Other Cannes entries at Toronto will include Nanni Moretti's The Caiman and Aki Kaurismaki's Lights in the Dusk.

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Despite being described as a visionary by Nanni Moretti, the head of the Venice jury, Miss Nair played down the acclaim.

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Spielberg, who was nominated but didn't win the directing Oscar for his biopic "Lincoln" this week, takes the reins from Italian Nanni Moretti.

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