Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur will serve as jury president of the first edition of International Film Festival and Awards Macau (IFFAM), being organised to train the spotlight on Asian films and storytellers.
The festival, to be held in Macau from December 8 to 13, will feature 12 Asian genre film directors in the Crossfire section of the official programme, read a statement.
Crossfire is a non-competitive section introducing the festival audience to influential genre titles from Europe and South Asia.
Kapur, who has directed critically acclaimed films such as Masoom, Bandit Queen and Elizabeth, will preside over the jury.
“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,” Kapur said.
Kapur added: “As an Indian director, I’m excited to be chairing the 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.”
Through the film festival, the Macau Special Administrative Region government also aims to broaden the diversity of tourism and cultural products.
The IFFAM is organised by Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and Macau Film and Television Productions and Culture Association (MFTPA).
