Filipino filmmaker joins Edinburgh jury

Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz will be part of a three-man jury in the 66th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which runs in Scotland from June 20 to July 1. Chair of the jury (in the international competition section) is Hollywood actor Elliot Gould, with indie producer and former Karlovy Vary fest program director Julietta Sichel and Diaz as members. Diaz’s latest film, “Florentina Hubaldo, CTE,” is included in Edinburgh’s Philippine New Wave section, too. Bayani San Diego Jr.