Venice Film Festival jury head Damien Chazelle arrived on the opening press convention sporting a Writers Guild on strike t-shirt and badge immediately.
The La La Land and Whiplash director-writer stated of the 2 Hollywood strikes: “Today is the 121st day the writers have been of strike and the 48th the actors have been on strike. I think there is a basic idea that each work of art has value unto itself, and is not only a piece of content to be put into a pipeline. That basic idea has been eroded in the past years. That’s the core issue for me. That issue of residuals and people being remunerated for each piece of art is key. A lot of people who would ordinarily be here aren’t able to be here. It’s a difficult time in Hollywood, particularly for working crew and writers in Hollywood.”
Jury members Martin McDonagh and Laura Poitras, sitting within the entrance row, additionally sported the identical t-shirt as Chazelle.
Venice chief Alberto Barbera was requested to make clear which actors would have the ability to attend the competition, noting that Adam Driver, Lea Seydoux and Jessica Chastain are amongst actors set to be there with films.
Barbera confirmed that Penelope Cruz had been as a consequence of attend however now received’t be on the Lido for Ferrari (Driver and director Michael Mann shall be right here for the movie) as a consequence of a “personal matter”. We revealed lots of the attending U.S. actors in our piece on Friday.
Chazelle was requested about his ideas on Venice as a competition. He referred to as it the “best festival in the world.”
The worldwide jury additionally contains Saleh Bakri, Jane Campion, Mia Hansen-Løve, Gabriele Mainetti, Santiago Mitre, Laura Poitras, and Shu Qi.
The jury will award the next official prizes to the function movies in Competition, with no joint awards allowed: Golden Lion for Best Film, Silver Lion – Grand Jury Prize, Silver Lion for Best Director, Coppa Volpi for Best Actress, Coppa Volpi for Best Actor, Special Jury Prize, Award for Best Screenplay, and “Marcello Mastroianni” Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress.
Also heading Venice juries this 12 months are filmmakers Alice Diop and Jonas Carpignano.
The eightieth version of the Venice Film Festival received underway yesterday and runs till subsequent Saturday September ninth.
from left : US director and journalist Laura Poitras, Irish screenwriter and director Martin McDonagh, Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri, US director and president of the jury Damien Chazelle, Chinese actress Shu Qi, New Zealand director Jane Campion, Italian director Gabriele Mainetti, Argentinian screenwriter and director Santiago Mitre and French director Mia Hansen-Løve pose on August 30, 2023, throughout a photocall for the Jury of the eightieth International Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP by way of Getty Images)
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