Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai to head Shanghai film festival jury

Cannes-winning Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai will head the jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival later this month.

Wong replaces late English director Anthony Minghella, who died in London in March of a hemorrhage following surgery.

According to a notice on the Shanghai festival's Web site seen Friday, the jury will also include veteran Chinese actress Joan Chen, German producer Ulrich Felsberg, Danish director Bille August, Israeli writer Gila Almagor, Japanese director Kaori Momoi and Chinese director Huo Jianqi.

The jury will award the festival's top Jin Jue Award.

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