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Jury presidents announced for Shanghai TV Festival
THE 23rd Shanghai TV Festival, to be held from June 12 to 16 announced jury presidents in the three categories of the Magnolia Awards yesterday.
American documentary producer Simon Kilmurry will chair the jury panel of the documentary category. Kilmurry is the executive director of the International Documentary Association. Last year, he joined the board of jurors of the George Foster Peabody Awards. He has worked with a wide range of emerging and established filmmakers and served on juries and panels at film festivals around the world.
British animation producer Joan Lofts is appointed the jury president of the animation category. She used to produce a number of children's animated series including "Blinky Bill" and "Christopher Crocodile." She has also run pitching clinics in Asia for the Asian Animation Summit and run workshops in writing, creating IP and pitching in many countries for emerging young talents.
Famous mainland director Mao Weining, known for his award-winning series "The Ordinary World" is named jury president in the TV series category.
Founded in 1986, the TV festival gathers TV industry professionals from all over the world. In addition to the Magnolia Awards, this year's event will also include international TV market and the Magnolia TV Forum.
Meanwhile, officials announced that well-known mainland film maker Wang Xiaoshuai will be the jury president of this year's Asian New Talent Award, a program of the coming 20th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Wang, a talented China's sixth generation director is known for his simple documentary style of cinematography. Many of his films, including "Shanghai Dreams" and "In Love We Trust" won awards and hails at international film festivals.
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