Venezia 81, Isabelle Huppert president of the jury of the Exhibition
The actress: "Becoming a privileged spectator of the Show is an honor." Director Barbera: "Immense, curious and demanding actress"
ROME – The French actress Isabelle Huppert will preside over the International Jury of the Competition of the 81st International Film Festival of the Venice Biennale (28 August – 7 September), which will award the Lion gold for best film and other official awards. The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale, which adopted the proposal of the Artistic Director of the Cinema Sector Alberto Barbera.
VENICE 81, HUPPERT: “BECOMING A SPECTATOR PRIVILEGING THE EXHIBITION IS AN HONOR”
Isabelle Huppert, in accepting the proposal, declared: “It is a long and wonderful story that ties me to the Venice Film Festival. Becoming a privileged spectator is an honor. Today, more than ever, cinema is a promise. The promise to escape, to shock us, to surprise, to look the world in the face, united in the diversity of our tastes and ideas“.
VENEZIA 81, BARBERA: “IMMENSE, CURIOUS AND DEMANDING ACTRESS”< /strong>
Alberto Barbera declared: “Isabelle Huppert is an immense actress, demanding, curious and of great generosity. Muse of numerous great filmmakers, she has never even shied away from the invitation of young people or less famous directors who saw in her the ideal interpreter of their storiesHer enormous willingness to constantly put herself on the line, a sign of her uncommon intelligence, together with the ability to look at cinema beyond geographical and geographical boundaries. mental, make him an ideal President of the Juryin a festival open to the whole world such as the Venice Film Festival. We are very grateful to you for accepting the position, aware of your numerous commitments in cinema and theater must face in the coming months.”
The prizes to be awarded The international jury of Venezia 81, which will be chaired by Isabelle Huppert and which will be composed of a maximum of 9 cinema and cultural personalities from different countries, is called upon to choose the feature films in competition to which the following official prizes will be awarded:
– Golden Lion for best film
– Silver Lion
– Grand Jury Prize
– Silver Lion
– Award for best direction
– Volpi Cup for best male performance
– Volpi Cup for best female performance
– Award for best screenplay
– Special Jury Prize
– Marcello Mastroianni Award to an emerging young actor or actress.
The awards ceremony will be held on the final evening on September 7.