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Nick Vivarelli
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Courtesy Venice Film Festival The main jury roster for this year’s Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, with Hong Kong filmmaking giant Johnnie To, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania and Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat among those joining previously announced competition president Maggie Gyllenhaal.
To will be returning as a Venice juror after previously being on the same jury in 2008. Four of his films have premiered on the Lido: “Throw Down” (2004); “Exiled” (2006); “Mad Detective” (2007), which he co-directed with Ka-Fai Wai; and “Life Without Principle” (2011). Ben Hania was in Venice last year with “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” which premiered to more than 20 minutes of thunderous applause and then won the Silver Lion.
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