Four juries are provided that will give awards to films in competition. This year is important because the names of presidents for Venice 67 (the main race) president will be Quentin Tarantino, for the Horizons Prize will be Shirin Neshat, for the Italian challenge called “Controcampo” will be the Italian actor Valerio Mastrandrea and for the “Luigi de Laurentiis” Prize, dedicated to the firsts operas the jury president will be Fatih Akin.
Important are also the names of directors in the race that as each year will undergo rigorous assessment of the audiences that in turn participate in the review and the opinion of their colleagues called to act as referees of the competition. This year the Lion for Lifetime Achievement will be delivered to John Woo, considered without doubt one of the greatest innovators of the contemporary cinematic language. Much space will