Julianne Moore will chair the jury of the Venice Film Festival

American actress Julianne Moore has been appointed president of the international jury in the main competition of the 79th Venice International Film Festival, scheduled from 31 August to 10 September.

He will be joined by Argentine director Mariano Cohn, Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo, French director and Leone d’Oro 2021 Audrey Divan, Iranian actress Leila Hatami, British writer of Japanese origin Kazuo Ishiguro and Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen. .

The jury awards the Golden Lion to the best film, the Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize, the Silver Lion for best director, the Volpi Cups to the best actor and best actress, the Special Jury Prize, the Prize for Best Screenplay and the “Marcello Mastroianni Award for the best young actor. Or actor.

Moore has long-standing ties to Venice and won the Coppa Volpi for Best Actress for her role. far in the sky in 2002 and the Franca Sozan Award suburb in 2017.

Cohn was in Venice last year official competitionWith Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez, who he directed with Gaston Duprat.

Italian Di Costanzo presented his debut film interval In the sidebar of Venice Horizons in 2012 and Miss inner cage It debuted without competition in Venice in 2021.

Divan won the Golden Lion in Venice 2021 for the abortion drama Happens.

Hatami, who has never made a film in Venice, is best known internationally for her role in Asghar Farhad’s Silver Bear-winning drama. separation.

Ishiguro is best known in the film world for his award-winning adaptations of novels. The balance of the day Y Never let Me Go.

Included in Sorogoyen’s credits candidate, who won seven Goya Awards in 2019 and mother, which had its world premiere that same year at the Venice Horizons Sidebar, which Marta Nieto won for Best Actress.