This year’s Venice Film Festival – which opens a week today – is going to look a little different from usual. The ongoing strikes in Hollywood are starting to cause serious problems: actors and writers who are part of the major American unions Writers’ Guild of America (WGA), The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) are not only unable to engage with current projects, but they also cannot take part in any kind of promotion for films or TV shows which they have previously worked on.
