Jessica Hausner
Director – Austria
Concorso Internazionale Jury, President
Director – Austria
Concorso Internazionale Jury, President
Born in Vienna in 1972, Jessica Hausner is a celebrated director. While studying at the Film Academy of Vienna she made the award winning short films Flora (1996) and Inter-View (1999). Her first two feature films - Lovely Rita (2001) and Hotel (2004) premiered to considerable acclaim in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. Her subsequent feature films have variously premiered at Cannes or Venice, including in 2009 (Lourdes), 2014 (Amour fou), 2019 (Little Joe), and 2023 (Club Zero). Hausner’s six features were each sold to 20 or more countries worldwide.