Juliette Binoche receives the San Sebastian Award
The 2022 San Sebastian Festival Award will be presented to French actress Juliette Binoche.
Theater News Base: Juliette Binoche, a French actress who is also a well-known figure in American independent cinema and became famous for her role in “The English Patient”, will receive the San Sebastian Donostia Award.
Binoche, who has been the favorite actor of many great directors from Christoph Kieslowski to Claire Danny and Abbas Kiarostami, receives the award before the screening of Claire Danny’s “Two Sides of the Blade”, which won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival. .
The image of this actor, who has a full cinematic record, will also appear on the poster of the 70th Senbastian Film Festival this year.
The Spanish festival of San Sobastin will have the color and smell of French with the presence of Binoche, and as every year, the strong presence of French sales representatives and the screening of films of this industry will be felt in it.
Juliette Binoche, 58, won an Academy Award for “English Patient” and has a César for “Three Colors: Blue” by Kristof Kieslowski. He starred in films such as “Lovers on the Bridge” by Lewis Carax in 1991, “Injury” by Louis Mall in 1992, “Chocolate” by Los Halstrom in 2000, “Hidden” by Michel Hanke in 2005, and “Copy of the Original” by Abbas Kiarostami In 2010, “Clouds of Silesia Maria” by Oliver Asayas in 2014 and “High Life” by Claire Danny in 2018.
“Between Two Worlds” by Emmanuel Carrier, starring Juliette Binoche, won the Audience Award for Best European Film at the 2021 San Sebastian Film Festival.
Last year, the San Sebastian Film Festival awarded the Donostia Prize to Johnny Depp.
The San Sebastian Festival 2022 will be held from September 16 to 24 (September 25 to October 2, 1401).