Multiawarded independent filmmaker Lav Diaz is jury president of this year’s edition of the Marseille Festival of Documentary Films in France, according to the entertainment website c7nema.net.
The festival, held yearly since 1989, will run this year from July 19 to 25.
Diaz will head the international competition jury, while Polish-American filmmaker Lech Kowalski will have the same role in the French competition category, the website announced.
In an email sent to Inquirer Entertainment, Diaz also reported that his film “The Halt,” starring Piolo Pascual and Shaina Magdayao, will premiere on Mubi, a streaming platform based in London that is available online in o…
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