Zhang Yimou to chair international jury of Venezia 64

The 50th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival in 1982 saw a prestigious International Jury formed entirely of film directors, and the same formula has been adopted for the 75th anniversary of the Festival this year. Invited to chair it is the film-maker who, in the whole history of the Festival, has won most major awards, making a place for himself amongst the protagonists of cinema world-wide: the Chinese director, Zhang Yimou. The decision has been taken by the Board of Directors of the Biennale, chaired by its President, Davide Croff, which approved the proposal made by Marco Müller, director of the 64th Venice Film Festival, which will take place 29th August - 8th September.

Four times in competition at the Venice Film Festival – in 1991 with Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua), in 1992 with The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si), in 1997 with Keep Cool (You hua hao hao shuo) and in 1999 with Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao), Zhang Yimou has won two Golden Lions, in 1992 and 1999, one Silver Lion in 1991, and one Coppa Volpi for best female star (Gong Li, in 1992 for The Story of Qiu Ju). Zhang is the only director in the world to have won all the most important awards in the Venice Film Festival in less than ten years.

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Related titles: Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Ju Dou (1990) Keep Cool (1997) The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)

Related persons: ZHANG Yimou GONG Li (1)