Philip Gröning to preside over Venice jury
Philip Gröning will preside over the jury of the Horizons section of the 63rd Venice Film Festival (August 30-September 9).
The German director, born in Düsseldorf in 1959, has won several awards, including two Bronze Leopards at Locarno (The terrorists! in 1992 and L'amour, l'argent, l'amour in 2000) and has had success this year with documentary film Into Great Silence [+see also:
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interview: Philip Groening
film profile] (see Focus). The jury awards the Horizons Prize and the Horizons Doc Prize to films in this section, which was created to promote new trends in cinema.
Into Great Silence had its world premiere in Horizons last year, before going on to win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for Best Documentary. This unexpected hit at the German box office is currently doing very well on Italian screens.
(Translated from French)
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