Rolf de Heer Named Jury President for Tokyo Film Festival

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer will serve as president of the international competition jury at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival. The Tasmania-based iconoclast has spent more than four decades directing work that spans drama, black comedy and political engagement, building a reputation as one of Australian cinema’s most singular auteurs. His 1993 cult classic Bad Boy Bubby won the Special Jury Prize and FIPRESCI Prize at Venice, while four of his films have since screened in Cannes’ official selection, including Ten Canoes, which won the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize in 2006. “For any of us attending the Tokyo…