ROMA.- He film-maker Australian Peter Weir, director de The Show the Truman y Dead poets societyreceive the Len de Oro of Honor at the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival, which will be held from August 28 to September 7, the festival announced on Thursday.
“The Venice Film Festival and its Golden Lion are part of the imagination of our profession. Being rewarded for a lifetime’s work as a director is a great honor,” commented the 79-year-old director, quoted in the Italian film festival’s statement. .
“With only 13 films made in forty years, Peter Weir secured a place in the firmament of the great directors of modern cinema,” congratulated the artistic director of the Mostra, Alberto Barbera.
Peter Weir won two Bafta awards, the British Oscars, for directing The Truman Show (1998), a scathing satire on reality television starring Jim Carrey, and Master & Commander (2003), an epic with Russel Crowe.
In 2022, he became the first Australian to receive an Honorary Oscar.
The festival
The French actress Isabelle Huppert will preside over the jury in charge of awarding the prestigious Golden Lion for Best Film at the 81st Venice Film Festival, which will be held from August 28 to September 7, the Mostra announced today – May 8 – .
“A long and wonderful history links me to the Venice Film Festival, becoming a privileged spectator is an honor,” said the 71-year-old actress, winner of two female acting awards at this event, in a festival statement.
FUENTE: AFP
