Venice Film Festival Announces Orizzonti and Luigi De Laurentiis Juries
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival (September 2-12, 2026) has announced the international juries for its Orizzonti and Venezia Opera Prima sections. The Orizzonti jury is chaired by French filmmaker Valérie Donzelli, joined by US distributor Peter Becker (president of Criterion Collection and Janus Films), Hong Kong-American director Elizabeth Lo, Mexican director David Pablos, and Italian actress Barbara Ronchi. The Orizzonti jury will award seven prizes: Best Film, Best Director, Special Jury Prize, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Short Film. The Venezia Opera Prima “Luigi De Laurentiis” jury is chaired by Italian screenwriter-director Carolina Cavalli, joined by British-Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. and US producer Ted Hope. This jury awards the Lion of the Future – Luigi De Laurentiis Prize for a debut feature across all competitive sections, including a $100,000 prize funded by Filmauro, split equally between director and producer. All official prizes will be announced at the closing ceremony on September 12 at the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido di Venezia.
Key facts
- 83rd Venice International Film Festival runs September 2-12, 2026
- Orizzonti jury chaired by Valérie Donzelli
- Orizzonti jury members: Peter Becker, Elizabeth Lo, David Pablos, Barbara Ronchi
- Orizzonti awards seven prizes: Best Film, Best Director, Special Jury Prize, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Short Film
- Venezia Opera Prima jury chaired by Carolina Cavalli
- Venezia Opera Prima jury members: Akinola Davies Jr., Ted Hope
- Lion of the Future prize includes $100,000 from Filmauro
- Closing ceremony on September 12 at Palazzo del Cinema, Lido di Venezia
Entities
Artists
- Valérie Donzelli
- Peter Becker
- Elizabeth Lo
- David Pablos
- Barbara Ronchi
- Carolina Cavalli
- Akinola Davies Jr.
- Ted Hope
- Alberto Barbera
- Sandrine Veysset
- Thomas Bardinet
- Guillaume Nicloux
- Alain Guiraudie
- Bertrand Bonello
- Cédric Kahn
- Madeleine Clémence Perdrillat
- Audrey Diwan
- Éric Reinhardt
- Franck Courtès
- Paolo Sorrentino
- Babak Jalali
- Benedetta Porcaroli
- Wale Davies
- Ang Lee
- Nicole Holofcener
- Hal Hartley
- Michel Gondry
- Mark Pellington
- Vanessa Hope
- Valeria Golino
- Marco Bellocchio
- Francesca Archibugi
- Carlo Sironi
- Claudio Noce
- Francesco Bruni
- Giulia Steigerwalt
- Maria Sole Tognazzi
- Francesco Costabile
- Leonardo Di Costanzo
- Carlo Cecchi
- Valerio Binasco
- Fausto Paravidino
- Damien Chazelle
- Saleh Bakri
- Jane Campion
- Mia Hansen-Løve
- Gabriele Mainetti
- Martin McDonagh
- Santiago Mitre
- Laura Poitras
- Shu Qi
- Jonas Carpignano
- Kaouther Ben Hania
- Kahlil Joseph
- Jean-Paul Salomé
- Tricia Tuttle
- Alice Diop
- Faouzi Bensaïdi
- Laura Citarella
- Andrea De Sica
- Chloe Domont
- Elia Suleiman
- Antonio Piazza
- Fabio Grassadonia
- Noah Davis
- Beyoncé
- Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- Verónica Llinás
- Mercedes Halfon
Institutions
- Biennale di Venezia
- Criterion Collection
- Janus Films
- Magnolia Pictures
- Hulu
- Criterion Channel
- Netflix
- Amazon
- Filmauro
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
- Tate Modern
- MoMA
- BFI London Film Festival
- Sundance Film Festival
- Toronto International Film Festival
- IDFA
- Tribeca Festival
- AFI Fest
- Locarno Festival
- NYFF
- Yaddo
- MacDowell
- Concordia Studio
- Gotham/HBO Documentary Initiative
- SFFILM Rainin Fellowship
- BAFTA
- Variety
- Filmmaker Magazine
- DOC NYC
- Hot Docs
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Cinema Eye
- DGA
- César Awards
- David di Donatello
- Nastro d’Argento
- Globo d’oro
- Flaiano Prize
- Mexican Academy Awards
- Queer Lion Award
- Columbia University
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Stanford University
- Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)
- Accademia nazionale d’arte drammatica Silvio d’Amico
- Comédie Française
- Arte
- FilmStack
- NonDē
- Venice Film Festival
- Underground Museum
- MOCA Los Angeles
- National Film and Television School
- Cannes Film Festival
- Locarno Film Festival
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Torino Film Festival
- Fabula Pictures
- El Pampero Cine
- Artribune
- Biennale Cinema
- Venice International Film Festival
- Academy Awards
- Gotham Awards
- Europa Cinemas Label
- Semaine de la Critique
- Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Lido di Venezia
- Palazzo del Cinema
- France
- United States
- Hong Kong
- Mexico
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
- Milan
- Rome
- Istanbul
- Taiwan
- Cannes
- Locarno
- Toronto
- Sundance
- Karlovy Vary
- Morelia
- San Sebastián
- Los Angeles
- New Zealand
- Argentina
- Morocco
- Tunisia
- China
- Ireland
- Palestine
- Calabria