Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh will attend this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where she will receive the latest Kering’s Women In Motion Award.
Previous Women In Motion Award winners include Jane Fonda (2015), Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon (2016), Isabelle Huppert (2017), Patty Jenkins (2018), Gong Li (2019), Salma Hayek (2021) and Viola Davis ( 2022) ). ).
The winners are selected by Kering Chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault, Cannes President Iris Knobloch and Cannes Director Thierry Frémaux. Announcing the award, Pinault said Yeoh “managed to break all stereotypes.”
“Together with the Festival de Cannes, we wanted to recognize her significant contribution to film and her ability to inspire future generations of talent. It was an obvious choice to present her with the Women In Motion Award,” he said.
Yeoh was a member of the 2002 Cannes competition jury, chaired by David Lynch, which awarded the Palme d’Or to Roman Polanski’s WW2 drama. The pianist. Crouching tiger, hidden dragonThe 2000 picture of Ang Lee, for which Yeoh is perhaps best known to international audiences, also premiered at the festival.
The honor comes directly from Yeoh’s win in the Best Actress category at the 95th Academy Awards for her work in A24 Everything, everywhere, all at once.
Cannes director Frémaux added: “Throughout her career she has relentlessly explored new possibilities – to the point where it has become her trademark for a large international audience. The awards she receives are simply the inevitable result of this extraordinary journey.”
The Cannes Film Festival takes place from May 16 to 27.
Source: Deadline
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