Argentine Director Lucrecia Martel
will be president of the jury for the 76th Venice Film Festival,
the world's oldest cinema festival announced on Monday.
"It's an honor, a responsibility, and a pleasure to be a
part of this celebration of cinema, of humanity's immense desire
to understand itself," said Martel, whose films include the 2008
thriller The Headless Woman and the 2017 period drama Zama.
The 2019 Venice Film Festival takes place August 28-September
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