Burn After Reading” will open the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which will run Aug. 27-Sept. 6, 2008.

With only five of 22 films competing for the prestigious Golden Lion, Hollywood is not as strongly represented as usual. Those five include Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler,” Guillermo Arriaga’s “The Burning Plain,” Kathryn Bigelow’s “Hurt Locker,” Jonathan Demme’s “Rachel Getting Married” and Amir Naderi’s “Vegas: Based on a True Story.”

Italy has three films competing for the top award, including Pupi Avati’s “Il Papa di Giovanna” and Marco Bechis’ “Birdwatchers.” In the out of competition category, Italy’s seclection includes Adriano Celentano ”Yuppi Du” and Paolo Benvenuti’s “Puccini e la fanciulla.”

The competition jury will be presided by Wim Wenders, who’s joined by Juriy Arabov, Douglas Gordon, John Landis, Lucrecia Martel and Johnnie To.

Tito Schipa Jr.’s Italian musical “Orfeo 9” will close the fest. Check out the entire lineup right here.