MUMBAI: French director Jean-Jacques Beineix is to head the competition jury at this year‘s Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF).

The director will be at the helm of a five-member panel that will judge the festival‘s ‘New Currents Award‘ given to a promising Asian filmmaker.

The 62-year-old Beineix is best known for his film Betty Blue that was nominated for best foreign film at the 1987 Academy Awards.