HONG KONG - Cannes-winning Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai will head the jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival later this month.
Wong replaces English director Anthony Minghella, who died in London in March of a hemorrhage following surgery.
According to a notice on the Shanghai festival's website Friday, the jury will also include veteran Chinese actress Joan Chen, German producer Ulrich Felsberg, Danish director Bille August, Israeli writer Gila Almagor, Japanese director Kaori Momoi and Chinese director Huo Jianqi.
The jury will award the festival's top Jin Jue Award.
This year's competition lineup includes movies from China, Europe, Japan, Argentina, South Korea, Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic and New Zealand.
Known for his moody visuals and melancholy soundtracks, Wong won best director at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for the gay romance "Happy Together."
A spokeswoman said earlier that the festival is planning a retrospective of Minghella's work.
The Shanghai festival is scheduled to run from June 14-22.
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