'Matrix' actor Lambert Wilson will head up the 2023 Locarno Jury, which will pick this year's Golden Leopard winner.
The films of Locarno’s Concorso Cineasti del presente sidebar, featuring works from first and second-time directors will be assessed by a three-person jury of Beatrice Fiorentino, general delegate of Film Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival, the French-Tunisian director Erige Sehiri and German filmmaker Helena Wittmann .
The first feature jury for debut features in Locarno includes film critic and programmer Devika Girish, Egyptian film director Omar El Zohairy , and Filipina filmmaker Isabel Sandoval . The short films in the Pardi di domani section will be judged by Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin , Swiss director and production designer Amos Sussigan, and Polish producer Ewa Puszczyńska .
The jury for the Green Leopard award, a prize introduced last year for the best film with an environmental message or theme, includes Iranian director Firouzeh Khosrovani Swiss-Paraguayan filmmaker Arami Ullón and Senegalese filmmaker Moussa Sene Absa . The winners of the 76th Locarno festival will be announced at an award ceremony on August 12. The 2023 Locarno festival runs August 2 -12.
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