Diwan won the Golden Lion last year with her film 'Happening', while Hatami is known for her role in Asghar Farhadi’s 'A Separation'.
French-Lebanese filmmaker Audrey Diwan and Iranian actress Leila Hatami have joined 79th Venice International Film Festival as members of the jury.
The film festival is scheduled to take place from August 31 to September 10.
American actress Julianne Moore has been selected to serve as president of the jury, made up of three women and four men.
She will be joined by director Diwan, whose film Happening won the festival’s Golden Lion prize last year, author Kazuo Ishiguro of Never Let Me Go fame and Hatami. Also on the jury are Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo, Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Cohn and Spanish film director and screenwriter Rodrigo Sorogoyen.
Together they will choose the winners of the festival’s main prizes, including the Golden Lion for best film and the Silver Lion for best director, which often set the tone for the upcoming awards season.
Hatami, who has never had a film in Venice, is best known internationally for her role in Asghar Farhadi’s Silver Bear-winning drama A Separation.
Ishiguro is best known in the film world for the award-winning adaptations of his novels The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go.
