Cannes Grand Prix winner Payal Kapadia (“All We Imagine as Light”); U.S. star Tim Blake Nelson; Italian star Luca Marinelli; and Belgian manufacturer Diana Elbaum have actually been hired for jury task by the Locarno Film Festival. They will sign up with the primary jury of the popular Swiss fest devoted to indie movie theater which, as formerly revealed, will be headed by Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner. In other Locarno juries statements, the jury panel for the Filmmakers of today area for emerging directors in their very first or 2nd function, will consist of Nigerian filmmaker C.J. “Fiery” Obasi (“Juju Stories”); French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and star Lina Soualem (“Bye Bye Tiberias”); and previous Cahiers du cinéma editor, scholastic and creative director of the Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson. The Leopards of Tomorrow shorts movie jury panel includes: Italian multi-hyphenate Licia Eminenti; Malagasy manager and filmmaker Laza Razanajatovo; and French manufacturer Juliette Schrameck (“Eat the Night,” “Cold War”). Popular on Variety The winner of the fest’s Swatch First Feature Award will be chosen by Moroccan producer-director Khalil Benkirane; increasing Finnish star Alma Pöysti “Fallen Leaves”; and Swiss-Italian cosmetics designer Esmé Sciaroni. The fest’s Pardo Verde Jury, devoted to environment crisis movies, will be comprised of Swiss-Rwandan artist, author, and director Kantarama Gahigiri; French developer and movie critic Cédric Succivalli; and Swiss sustainability advisor, reporter and arts supervisor Daniel Wiener. “It is an incredible opportunity to invite these skilled artists and developers to Locarno and to delegate them with the movies our choice committees handpicked from the thousands that existed to us,” stated Giona A. Nazzaro, Locarno’s creative director. “It is through their innovative gazes that this year’s main choice will be presented to the world.” The 77th edition of Locarno will run Aug. 7-17.
Payal Kapadia, Tim Blake Nelson, Luca Marinelli, Diana Elbaum Join Locarno Film Festival Jury
