Luc Besson to head Beijing Film Festival juryJanuary 8, 2015 - 16:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French film maker Luc Besson will head the jury of the Tiantan Awards at the upcoming Beijing International Film Festival, Variety reports. Now in its fifth edition the festival will run from April 16 to 23 in the Chinese capital. Besson and his jury will select prize winners in ten categories. In choosing Besson to head the jury the BJIFF said that his work as director, screenwriter and producer had demonstrated that “entertaining blockbusters are not exclusive to Hollywood…. [and that he] has become an example of a global filmmaker … we cannot praise enough.” Besson’s last film “Lucy” scored $44.8 million at the Chinese box office. He was previously head of the competition jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2006. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |