The 81st Venice Worldwide Movie Competition has chosen the members of its worldwide juries forward of this yr’s occasion, together with Orizzonti and the ‘Luigi De Lauentiis’ Venice Award.
This yr’s Competition will run August 28 to September 7.
The Orizzonti (Horizons part) jury will embody:
American director and screenwriter Debra Granik (Chair)
Iranian author, director and producer Ali Asgari
Syrian movie director and screenwriter Soudade Kaadan
Greek director, screenwriter and producer Christos Nikou
Swedish actress and director Tuva Novotny
Hungarian filmmaker Gábor Reisz
Italian screenwriter and director Valia Santell
The Orizzonti Jury will award the next prizes, with no joint awards allowed:
Orizzonti Award for Greatest Movie
Orizzonti Award for Greatest Director
Particular Orizzonti Jury Prize
Orizzonti Award for Greatest Actress
Orizzonti Award for Greatest Actor
Orizzonti Award for Greatest Screenplay
Orizzonti Award for Greatest Quick Movie
The worldwide jury of the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award (‘Lion of the Future’) for a Debut Movie will embody:
Italian movie critic Gianni Canova (chair)
American author and director Ricky D’Ambrose
Brazilian director, visible artist, actress and producer Barbara Paz
Canadian actress and director Taylor Russell
Movie pageant curator and venture market director Jacob Wong
The Jury of the Venice Award for a Debut Movie will award to one of many debut feature-length movies chosen from the assorted aggressive sections of the Venice Movie Competition (Official Choice and Impartial and Parallel Sidebars), with no joint awards allowed, the Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Movie, with the money prize of $100,000 donated by Filmauro, will likely be divided equally between the director and the producer.
All of the official awards will likely be introduced in the course of the closing ceremony of the 81st Venice Worldwide Movie Competition on Saturday, September 7 on the stage of the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema on the Venice Lido.
