Oscar-winning actor Julianne Moore to head Venice Film Festival jury
Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore will head the jury for the main competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, organizers said on Friday.
Moore will be joined in deciding this year’s winners by French director Audrey Diwan, who won the festival’s Golden Lion last year for her film. ‘Happening’Iranian actress Leila Hatami, Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo, and Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Argentine director and screenwriter Mariano Cohn and Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen will complete the international jury, which assigns the main prizes of the festival’s competition, including the Golden Lion.
The 79th edition of the festival, which will be held on the Lido island of the lagoon city, will be held from August 31 to September 10.
