Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief French actor Chiara Mastroianni and iconic Hong Kong director Johnnie To are among a pack of heavyweight names joining Tony Leung Chiu-wai on the main competition jury of this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival.
The festival is set to run Oct. 28 – Nov. 6. Completing the judging panel are Hungarian screenwriter and director Ildiko Enyedi and Japanese star actor Hashimoto Ai.
The festival’s full lineup of films and events will be outlined at a presentation in late September. The selection of Enyedi, who won the 2017 edition of the Berlin festival with her “On Body and Soul,” cannot be a coincidence.
She is directing Leung in upcoming title “Silent Friend,” a picture which marks Leung’s first European movie role. “Being in a jury is always an exceptional, very intense experience.
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