Serbian director takes helm at festival

Serbian film director Emir Kusturica is chairing the jury panel at the ongoing Shanghai International Film Festival.

Kusturica last visited Shanghai in 2012, when he and his band "No Smoking" participated in the West Bund summer music festival, where his performance of Bella Ciao brought the night to its climax.

Bella Ciao has for decades been one of the most popular foreign songs in China, where it is known as Pengyou Zaijian, thanks to it featuring in the 1969 Yugoslav film The Bridge directed by Hajrudin Krvavac.