Vesoul Festival in France

his year, the international competition jury is presided over by Leila Hatami, Berlin Silver Bear best actress winner for Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning “A Separation.” The jury also includes Nurmukhambetov, Palestinian writer, producer and director Suha Arraf (“Villa Touma”), Philippines filmmaker Zig Dulay (“The Baggage”) and Paris-based producer Bich-Quan Tran (“Schirkoa”). The films in competition include Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “No Land’s Man” (Bangladesh, India, U.S.), Da Fei’s “The Coffin Painter” (China), Zhang Lu’s “Yanagawa (China), Hong Sung-eun’s “Aloners” (Korea), Reza Dormishian’s “No Choice” (Iran), Fujimoto Akio’s “Along the Sea” (Japan, Vietnam), Yolkin Tuychiev’s “2000 Songs of Farida” (Uzbekistan), Brillante Mendoza’s “Gensan Punch” (Philippines) and Chung Mong-hong’s “The Falls” (Taiwan).