Jane Campion, Laura Poitras, Martin McDonagh Set for Venice Film Festival Jury Duty
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Jane Campion, Laura Poitras, Mia Hansen-Løve and Martin McDonagh are among high-caliber members of the Venice Film Festival’s main jury.
The prominent directors, most of whom are Venice regulars – Poitras last year scored the Golden Lion with documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” – will be joined on the Venice jury panel by Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (“Wajib”); Chinese star Shu Qi (“The Assassin”); Italian director Gabriele Mainetti, who was at Venice last year with “Freaks Out”; and Argentinian auteur Santiago Mitre whose “Argentina, 1985” also launched from the Lido last year.
They will join Damien Chazelle who – as previously announced – will serve as president of the Venice competition jury. The Lido on Thursday also unveiled its full jury roster across all sections.
The jury of the more cutting edge Horizons section comprises: Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania (“The Man Who Sold His Skin”); U.S.
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