Anurag Kashyap In Venice Film Festival Anurag Kashyap |
Indian film director and screenwriter, Anurag Kashyap, will be the part of International Jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
The Venice Film Festival will start from September 2 and the Jury will be headed by Academy –winning “Ang Lee” and they will be judging the films screened
Anurag Kashyap, as a director, is known for movies like ”Black Friday”, “Dev-D”, “Gulaal” and many more.
It’s for the first time that the filmmaker will become the part of any International Film Festival.
Anurag Kashyap says, "It is an honour to be a part of such a prestigious jury. I have been with the jury of many film festivals but it is for the first time that I am going to be part of an international one. It is a major experience for me."
The director will leave for Venice on August 26 and will be there for the entire duration of the festival.
Other judges at the Venice Film Festival are French actress “Sandrine Bonnaire”, Italian filmmaker “Liliana Cavani”, American director “Joe Dante”, and Italian rocker “Luciano Ligabue”.