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Oscar winner Costa Gavras to chair Berlin film festival jury
2007-11-27
Greek-French film director Costa Gavras will be the president of the international jury at the 2008 Berlin film festival, one of Europe's top three cinema showcases, its organisers announced on Monday. Costa Gavras made his international breakthrough in 1969 when he won two Oscars, including for best director, for the political thriller "Z". More recently, he won the Golden Bear prize for best film at the Berlin festival in 1990 for "Music Box", starring Jessica Lange. The Berlinale is ranked alongside Venice and just behind Cannes in the ranking of Europe's top film festivals. The 58th edition of the event takes place on February 7-17.
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