Damien Chazelle To Preside Over Venice Film Festival Jury
deadline.comDamien Chazelle has been announced as the international jury president for the main competition of the 80th Venice International Film Festival, running Aug 30 — Sep 9. “For ten days each year this city of the arts, of Tintoretto and Titian and Veronese, becomes a city of cinema, and I am humbled and delighted to be invited to lead this year’s jury.
I can’t wait to discover a new crop of great films at the 80th Venice Film Festival,” Chazelle said. Chazelle has opened Venice twice.
First, with 2016’s La La Land and in 2018 with First Man. La La Land received 14 Academy Awards nominations, winning six including Best Director.
Damien Chazelle was the youngest director ever to win this award. First Man picked up four Academy Awards. French filmmaker Alice Diop will serve as the President of the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for Debut Features.
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