Jane Campion, Martin McDonagh & Laura Poitras Join Venice Film Festival Jury
13.07.2023 - 11:45
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The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the names who will join Damien Chazelle on the main Competition jury of its 80th edition, running Aug 30 — Sep 9.
Jury members include Saleh Bakri, Jane Campion, Mia Hansen-Løve, Gabriele Mainetti, Martin McDonagh, Santiago Mitre, Laura Poitras, and Shu Qi.
The jury will award the following official prizes to the feature films in Competition, with no joint awards allowed: Golden Lion for Best Film, Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize, Silver Lion for Best Director, Coppa Volpi for Best Actress, Coppa Volpi for Best Actor, Special Jury Prize, Award for Best Screenplay, and “Marcello Mastroianni” Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress.
Saleh Bakri is a Palestinian film and theater actor. For the movie Wajib (2017) by Annemarie Jacir, Bakri won the Muhr Award for Best Actor at the Dubai Film Festival. His latest film performances are in the Oscar-nominated short film The Present by Farah Nabulsi (2020) and in Costa Brava, Lebanon by Mounia Akl, presented at the Venice Film Festival in 2021. New Zealander Jane Campion is best known as the first female director to receive the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, for The Piano (1993). She won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival in 2021 and Best Director at the 94th Academy Awards for her last pic The Power of the Dog.
Gabriele Mainetti is an Italian director, actor, composer, and producer. Freaks Out, his second feature, was selected in competition at the Venice Film Festival in 2021 and won 6 David di Donatello awards. Irish filmmaker Martin McDonagh is a frequent visitor to the Lido. His most recent film, The Banshees of Inisherin, played in Competition and won four Golden Globe Awards and four BAFTA Awards.