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Oscar Winner Chloé Zhao Set for Venice Film Festival Jury

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentMultiple Oscar-winning Chinese-American director Chloé Zhao, whose “Nomadland” launched from the Venice Film Festival last year, is set to return to the Lido as a member of the upcoming fest’s main jury, which will comprise four women and three men.As previously announced, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho, another recent multiple Oscar winner, will preside over the jury of the event’s upcoming edition.They will be serving jury duty on the Lido alongside French actor Virginie Efira, who most recently starred in Paul Verhoeven’s “Benedetta”; the U.K.’s Cynthia Erivo, who plays Aretha Franklin in the third season of National Geographic’s “Genius” series; and Canadian actor and producer Sarah Gadon who

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Venice Competition Jury: Chloé Zhao, Cynthia Erivo, Sarah Gadon Join President Bong Joon Ho

The 78th Venice International Film Festival has set its full roster of juries.

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Bong Joon Ho Says Animated Film Will Be Ready In 2025-2026; Inspired By ‘The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures Of The Abyss’

“Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho (“The Host,” “Snowpiercer”) is likely still walking on the clouds after a historical awards season, Most would be, after ultimately earning well-deserved Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, Best Picture, and Best Director. READ MORE: Bong Joon Ho To Direct An Animated Fantasy Film About Sea Creatures The South Korean filmmaker is at the Cannes Film Festival after winning the Palme d’Or in 2019 for “Parasite,” and while speaking at the festival via Indie Wire, he was dishing about upcoming projects such as his untitled animated film about sea creatures.

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Bong Joon Ho Had No Idea ‘Parasite’ Would Become an Oscar-Winning Hit: ‘Many of Us Would Like to Be Rich’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAfter flying into France to open the Cannes Film Festival in Korean on Tuesday night, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho took a trip down memory lane.Speaking at an on-stage interview Wednesday in front of a public audience, who accorded him a standing ovation on arrival, Bong discussed his early cinema experiences, the good and bad sides of video streaming and his obsession with mass murderers.“I had no idea that ‘Parasite’ would be a such a global hit. Its success was far beyond my expectations.

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Spike Lee, 'Annette' open 74th Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years on Tuesday, launching the French Riviera spectacular with the introduction of Spike Lee's jury, the premiere of Leos Carax's “Annette” and high hopes of shrugging off the pandemic and a punishing year for movies. The 74th Cannes opened Tuesday with as much glitz as it could summon.

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Oscars: Chloe Zhao Becomes Second Woman to Win Best Director

Chloé Zhao has become only the second woman to ever win the Academy Award for best director, accepting the prize at the 2021 Oscars. The award was presented by last year's winner, Bong Joon Ho, in Seoul, before Zhao took the stage to accept it at the awards' main venue, Los Angeles' Union Station.

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Oscars: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Nabs Best Picture, Giving Major Win to Traditional Studios

On a night in which Netflix led all studios with 35 Oscar nominations, traditional distributors had the last laugh, as Searchlight's Nomadland landed the top prize. Likewise, Chloé Zhao picked up the best director statue for the film, a modern-day odyssey of the dispossessed surviving on the edges of the American dream.

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Adam Mckay’s Parasite series is not a remake of Bong Joon Ho’s film; An original story set in film’s universe

Parasite swept off the Oscar at the 92nd Academy awards collecting the honors for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. Auteur Bong Joon Ho accepted acclaim for his film worldwide and Parasite became the second name of the Korean film industry for the time being.

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Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford named among this year's star-studded list of Oscars presenters

Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford and Zendaya are among the list of star-studded names announced to be presenters at the Oscars this year.

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Parasite director Bong Joon Ho on Asian hate: It’s fearful to watch the hate crimes against Asian Americans

Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho recently opened up about Asian hate and called on his fellow filmmakers to speak out and use their medium to respond to the racism and hate directed towards Asian and Black communities. “I’m far away in Korea and I have to see everything in the news from an outsider’s perspective, but as someone who is a part of mankind, as a person, it’s quite fearful to watch the hate crimes against Asian-Americans and the BLM movement,” Bong shared during a virtual masterclass over the weekend at Chapman’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in California via ET. He went on, “I do think about what the film industry can do at this time.

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Brad Pitt, Renee Zellweger, Zendaya & Many More Announced As 2021 Oscars Presenters

The 2021 Oscars have announced the first batch of presenters for next weekend’s award show.

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Oscars 2021 reveals A-list roster of presenters

help hand out statuettes.They’ll be joined by the likes of Don Cheadle, Renee Zellweger, Regina King, Joaquin Phoenix, Rita Moreno, Laura Dern, Zendaya, Angela Bassett, Bryan Cranston, Marlee Matlin and last year’s best director winner Bong Joon Ho, the show’s producers said Monday.“In keeping with our awards-show-as-a-movie approach, we’ve assembled a truly stellar cast of stars,” said producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh in a statement. “There’s so much wattage here, sunglasses may be required.”After delaying two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Oscars are forging ahead with an in-person show at Los Angeles’ Union Station.

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Parasite director Bong-joon Ho reveals how filmmakers can respond to hatred and racism

Fresh off his Best Picture win last year for Parasite, Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho is speaking out against the spate of violence towards Asian-Americans and other forms of racism.The 51-year-old filmmaker opened up duringChapman University's Dodge College Master Class series on Thursday night (via THR).He said that even though films can take a long time to make, though that in and of itself should give directors the courage to tackle these sensitive topics in their work.