NEW DELHI: Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur will serve as jury president at the inaugural edition of the International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFAM) which is all set to begin from December 8.
Kapur will preside over the jury, which comprises of other film professionals, and together they will bestow awards on the competition strand of 10 to 12 new international films.
“This is Asia’s time. Over the past few years, consumerism has catapulted the Asian market into international renown, but what we are now experiencing is the renaissance of culture as inspired by the Asian communities.
“As an Indian director, I’m excited to be chairing the Macao Film Festival as Indian storytelling has so much in common with Chinese forms of storytelling. Hopefully these new forms of storytelling will bring the world to a better understanding of itself,” Kapur said in a statement.
The “Bandit Queen” helmer has previously served as a jury member at 63rd Cannes Film Festival, the London Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Film Festival, besides a sponsor role with the International Indian Film Festival in Goa.
The festival, which will run till December 13, would entail the twelve Asian genre film directors and their chosen genre favorites for the Crossfire section of the official programme.
Crossfire is a non-competitive section introducing the festival audience to influential genre titles from Europe and South Asia.
IFFAM is organised by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and Macau Film & Television Productions and Culture Association (MFTPA), co-organised with Cultural Affairs Bureau (Macao), Civil & Municipal Affairs Bureau (Macao), supported by Macao Foundation, with the Galaxy Entertainment Group, Sands China Limited, Wynn Macao Limited, MGM as Premium sponsors, and THE 13 as Diamond sponsor. (AGENCIES)
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