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21 July 2021 The international juries of the 78th Venice International Film Festival (1-11 September 2021), chaired by South Korean director

Bong Joon-ho 

(Oscar winner for Parasite)

have been defined 

.

It includes

Saverio Costanzo

, director and screenwriter;

the actress

Virginie Efira

(Belgium / France);

theater and film actress, singer and composer

Cynthia Erivo

(Great Britain);

Canadian actress and producer

Sarah Gadon

(Canada);

the Romanian director

Alexander Nanau

;

Chinese director, screenwriter, producer and editor

Chloé Zhao

(China), Golden Lion (and later Oscar) for Nomadland.   





The Venezia 78 Jury will award the following official prizes to the feature films in Competition: Golden Lion for Best Film, Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize, Silver Lion - Award for Best Director, Volpi Cup for Best Performance female, Coppa Volpi for the best male interpretation, Special Jury Award, Award for the best screenplay, Marcello Mastroianni Award to a young emerging actor or actress.   



The

International Jury of the Horizons section

it is instead composed of Jasmila Zbanic - president (Bosnia and Herzegovina), director and screenwriter; Mona Fastvold (Norway), director and screenwriter; Shahram Mokri (Iran), film director, screenwriter and critic; Josh Siegel (USA), curator of the film section of the MoMA in New York; Nadia Terranova (Italy), writer, is the author of numerous novels and children's books.   



The Orizzonti Jury will assign - without the possibility of ex-aequo - the following prizes: Orizzonti Prize for best film, Orizzonti Prize for best direction, Special Jury Prize Orizzonti, Orizzonti Prize for best female and male interpretation, Orizzonti Prize for best screenplay, Orizzonti Award for best short film.



The international jury of the Venice First Opera Award "Luigi De Laurentiis" - Lion of the Future, will instead be composed of Uberto Pasolini - president (Italy), Martin Schweighofer (Austria), Amalia Ulman (Argentina).