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]]>News that the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, set to take place on February 27, 2020, will honor the Oscar-winning British with the honorary award was announced by the festival on Wednesday.
“Helen Mirren is a strong personality whose powerful portrayals are always impressive. She surprises us time and again with her interpretation of complex characters -– whether it’s Chris in Calendar Girls or Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, her portrayals are a paradigm of strong women, and it is our great pleasure to award her the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement,” said Mariette Rissenbeek, the Berlinale’s new executive director.
The ceremony will include a screening of The Queen.
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]]>The 2019 Rome Film Fest’s Lifetime Achievement Award will be handed to the veteran actor by his longtime collaborator and friend Wes Anderson.
Multiple outlets report that Murray and Anderson will take to the stage together for an “in conversation” session during the event which runs October 17-27.
The 68-years-old actor has appeared in every Anderson film since the director’s sophomore feature. Wes directed Murray in The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest Hotel, to name just a few.
The festival confirmed Monday that its Official Selection includes Ron Howard’s Pavarotti. This year’s event will also pay tribute to late Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo on the centennial of this birth with a restored version of his Oscar-nominated 1959 holocaust drama Kapò.
The complete lineup will be announced at a press conference October 4.
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]]>The post Helen Mirren to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Berlin Film Festival appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>News that the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, set to take place on February 27, 2020, will honor the Oscar-winning British with the honorary award was announced by the festival on Wednesday.
“Helen Mirren is a strong personality whose powerful portrayals are always impressive. She surprises us time and again with her interpretation of complex characters -– whether it’s Chris in Calendar Girls or Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, her portrayals are a paradigm of strong women, and it is our great pleasure to award her the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement,” said Mariette Rissenbeek, the Berlinale’s new executive director.
The ceremony will include a screening of The Queen.
The post Helen Mirren to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Berlin Film Festival appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>The post Bill Murray to Receive Rome Film Fest Lifetime Achievement Award appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.
]]>The 2019 Rome Film Fest’s Lifetime Achievement Award will be handed to the veteran actor by his longtime collaborator and friend Wes Anderson.
Multiple outlets report that Murray and Anderson will take to the stage together for an “in conversation” session during the event which runs October 17-27.
The 68-years-old actor has appeared in every Anderson film since the director’s sophomore feature. Wes directed Murray in The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest Hotel, to name just a few.
The festival confirmed Monday that its Official Selection includes Ron Howard’s Pavarotti. This year’s event will also pay tribute to late Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo on the centennial of this birth with a restored version of his Oscar-nominated 1959 holocaust drama Kapò.
The complete lineup will be announced at a press conference October 4.
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