 John Landis: Nominated as jury at Venice film fest
Famous director John Landis has been selected as a jury at the Venice Film Festival. Hong Kong-based filmmaker Johnnie To also will be joining him. On Wednesday the organizers have highlighted this news. According to them, the gala festival will begin in the next month.
Apart from John Landis there are other jury members who too will be part of Venice film festival. They include German director Wim Wenders, Russian screenwriter Juriy Arabov, Italian actress Valeria Golino, budding director from Argentina Lucrecia Martel and Scottish visual artist Douglas Gordon.
The jury will hand out awards in several categories at Venice namely best film, director, actor and actress, new actor or actress, technical contribution and screenplay.
The full lineup for the 65th edition of the Venice festival will be making an announcement on July 29. The event will start from August 27 and continues till September 6. |