“Memoirs of Geisha” star Gong Li to lead Shanghai Fest juryMay 7, 2014 - 10:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Top Chinese actress Gong Li is to head the main competition jury at next month’s Shanghai International Film Festival (June 14-22), Variety said. She will be the first woman to head the Golden Goblet jury and the first Chinese after three years of foreign jury presidents (Tom Hooper, Luc Besson and Danny Boyle). While a student at the Central Drama Academy, she landed the leading role in Zhang Yimou’s directorial debut “Red Sorghum,” which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin festival in 1988. Since then she has played major roles and accumulated awards for films including “The Story of Qiu Ju,” “Farewell My Concubine” and “Miami Vice.” In 1997 she was on the jury at Cannes. She has also served as jury president at the Berlin, Venice and Tokyo festivals. Other jury members will be revealed in the coming weeks. 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 | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. |