Compared to Cannes, the Venice Film Festival is a much more mellow affair for journalists. Go figure, especially considering the festival’s line-ups have cemented it as the unmissable Oscars launchpad. Still, the queues don’t feel as intense and there’s a general air of lunacy that seems to be missing. Better organizing? Friendlier teams with significantly less mad airport security checks before screenings? The Lido sea air chilling everyone out? Whatever the case may be, Venice has always been Cannes’ less stressful and cooler older sister. However, this year’s 81st edition has a problem: a l…