(XINHUA)

Director and actor Jiang Wen was appointed a member of the jury at the 70th Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 28 to September 7, becoming the only Chinese on the judging panel. A restored version of Jiang's first directorial film In the Heat of the Sun shot in 1994, which won the Best Actor prize at the 51st Venice Film Festival for its young leading player Xia Yu, will be shown at the festival.

The director is one of the most important filmmakers in China today. His second directorial effort, Devils on the Doorstep took the Grand Prix at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. His more recent works include The Sun Also Rises in 2007 and Let the Bullets Fly in 2011.