Berlin, Oct 19 (AFP\/APP):US director M. Night Shyamalan will head up the jury at the 72nd Berlin film festival in February, set to be held as an in-person event after this year’s hybrid edition due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n
The Indian-born American filmmaker shot to fame in 1999 with the psychological thriller “The Sixth Sense” starring Bruce Willis which garnered six Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n
The 51-year-old has since made supernatural-tinged, suspense-driven features such as “The Visit” and last year’s “Old” as well as the television series “Wayward Pines”.<\/p>\n
The festival’s artistic director Carlo Chatrian said in a statement that he was “pleased and honoured” Shyamalan had accepted the invitation to serve as jury president.<\/p>\n
“Within the US movie business Shyamalan is a unique figure, a filmmaker that has remained faithful to his vision,” he said.
\n“This truthfulness to one’s ideal is also what we are looking for in our selection.”<\/p>\n
Shyamalan said he was looking forward to judging the international line-up at the Berlinale, the first major European cinema showcase of the year which ranks along with Cannes and Venice among the continent’s top film festivals.<\/p>\n
“Being able to support and celebrate the world’s very best talent in storytelling is a gift I happily accepted,” he said.
\nThe Berlinale, as the event is known, will be held February 10-20.
\nThis year’s winner of the competition for the Golden Bear top prize was Romanian social satire “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”.<\/p>\n
The event was held in two parts, with an online edition in March followed by open-air screenings in the summer as the coronavirus pandemic eased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Berlin, Oct 19 (AFP\/APP):US director M. Night Shyamalan will head up the jury at the 72nd Berlin film festival in February, set to be held as an in-person event after this year’s hybrid edition due to the pandemic. The Indian-born American filmmaker shot to fame […]<\/p>\n
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