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Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi to chair intl. jury of Luxembourg Film festival

The International Jury of the Luxembourg Film festival will be chaired by Iranian Film Director Asghar Farhadi in the upcoming competition in March.

That’s according to the Twitter account of the festival.

The other members of the jury will be Marie Jung from Luxembourg, Niels Schneider from France and Canada and Sylvie Pialat from France.

Some highly anticipated films will be part of this year’s Luxembourg Film Festival, taking place on 2-12 March.

A total of nine titles are competing for this year’s Orange Grand Prix award, worth €10,000.

Iranian director Farhadi is a two-time Oscar winner for A Separation and The Salesman.

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