Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIconic Chinese indie film director Jia Zhangke is to make a return to the Pingyao International Film Festival that he founded and which he famously quit at the end of the October 2020 edition.
His new role remains somewhat murky.Jia was a speaker at a launch event Tuesday in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, used to announce the festival’s dates, the appointment of Lin Xudong as artistic director, and confirm other staffing arrangements for the next edition.
The fifth edition will run in the ancient city, close to Jia’s birthplace, Oct. 12-19, 2021.Last year Jia dropped a bombshell at the festival’s final day press conference and announced that he was standing down.
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