Golden Lion for Polish director Skolimowski
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
14.07.2016 16:56
Veteran Polish film director Jerzy Skolimowski will receive a Golden Lion for Career Achievement at the upcoming Venice Film Festival, the Polish Film Institute announced on Thursday.
Director Jerzy Skolimowski. Photo: Tarrant on Wiki via Wikimedia Commons
Skolimowski told Poland's IAR news agency that he is honoured by the award and grateful for being included among previous winners such as film great Orson Welles.
He also said that he will treat the award as encouragement for further work and as a token of appreciation for contemporary Polish cinema. "I will try not to let this success go to my head," he quipped.
Skolimowski has a string of film awards under his belt, including the Special Jury Prize in Venice in 2010 for “Essential Killing”. He is not only a film director, but also a screenwriter and a playwright.
The Golden Lion for Career Achievement has been awarded at the Venice Film Festival since 1969. Winners include Martin Scorsese and Poland's Andrzej Wajda.
This year, the award will also go to French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. This year's Venice Festival takes place 31 August to 10 September. (mol/pk)
Source: IAR