Venice Juries: Fernanda Torres & Mohammad Rasoulof Set For Main Competition Jury; Julia Ducournau & Charlotte Wells Named As Horizons & First Film Presidents
The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the official juries for its 82nd edition running from August 27 to September 6.
On the main competition jury, previously announced jury president Alexander Payne, will be joined by French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé; Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero; Romanian director, writer and producer Cristian Mungiu; Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof; Brazilian actress, writer and screenwriter Fernanda Torres and Chinese actress Zhao Tao.
The Horizons (Orizzonti) jury will be chaired by French director and screenwriter Julia Ducournau, who will be joined by Italian director and videoartist Yuri Ancarani; Argentine film critic Fernando Enrique Juan Lima; Australian director Shannon Murphy; American artist and filmmaker RaMell Ross.
The jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for a best first feature will be charied by UK film Charlotte Wells, who will be joined by French-Tunisian director and producer Erige Sehiri and Italian director and screenwriter Silvio Soldini.
