Cannes Film Festival to Award Forrest Whitaker the Palme d’Or for Lifetime Achievement

Oscar winner Forrest Whitaker will receive a Lifetime Achievement at the Golden Palm Branch at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Whitaker will be honored at the opening ceremony of the 75th Cannes Film Festival on May 17. Follow in the footsteps of filmmakers such as Jody Foster, Jeanne Moreau, Bernardo Bertolucci, Manuel de Oliveira, Jane Fonda and Agnes Varda, who were also honored. french party.

The skin will also In the name of peace, Directed by Christoph Castan and Thomas Samethin and produced by Whitaker, special screening May 18. The Hollywood actress first appeared at Cannes in 1988 and received the Best Actor award for his role in Clint Eastwood. BirdWhere jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker used to play.

“34 years ago, being in Cannes for the first time changed my life and convinced me that I had made the right decision, to dedicate myself to finding humanity through cinema. It is always a great privilege to return to this wonderful festival, both for the projection of my work and for the inspiration of many of the best artists in the world, and I am honored to celebrate the festival’s important 75th anniversary,” said Whitaker. Announcement on Thursday.

A regular at Cannes, Whitaker and his films have appeared six times in the festival’s official selection and four times in competition. Bird, Bill Duke anger in harlemabel ferrara body clamps and Jim Jarmusch Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.

The Cannes Film Festival will take place from the 17th to the 28th of May this year.