Denis tapped to chair jury at Moscow fest
MOSCOW -- French director Claire Denis will chair a competition jury that includes Oscar-winning Italian film composer Nicola Piovani and Russian screenwriter Valentin Chernykh at the 27th edition of the Moscow International Film Festival, organizers said Friday. Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, a Venice prizewinner for Dog Days, also is expected to serve on the jury, along with two other members yet to be announced. Among films competing for the festival grand prize will be Thomas Vinterberg's new film Dear Wendy, scripted by Lars von Trier; Le Sourire d'Hassan (Hassan's Smile), a French-Syria co-production by Frederic Goupil; Macedonian director Darko Mitrevski's Bal-Can-Can, a Kusturica-style take on the ethnic conflict of the Balkans; and Uzbek director Yusup Razykov's The Shepherd.
- 6/3/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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