Chinese director Jia Zhangke was invited to film one of the UN environmental protection announcement series along with 19 other film directors and artists, according to a UN official notice on Tuesday.

The China News Service reported that the 20 announcements will be supervised by renowned American director Martin Scorsese and will premiere at Rome Film Festival in October.

Jia's work in environmental protection, which was reaffirmed by his Golden Lion-winning film Still Life, earned him the honor of filming the announcement.

The announcement, a silent film, has been filmed and has entered the postproduction stage, according to the producer. Actress Zhao Tao, who starred in all of Jia's films since Platform in 2000, also features in the announcement.

(CRIENGLISH.com July 9, 2008)