Golden Lion for Polish director at Venice
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
31.08.2016 11:08
Veteran Polish film director Jerzy Skolimowski will on Wednesday receive a Golden Lion for Career Achievement during the opening of the Venice Film Festival.
Jerzy Skolimowski. Photo: Tarrant on Wiki via Wikimedia Commons
British actor Jeremy Irons will outline Skolimowski’s achievements at a ceremony starting at 7pm.
Irons played the main role in Skolimowski’s 1982 film "Fucha" (Moonlighting) about Polish workers in London at a time when martial law was introduced in Poland by the country’s then-communist regime.
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. Previous winners include Martin Scorsese and Poland's Andrzej Wajda.
The Venice festival runs until 10 September. (pk)
Source: PAP