Paris -- This year's Directors' Fortnight in Cannes will honor Japanese director Naomi Kawase with its annual Carrosse d'Or prize.
Kawase will receive the lifetime achievement award May 14 during a ceremony on the sidebar's opening night, organizers said Tuesday.
A re-edited version of Kawase's 2000 title "Hotaru" will be screened earlier in the day, followed by a public forum with the director.
Sponsored by Canal Plus Cinema, the Carrosse d'Or (Golden Coach) was created by French directors organization the Srf in 2002 to honor their own.
Last year's prize went to U.S. helmer Jim Jarmusch.
Kawase is no stranger to the Directors' Fortnight, having won the coveted Camera d'Or in 1997 for "Suzaku."
The Japanese filmmaker was last at the Festival de Cannes in 2007 with "Mogari no Mori," which took home the Grand Prix that year.
Kawase will receive the lifetime achievement award May 14 during a ceremony on the sidebar's opening night, organizers said Tuesday.
A re-edited version of Kawase's 2000 title "Hotaru" will be screened earlier in the day, followed by a public forum with the director.
Sponsored by Canal Plus Cinema, the Carrosse d'Or (Golden Coach) was created by French directors organization the Srf in 2002 to honor their own.
Last year's prize went to U.S. helmer Jim Jarmusch.
Kawase is no stranger to the Directors' Fortnight, having won the coveted Camera d'Or in 1997 for "Suzaku."
The Japanese filmmaker was last at the Festival de Cannes in 2007 with "Mogari no Mori," which took home the Grand Prix that year.
- 4/21/2009
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- One of my favorite events of last year's Cannes was when the people at the Director's Fortnight section bestowed the top honor of Carrosse d’Or upon Jim Jarmusch (here is my coverage) - it is a life achievement award where they don't wait until the filmmaker has turned old and grey. This year, the award goes to a Japanese filmmaker who've I only been introduced by her most recent effort - the gorgeous looking, mind-boggling The Mourning Forest. Naomi Kawase will receive the honor at the opening of the section and will show a re-edited version of her 2000 feature Hotaru. Kawase, a regular at the festival, won the Grand Prix (see pic) in 2007 for The Mourning Forest. Without the entire schedule out, it is hard to plan ahead, but I should be covering this again this year. Anyone out there a fan of Kawase?...
- 4/21/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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