Jia Zhangke.[Photo:filmbiz.asia]
Chinese film-maker Jia Zhangke has been named as dean of the Asian Film Academy, part of the annual Busan International Film Festival.
The educational programme runs from 27 Sept and then overlaps with the main festival to finish on 14 Oct.
Jia, whose credits include Unknown Pleasures, Still Life and The World, is accompanied by director of the Busan Film Commission, Oh Seok-geun as deputy dean, Iranian filmmaker and screen writer Parviz Shahbazi as directing mentor, and Japan's Watanabe Makoto as cinematography mentor.
Previous deans have included Im Kwon-taek, Hou Hsiao Hsien and Krzysztof Zanussi.