After opening the Venice Film Festival in 2016 with La La Land and in 2018 with First Man, American director Damien Chazelle will be president of the jury for this 80th edition.
according to French movieTherefore, the director of the last Babylon (1.5 million admitted in France) will be the president responsible for presenting the highest award, the Golden Lion. She succeeds Julianne Moore, who was presented with the trophy by Laura Poitras in 2022 for All the Beauty and Bloodshed.
Damien Chazelle
“Every year, for ten days, this city of art, Tintoretto, Titian and Veronese, turns into a city of cinema, and I am humbled and happy to be invited to chair this year’s jury,” said the American director. Press release. “I look forward to discovering a new crop of great films at the 80th Venice Film Festival”– said the artist.
In turn, the president of the jury of the Luigi de Laurentiis section will be the French film director Alice Diop. He will present the statuette for best first film, an award he won for Saint Omer in 2022, in addition to the Silver Lion.
“It is a great honor, a great joy, to be chosen to chair the Luigi De Laurentiis Prize for First Film, a festival that welcomed me and offered me so much last year.
I am delighted to take up the baton this year and work to create a new voice in the cinematic landscape that the Venice Film Festival has always sought to renew.”The director emphasized.
As for Italian filmmaker Jonas Carpignano, he will head the jury of the Horizon section.
“It is a great honor for me to chair the Orizzonti jury this year and I am very grateful to the Venice Film Festival for this privilege,” said the Italian screenwriter and director. Every year, d’Orizzonti offers a rich and bold selection. We delved deep into the world of cinema.
I am looking forward to the emotions and diverse realities that we will experience in the halls of the Lido. The opportunity to see the best films of the year in one of the most beautiful places in the world is truly special.”she said.
The 80th Venice Film Festival will be held from August 30 to September 9, 2023.
Source: Allocine
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