'Parasite' Director Bong Joon Ho Named Venice Festival Jury President

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJay Jeon, who has been director of the Busan International Film Festival since 2018, is to step down at the end of the month. The move was said to have surprised colleagues at the festival.His three-year contract will expire at the end of January, and he will not seek its renewal.

Liev Schreiber leans in to give a kiss to co-star Matilda De Angelis as they continue to film their movie, Across The River and Into The Trees, in Venice, Italy on Monday (January 25).

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“Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho has been selected as jury president of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, organizers said Friday. The Oscar-winner will preside over seven jurors to hand out the festival’s top awards, including the prestigious Golden Lion.

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Film Festival is tweaking its sections as it gears up for its upcoming 78th edition in September.After announcing that “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho will preside over the main jury, the Lido on Monday opened up for film submissions and said in a statement that the fest’s Sconfini section — which had been scrapped last year to free up more space for the socially-distanced screenings — is being replaced by a new section called Horizons

“Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho has been selected as jury president of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, organizers said Friday. The Oscar-winner will preside over seven jurors to hand out the festival’s top awards, including the prestigious Golden Lion. He’ll be the first South Korean to hold the post.

Matilda De Angelis wears a pretty yellow dress underneath a warm vest on the set of her new movie, Across The River and Into The Trees in Venice, Italy earlier in the week.

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named the international jury president for the 78th Annual Venice Film Festival.The festival will run from September 1-11 later this year, and the jury he leads will decide the festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion, as well as the other top festival prizes.

2020 was definitely not a great year for many people around the world, with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc. However, before the world seemingly shut down for most of the year, director Bong Joon Ho was riding high thanks to the record-breaking success of his film, “Parasite,” which had just come off of some incredible, surprising wins at the Oscars.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent“Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho will preside over the main jury of the 78th Venice Film Festival in September, marking the first time a South Korean director has been picked as the Lido’s top juror.Bong, who does not have a previous rapport with Venice, made history in 2020 when “Parasite” became the first foreign-language film to win best picture in the nearly 100-year history of the Academy Awards — and three other Oscars on top of that –– after