Julianne Moore on the Venice Jury President and why the film industry and film art are two different things

Art, not the film industry, will be on Julianne Moore’s mind for the next 10 days as the Oscar-winning actress takes on her final role as president of the competition jury at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

Speaking to the press on Wednesday, the first day of Venice 2022, Moore opined that while most discussions of “the future of cinema” focus on the film business, “the most important thing is what is being done” and the stories. I told him. “For me, this is Venice [it’s an] An opportunity to see all this amazing work.”

Netflix has a dominant showing in Venice this year, with four films in competition this year, including Wednesday night’s opening film, white noise By Noah Baumbach. But Moore wasn’t involved in the debate over whether there was a difference between streaming movies and old movies.

“There have always been different delivery systems, it’s always changing,” he said, “but art doesn’t change: people are always telling stories and finding new ways to tell their stories.”

Moore is no stranger to Venice, but said he was surprised to return to competition this year. “The first time I was in Venice, I was an actor in an American television series, it was in 1986. If I had known, I would be here as president of the jury, I would have fallen for the channel!”

Moore leads the seven-member jury, which includes Argentinian director Mariano Cohn, Italian director and screenwriter Leonardo Di Costanzo and French director Audrey Divan. it happens Venice won last year), Iranian actress Leila Hatami, Anglo-Japanese writer Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan-UK) and Spanish director and screenwriter Rodrigo Sorogoyen.

The Venezia 79 jury will award the following official awards to the feature films participating in the competition: Golden Lion for Best Film, Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize, Silver Lion for Best Director, Coppa Volpe for Best Actor and Coppa Volpe. Best Actor, Special Jury Award, Best Screenplay Award, “Marcello Mastroianni” Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress.