• Chen Kaige is the only Chinese director to have been awarded the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or (Photo courtesy of IFFAM Organizing Comittee)

Chen Kaige Announced 3rd IFFAM International Competition Jury President

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The International Film Festival & Awards．Macao (IFFAM) will take place in the Macao Cultural Centre from 8th to 14th December, 2018. Continuing the Festival theme of 'A New Avenue to the World of Films', IFFAM provides multiple opportunities for Macao to elevate its international reputation, enhance cultural tourism, provide networking opportunities between Macao and international film producers, and promote Macao filmmaking. The 3rd edition of the Festival has invited distinguished director Chen Kaige as International Competition Jury President.

Embarking upon his career in 1984, Chen Kaige has earned numerous honours for his work. His first directed film Yellow Earth won various awards, while his piece de resistance - Farewell My Concubine - was awarded the 1993 Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top award for Best Movie, and still remains the only Chinese directed film to have been so honoured. With his talent and experience in directing, Chen Kaige will undoubtedly provide new insights into the industry, creating a new avenue into the World of Films.

Each year, IFFAM invites world famous figures from the filmmaking industry as International Competition Jury President, with the 1st IFFAM inviting Indian filmmaker and producer Shekhar Kapur, whose first Bollywood film Masoom won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film of the Year, while his second work - Mr. India - was declared one of the 100 Greatest Indian Films of All Time in 2013 upon the centenary of Indian cinema in a list compiled by CNN-IBN. He also directed the internationally acclaimed Elizabeth.

French director Laurent Cantet was invited as 2nd IFFAM International Competition Jury President - his now classic schoolroom drama The Class (Entre Les Murs) won the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 2008 and an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, while his Human Resources (Ressources Humaines) won the Cesar for Best First Feature and the European Film Award for Discovery of the Year in 1999.