One of China's most prolific and accomplished figures, award-winning actor-director Jiang Wen brings his latest action-epic, Hidden Man, to TIFF 2018 as part of the Gala Presentations programme. Long before he was known to most Western audiences as Baze Malbus in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jiang starred in Fifth Generation art-house classics. He then made the move from leading man to director in 1994 with In the Heat of the Sun, a coming-of-age story set during China's Cultural Revolution. In 2000 Jiang was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes for his second film as a director, Devils on the Doorstep. Despite the film's critical success, Jiang was banned from making films in his native country for seven years, after which he directed The Sun Also Rises. In 2010, he released Let the Bullets Fly, a record-breaking box-office hit in China and the first instalment of a loose trilogy that reaches its conclusion with Hidden Man, which has been described by Jiang as "Hamlet in Beijing, and Bruce Lee navigating Casablanca."

Jiang Wen takes the Glenn Gould stage to share insights into his creative aspirations and his love of cinema, and to discuss his trajectory from acting in art-house classics to directing blockbusters that are tailor-made for the largest film audience in the world.

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Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen is a Chinese actor and director. He studied at the Central Academy of Drama, China. He has acted in dozens of films and is the director of In the Heat of the Sun (94), Devils on the Doorstep (00) which was awarded Cannes’ Grand Jury Prize, the Festival selections The Sun Also Rises (07), Let the Bullets Fly (10), and Gone with the Bullets (14). Hidden Man (18) is his latest feature.

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Cameron Bailey
Cameron Bailey is the Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. He is responsible for the overall vision and execution of Festival programming, as well as maintaining relationships with the Canadian and international film industries. Toronto Life has named him one of Toronto's 50 Most Influential People four years in a row. Born in London, Bailey grew up in England and Barbados before migrating to Canada. Before taking up his current position at TIFF, he was a Festival programmer for 11 years, and a writer and broadcaster on film. He has presented international cinema on Showcase Television's national programme The Showcase Revue, and has been published in The Globe and Mail, The Village Voice, CineAction!, and Screen. Bailey has curated film series for Cinematheque Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the National Film Board of Canada, and Australia's Sydney International Film Festival.

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