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Chan joins Venice jury

Chan joins Venice jury

By Patrick Frater

Sat, 14 July 2012, 13:54 PM (HKT)

Festival News

Hong Kong's Peter CHAN 陳可辛 (pictured) has been named as one of the jurors to decide the main competition prizes at next month's Venice International Film Festival (29 Aug – 8 Sep 2012).

Chan, director of Wu Xia 武俠 (2011) and producer of Bodyguards and Assassins 十月圍城 (2009), joins jury president Matteo Garrone and fellow jurors Samantha Morton, Marina Abramovic, Laetitia Casta, Ari Folman Ursula Meier and Pablo Trapero.

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