The American actress has been elected President of this year’s Biennale jury. The Venice Film Festival begins on August 10th.
Venice – The US actress Julianne Moore (61) will be president of the jury at this year’s Venice Film Biennale. This was announced by the press office of the festival on Friday.
The jury of the film festival, which takes place from August 31 to September 10, also includes directors Mariano Cohn, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Audrey Diwan and Rodrigo Sorogoyen, as well as actress Leila Hatami and writer and Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro.
The main prize at the film festival is the Golden Lion, which the French actress Audrey Diwan – who is now a member of the jury – won last year for her abortion drama “L’événement”. dpa
