Tarantino will head the Venice Film Festival judges

American director Quentin Tarantino headed the jury for  67 th Venice Film Festival.

The appointment of Tarantino was approved by the board of the festival on the proposal of the Venice Film Festival Director Marco Mueller. The jury, headed by the director “I’m never” will choose the top prize of the festival – the Golden Lion.

Venice Film Festival will be held in 2010, from 1 to 11. To participate in the main program of the festival only those films which have not yet emerged in the rental and did not participate in other kinokonkursah.

Quentin Tarantino is not the first time the jury is headed by a famous European film festival. In 2004 he was president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. The main prize was then awarded a documentary film by Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9 / 11. Tarantino himself has “Palme d’Or Festival in Cannes for the film” Pulp Fiction “, but winning the Venice Film Festival it was not marked.

It should be noted that Tarantino is participating in the Venice Film Festival is not the first time.In 2004 he was co-sponsored a retrospective of Italian films category “B” (low-budget movies), and in 2007 a famous director presented a retrospective of the genre of spaghetti westerns.

Already known for one of the holders of winning 67-second Venice Film Festival. Golden Lion for his achievements in cinematography gets Asian director John Woo.