Bening's Jury Announced for Venice
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 7:58AM
NATHANIEL R in Annette Bening, Edgar Wright, Ildiko Enyedi, Rebecca Hall, Venice, Yonfan, film festivals, juries

Earlier this month, we learned that Annette Bening, hot off her best performance in 20th Century Women, would be presiding over the Venice Film Festival jury. The last female president was 11 years ago so good on Venice for fixing that. Now we know who'll be debating the selections with her as well as the complete jury lineups for all sections.

That's all after the jump...

Main Competition Jury
Annette Bening (USA) actress (PRESIDENT)

Ildiko Enyedi (Hungary) director
Michel Franco (Mexico) director
Rebecca Hall (UK) actress
Anna Mouglalis (France) actress
David Stratton (Australia/UK) film critic
Jasmine Trinca (Italy) actress
Edgar Wright (UK) director
Yonfan (Taiwan) director 

Gianni Amelio of "The Stolen Children" and "Lamerica" fame

Horizons Jury
Gianni Amelio (Italy) director (PRESIDENT)
Rakhshan Banietemad (Iran) director
Mark Cousins (Ireland) writer/director
Andrés Duprat (Argentina) screenwriter/architect
Ami Canaan Mann (USA) director
Fien Troch (Belgium) writer/director
Rebecca Zlotowski (France) director

Director John Landis and his wife the Oscar nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman

Virtual Reality Jury
John Landis (USA) director/producer (PRESIDENT)
Céline Sciamma (France) writer/director - interviewed right here earlier this year
Ricky Tognazzi (Italy) actor/director

Benôit Jacquot of "Farewell My Queen" fame

Debut Film Jury
Benôit Jacquot (France) writer/director
Geoff Andrew (UK) film programmer
Albert Wing-Ho Lee (Hong Kong) film executive
Greta Scarano (Italy) actress
Yorgos Zois (Greece) actor/writer

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