Masaan producer Guneet Monga on Busan film fest jury

Gangs of Wasseypur and Masaan producer Guneet Monga will be going the jury at the upcoming Busan International Film Festival.

The upcoming 21st Busan International Film Festival will feature two Indians as members of the jury -- Indian film producer Guneet Monga and film critic Manoj Barpujari.

Guneet Monga is the producer behind films like Gangs of Wasseypur, The Lunchbox and Masaan. (Guneet.monga1/Facebook)

Monga, who has been associated with films like Gangs Of Wasseypur, The Lunchbox and Masaan, will look after the New Current section of the festival.

“Excited to be one of the jury members this year at Busan International Film Festival for the New Currents. Looking forward to films and friends,” Monga posted on her Facebook page.

She will be on the jury alongside Malian film director Souleymane Cisse, Dutch film producer Bero Beyer, Korean director Zhang Lu and Iranian director Mahmoud Kalari, according to the official website of the festival.

The Best Actor and Best Actress award of the year will be looked after by actors Kim Uiseong and Cho Min-su.

In the Wide Angle section, Taiwanese filmmaker Wu Yii Feng, Italian director of the Festival dei Popoli, Alberto Lastrucci and South Korean film history researcher Cho Young-Jung will see through the BIFF Mecenat Award - Documentary Section.

Amongst the Sonje Award - Short Film Section, Bangladeshi director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Munich Film Festival programmer Bernhard Karl from Germany and Korean film critic Nam Da Eun have been selected.

The 21st Busan International Film Festival will be held from October 6-15