Rome, April 28, 2025 (AFP) - US director Payne to head Venice Film Festival jury

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2025-04-28

Venice Film Festival organisers announced on Monday that US film director Alexander Payne would be president of the competition's jury this year. Payne, 64, has won two Oscars and two Golden Globes for his screenplays and is best known for films such as "Sideways", "The Descendents" and "About Schmidt". "It's an enormous honour and joy to serve on the jury at Venice," Payne said in a statement released by the festival's organisers, La Biennale di......

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