Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien from China’s Taiwan, who won the Best Director award for his first martial arts film “The Assassin,” poses during a photocall after the closing ceremony of the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Sunday. Hou’s film “The Assassin,” a slow-burning drama set in ninth-century China, cost US$19.8 million and took him 10 years to make. (Story on P16)SD-Agencies