Isabel Coixet to preside over the Orizzonti jury while Michelangelo Frammartino heads up the First Films jury in Venice
- Directed by Alberto Barbera, the 79th Venice International Film Festival is unspooling between 31 August and 10 September
After last week’s revelation of the international jury members who will be handing out the Golden Lion (read our news), the 79th Venice International Film Festival has announced the juries assessing the Orizzonti section and awarding the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice First Film Prize, the latter of which will be presided over by Spanish director, screenwriter and producer Isabel Coixet (who scooped 4 Goya awards for The Secret Life of Words [+see also:
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The Orizzonti jury, overseen by Coixet, which will single out the best film, best director, best actors and actresses, best screenplay and best short, as well as handing out the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize, will be composed of French critic and programmer (formerly of Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight) Edouard Waintrop, Italian director Laura Bispuri, US director, screenwriter and producer Antonio Campos, and Algerian director and writer Sofia Djama (Blessed [+see also:
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The jury of the Venice First Film Prize, led by Frammartino, which will award the Future Lion - “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice First Film Prize (consisting of 100,000 dollars) to one of the debut feature films presented in the festival’s various competitive sections, will be composed of Portuguese director, screenwriter and artist Ana Rocha de Sousa (awarded 2020’s Future Lion and Orrizonti Special Jury Prize for her debut film Listen [+see also:
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The official programme of the 79th Venice Film Festival, unspooling on the Lido between 31 August and 10 September, will be announced on 26 July.
(Translated from Italian)
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