Venice, Italy — The Venice Film Festival has announced the juries for its 82nd edition, set to take place from August 27 to September 6. This year’s competition jury will be led by Alexander Payne, with an esteemed panel of directors and actors joining him.
Notable members of the main competition jury include French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé, Italian director Maura Delpero, Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, and Chinese actress Zhao Tao. Together, they will evaluate films for multiple prestigious awards, including the Golden Lion for Best Film and the Silver Lion for Best Director.
Several jury members have strong ties to Venice. Brizé’s films, Another World (2021) and Out of Season (2023), premiered in the Venice competition, while Delpero’s film Vermiglio received its world premiere at the festival last year and earned the Silver Lion for Grand Jury Prize. Torres also made an impact in 2024 with her role in Walter Salles’ political drama I’m Still Here, which garnered critical acclaim and went on to win an Academy Award for Best International Feature.
Zhao Tao, known for her earlier works, made her mark at Venice after starring in Platform (2000) and the Golden Lion-winning film Still Life (2006). She also graced the festival in 2012 with Shun Li and the Poet. Mungiu, a Palma d’Or winner at Cannes, will attend Venice for the first time, as will Rasoulof, whose latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, received the Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
In addition, the Horizons (Orizzonti) jury will be chaired by Julia Ducournau, a French director celebrated for winning Cannes’ Palme d’Or for Titane. She will be joined by Italian video artist Yuri Ancarani, Argentine film critic Fernando Enrique Juan Lima, Australian director Shannon Murphy, and American filmmaker RaMell Ross. This jury is responsible for the Orizzonti Award in several categories, including Best Film and Best Director.
Ducournau, who recently presented her film Alpha at Cannes, will take on this jury role for the first time in Venice. Ancarani, familiar with the festival, debuted there in 2010 and returned in 2021 with his documentary Atlantide. Murphy previously competed in Venice in 2019 with her debut Babyteeth, while Ross, known for directing Nickel Boys, will make his first appearance at the festival.
The jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis Venice Award for Best First Feature will be led by Charlotte Wells, a rising talent from the UK known for her film Aftersun, which earned critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination. She will be joined by French-Tunisian director Erige Sehiri and Italian director Silvio Soldini, who has a notable history at Venice, winning the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor for A Soul Split In Two in 1993.
The Luigi De Laurentiis award, which comes with a $100,000 cash prize, will be presented to a debut feature-length film that premieres during the festival, whether in the official selection or one of the parallel sidebars. The cash prize is to be shared equally between the director and the producer.
This year’s Venice Film Festival promises an outstanding lineup, showcasing a rich diversity of talent from around the globe as it celebrates the art of cinema.
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