Patrick Wachsberger Joins French Oscar Candidate Selection Committee
deadline.comLionsgate film co-chief Patrick Wachsberger has been named as one of the members of the selection committee that will decide the French entry for the Best International Film Oscar category this year.
He will be joined by international sales veterans Sabine Chemaly and Tanja Meissner, producer Charles Gillibert, directors Mounia Meddour and Olivier Assayas and composer Alexandre Desplat.
The committee is nominated by French Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak on the basis of suggestions made by the Dominique Boutonnat, President of the National Cinema Centre (CNC) which oversees the selection process.
Boutonnat and newly-appointed Unifrance President Gilles Pélisson will sit in on the discussions as observers. A first meeting on September 13 will pre-select three to five films.
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