"The Insider" helmer Michael Mann to chair Venice film fest juryJune 3, 2012 - 18:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Venice International Film Festival said that Michael Mann will chair its international jury, calling the director of "Heat" and "Public Enemies" a "total filmmaker," TheWrap reported. The jury will be responsible for selecting the recipient of the festival's top prize, the Golden Lion, and other awards. Mann is best known for his stylish big screen crime dramas like "Collateral." He has also won praise for his adventure film "The Last of the Mohicans," the boxing biopic "Ali," and the newsroom thriller "The Insider," for which he earned a best director Oscar nomination. His first major success, however, came on the small screen, where he helped make it safe for tough guys to wear pastels with "Miami Vice." Less fruitful was "Luck," a horse racing drama Mann executive produced for HBO. The show was cancelled last spring after the deaths of three horses. Mann’s producing credits also include "The Aviator" and "Hancock." Venice marks the first time that Mann will chair the jury of an international festival. 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 | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |