Leila Hatami to join jury at Venice Film Festival

Iranian actress Leila Hatami has been selected to join the jury at the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Italy.

The Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore will preside over the jury, which also includes Argentinian director and screenwriter Mariano Cohn, Italian director and screenwriter Leonardo Di Costanzo, French director Audrey Diwan, Japanese-English screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro, and Spanish director and screenwriter Rodrigo Sorogoyen.

The jury will award several official prizes, including Golden Lion for Best Film, Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize, Silver Lion for Best Director, Coppa Volpi for Best Actress, Coppa Volpi for Best Actor, Special Jury Prize, Award for Best Screenplay, and “Marcello Mastroianni” Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress.

Best known for her role in Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning drama ‘A Separation’, Hatami gained world recognition after winning the Silver Bear at the 65th Berlinale in Germany.

Later her noted performance in ‘The Last Step’ brought her the best actress award at the Karlovy Vary Festival in 2012. In 2014, she was a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival.

The 79th Venice International Film Festival is organized by La Biennale di Venezia and directed by Alberto Barbera.

Officially recognized by the FIAPF – International Federation of Film Producers Association, the 2022 edition of the festival will take place at Venice Lido on August 31-September 10.

The aim of the festival is to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue.

The festival also organizes retrospectives and tributes to major figures as a contribution toward a better understanding of the history of cinema.

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