Iranian prominent actress Leila Hatami has been elected as a jury member for Venice Film Festival�s upcoming 79th edition.

Julianne Moore will preside over the main jury of the Venice Film Festival's 79th edition which will run Aug. 31-Sept. 10.

Moore will head a seven-member jury panel with three women and four men that also comprises French director Audrey Diwan, winner of last year�s Venice Golden Lion for abortion drama �Happening,� and Iranian actor Leila Hatami who broke out globally with Asghar Farhadi�s �A Separation,� Variety reported.

British author and screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro (�Never Let Me Go�); Italian director Leonardo di Costanzo, who was in Venice last year with prison drama �The Inner Cage�; Argentina�s Mariano Cohn, also in Venice last year with comedy �Official Competition� starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas; and Spanish director and producer Rodrigo Sorogoyen, whose film �Mother� screened in Venice�s Horizons section in 2019, round off the Venice jury panel.

 

 

By MEHR�