13/07/2023 - In addition to presidents Damien Chazelle, Jonas Carpignano and Alice Diop, the juries will also include Jane Campion, Mia Hansen-Løve, Gabriele Mainetti, Martin McDonagh and Saleh Bakri

French director Mia Hansen-Løve, who will be on the main Jury for the Competition at the 80th Venice Film Festival (© Judicaël Perrin)

The Biennale di Venezia has revealed the members of the international Juries for the Competition of the 80th Venice Film Festival, presided, as was already announced (read the news), by US director Damien Chazelle; for Orizzonti, presided by Italian director Jonas Carpignano; and for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film, presided by French director Alice Diop. The 80th Venice Film Festival will take place from 30 August-9 September 2023.

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The Jury for the Competition at the 80th Venice Film Festival will be composed of Palestinian film and stage actress Saleh Bakri (seen in Costa Brava, Lebanon [+see also:
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film profile], which won six David di Donatello awards, three Nastri d'argento and the Audience Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam; Irish screenwriter and director Martin McDonagh, whose most recent film, The Banshees of Inisherin [+see also:
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The international Jury of the Orizzonti section will be composed of Tunisian director and screenwriter Kaouther Ben Hania, in Competition in Cannes in 2023 with Four Daughters [+see also:
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The international Jury for the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film – Lion of the Future will be composed of Moroccan actor, director and screenwriter Faouzi Bensaïdi, who has acted for directors including Bertrand Bonello, Nadir Mokneche and Jacques Audiard, and whose most recent film as director, Deserts [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)