TORONTO - Brian De Palma is among the jurors who will help award a $25,000 prize during the Toronto International Film Festival.
The legendary American filmmaker has been named to the three-person international jury -- along with Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi and Chadian-born, France-based director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun -- for the second annual Platform prize.
A dozen films are competing for the prize, including the Jacqueline Kennedy biopic "Jackie," directed by Pablo Larrain, and Canadian Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk's "Maliglutit" ("Searchers") a kidnapping-murder tale set in Nunavut, circa 1913.
Also in contention are the Canadian drama "Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves" by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie, the American coming-of-age story "Moonlight," directed by Barry Jenkins, and the Australian crime thriller "Goldstone" helmed by Ivan Sen.
The festival begins on Sept. 8, with the winning selection to be announced at the TIFF awards ceremony on Sept. 18.
