ANTHONY MINGHELLA - AFTER MINGHELLA DEATH, SHANGHAI FEST LOOKS FOR NEW JURY HEAD

Organizers of the Shanghai Film Festival said today (Wednesday) that they are looking for a prominent filmmaker to head the festival's jury following the death of Anthony Minghella, who died in London earlier this month at age 54. Finding a replacement for Minghella at such short notice "is not an easy job," said Tang Lijun, a member of the organizing committee for the festival. "We need to check each candidate's schedule." The festival also announced that it is planning a retrospective of Minghella's work for the event, which takes place between June 14 and 22. Meanwhile, it was announced that Shekhar Kapur will direct a segment of the upcoming anthology feature New York, I Love You that had been written by Minghella shortly before his death. On his blog, Kapur said that Minghella had asked him to do so before going in for surgery. "I will direct the film now, with Anthony in my heart and in presence of his soul."

26/03/2008