Martin Scorsese will likely be honored for his lifetime achievement on the Berlin International Film Festival in February, organizers stated.
The 81-year-old director, whose intensive work ranges from decades-old classics reminiscent of “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” to this yr’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” will likely be given an honorary Golden Bear — the pageant’s high award — on Feb 20.
“For anyone who considers cinema as the art of shaping a story in such a way that is both completely personal and universal, Martin Scorsese is an unmatched role model,” festival directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian said in a statement. They described Scorsese as “a good friend of the festival.”
The pageant famous that he “is also very committed to historical film heritage,” pointing to his help of in depth restoration work with the Film Foundation.
Scorsese received the perfect director Oscar in 2007 for “The Departed.”
The “Berlinale,” the primary of the yr’s main European movie festivals, will run from Feb 15-25. Actor Lupita Nyong’o will head the pageant jury.
It would be the final version of the pageant beneath the duo of Rissenbeek and Chatrian. Germany’s tradition minister introduced final week that Tricia Tuttle, a former director of the London Film Festival, will take over as the brand new director in April.
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