Venice Film Festival Names Juries For Orizzonti and ‘Luigi De Laurentiis’ Awards

Caroline Frost

20 July 2024 at 9:54 am·2-min read

The 81^st Venice International Film Festival has selected the members of its international juries ahead of this year’s event, including Orizzonti and the ‘Luigi De Lauentiis’ Venice Award.

This year’s Festival will run August 28 to September 7.

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The Orizzonti (Horizons section) jury will include:

American director and screenwriter Debra Granik (Chair)
Iranian writer, director and producer Ali Asgari
Syrian film director and screenwriter Soudade Kaadan
Greek director, screenwriter and producer Christos Nikou
Swedish actress and director Tuva Novotny
Hungarian filmmaker Gábor Reisz
Italian screenwriter and director Valia Santell

The Orizzonti Jury will award the following prizes, with no joint awards allowed:

Orizzonti Award for Best Film
Orizzonti Award for Best Director
Special Orizzonti Jury Prize
Orizzonti Award for Best Actress
Orizzonti Award for Best Actor
Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay
Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film

The international jury of the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award (‘Lion of the Future’) for a Debut Film will include:

Italian film critic Gianni Canova (chair)
American writer and director Ricky D’Ambrose
Brazilian director, visual artist, actress and producer Barbara Paz
Canadian actress and director Taylor Russell
Film festival curator and project market director Jacob Wong

The Jury of the Venice Award for a Debut Film will award to one of the debut feature-length films selected from the various competitive sections of the Venice Film Festival (Official Selection and Independent and Parallel Sidebars), with no joint awards allowed, the Lion of the Future – “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film, with the cash prize of $100,000 donated by Filmauro, will be divided equally between the director and the producer.

All the official awards will be announced during the closing ceremony of the 81^st Venice International Film Festival on Saturday, September 7 on the stage of the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema at the Venice Lido.

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