Eiji Okuda part of the MWFF's Jury

The Montreal World Film Festival has announced that this year's jury will include Eiji Okuda:

“Other members of the jury include Japanese actor-turned-director Eiji Okuda, Quebec actor-producer David La Haye, Spanish writer-director Fernando Méndez-Leite Serrano, French director Pascal Thomas, French film music composer Reinhardt Wagner, and Diane Demers of Montreal, who was chosen in a contest to represent the public on the official jury.”

“Eiji Okuda began his screen career as an actor in 1979, winning awards and critical notice for his work in Japan and at international festivals, including Kei Kumai's Mt. Aso's Passions at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1990. He won numerous honours for his playing in such films as The Sea and Poison (1986) and Death of a Tea Master (1989), including a Japanese Oscar for his performance in Bo No Kanashimi (1994). He made his directorial debut in 2001 with Shojo. In 2005 he produced Claude Gagnon's Kamataki, which won four prizes at the 2005 MWFF. His A Long Walk won the Grand Prize of the Americas at the 2006 MWFF.”

Also, the MWFF website just released the programme's schedule as a PDF file.