Maggie Gyllenhaal named Venice Film Festival jury president for 2026 edition
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“Venice has always supported truthful, singular voices, and I am honored to play a part in continuing that brave and necessary tradition," said Gyllenhaal.
US director, actress, screenwriter and producer Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter, The Bride!) will be the president of the international jury of the competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
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Gyllenhaal and the other jurors will select the winner of the prestigious Golden Lion award for Best Film at the festival, which takes place from 2-12 September.
Gyllenhaal, who becomes the third woman to head the Lido jury in the past five years (following Isabelle Huppert in 2024, Julianne Moore in 2022 and Cate Blanchett in 2020) said in a statement she was "thrilled to accept the invitation to lead this year’s Venice Film Festival jury".
“Venice has always supported truthful, singular voices, and I am honored to play a part in continuing that brave and necessary tradition. I will not be standing in judgement, but in curiosity, admiration and excitement.”
Festival director Alberto Barbera praised Gyllenhaal as someone who “embodies an artistic path of uncommon consistency, constructed over time with intelligence and courage.”
He added: “An actress who is able to portray disturbing and multifaceted characters, she also reinvented herself as an author with The Lost Daughter, which won the best screenplay award here in Venice in 2021. Her perspective on cinema – both intellectual and visceral – has found further confirmation in the recent film The Bride! (2026), which consolidates her stature as an original filmmaker. Having her as the president of our jury means being able to rely on an authoritative and independent voice, animated by that authentic passion for arthouse cinema which has always represented the heart of the festival.”
Gyllenhaal made her feature directorial debut with her adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel The Lost Daughter, which won the 2021 Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay and went on to be nominated for three Academy Awards.
This year, she released The Bride!, a polarizing but audacious spin on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein.
In our review, we said: “It’s playful, but the initial punkish verve is significantly diluted by distractions – chiefly the limp detective noir subplot. (...) The Bride! needed to be less scattershot and actually say something to be truly disruptive - even more so to avoid comparisons with minor and major cinematic counterparts.”
The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. It takes place every year and forms part of the Venice Biennale. The 83rd edition of Venice will run from 2–12 September. The festival’s line-up will be announced on 23 July.
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