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George Clooney and Brad Pitt will make two appearances at the Venice Film Festival this week. They are going to appear at a fund raiser event for their charity called Not On Our Watch. Then they were to return to the red carpet Wednesday when the Coen brothers film “Burn After Reading” opens the 65th edition of the festival, which runs through Sept. 6.

Not On Our Watch has raised millions to help victims both of the humanitarian crisis in DArfur and Myanmar. The charity was launched by the stars of Ocean’s thirteen by using their star appeal to bring attention to human rights abuses, but it isn’t so easy to get even two of the founder together because of filming and family Wagner said.

“Scheduling is very difficult. Two of them happened to be in Venice at the same time because of the ‘Burn After Reading’ premiere … so there was a brainstorming session,” she said.

Clooney will discuss the issues concerning where the money will be used at the fundraiser which will be attended by some 200 industry insiders and Italian VIPs, Wagner said.

“We sent out a press release one day saying we were on the verge of closing it down and the next day we had $500,000,” said Bettina Luescher, a spokeswoman for the World Food Program at UN headquarters in New York City. “They shine the light on the real emergencies and step up where we really need help.”

Without that money, Luescher said, the World Food Program had been on the verge of shutting down the air service to Darfur, which brings 3,000 aid workers a month to the stricken region. The UN food charity fed 3.3 million people there last month alone.

Clooney has been very vocal on the genocide that has plagued Darfur for years claiming the lives of millions of people. He went on a UN technical mission including Darfur and neighboring Chad in January, sharing his impressions with reporters upon his return to draw attention to the crisis.