The Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore will head the Venice Film Festival's official competition's jury for this year, the festival announced on Friday.
French director Audrey Diwan, the winner of the festival’s Golden Lion last year for her feature "Happening," Iranian actress Leila Hatami, Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo, and Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro will join Moore in the jury.
Moreover, Argentine director and screenwriter Mariano Cohn and Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen will be included in the line up of the jury to select this edition's awards, including the Golden Lion.
The 79th Venice Film Festival will take place this year between August 31 and September 10.
It is worthy to mention that the 78th Venice Film Festival kicked off with the world premiere of Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers,” starring Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit.
Cruz dazzled in a monochrome gown as she strutted down the walled-in red carpet alongside other A-listers and Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella.
Parallel Mothers sees Penelope as Janis, one of two women who meet in a hospital room where they are both about to give birth.
Cruz portrays a middle-aged mother who doesn’t regret falling pregnant, while Aitana Sánchez-Gijón stars as an adolescent terrified by the prospect of having a child.
Organizers held the festival under a strict anti-coronavirus protocol to help keep the 11-day event trouble-free.
Theaters opened at half capacity and a wall blocks the view to the red carpet to stop crowds from gathering outside the main venue. Face masks and a health pass or a negative COVID test are required to attend screenings, and there will be fewer late-night parties.
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