Maggie Gyllenhaal to Preside Over Venice Film Festival Jury

The actor and director is the third woman to head the Lido jury in the past five years, following Isabelle Huppert, Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett

By Nick Vivarelli

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent

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 Maggie Gyllenhaal will preside over the main jury of the upcoming Venice Film Festival.

The Oscar-nominated actor, director, producer and screenwriter was last in Venice in 2021 with her directorial debut “The Lost Daughter,” an adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel of the same name starring Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard, which won the fest’s best screenplay award.

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