Cate Blanchett to Receive the “Icon” Award at the Camerimage Film Festival
According to CinemaDrame News Agency, Cate Blanchett will be honored with the Icon Award at Poland’s EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actress will receive the award on November 15, during the festival’s closing ceremony.
Marek Żydowicz, director of the Camerimage Festival, described Blanchett as “an extraordinary human being” who “turns every conversation into a unique event.” In his statement, he added:
“Her sensitivity and attentiveness to the world around her make her performances unforgettable and deeply inspiring to audiences across the globe.”
Last year, Blanchett served as president of the Camerimage jury. Many of her films, including Elizabeth (1998), its sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and I’m Not There directed by Todd Haynes, have been screened at the festival. Her film The New Boy won an award there two years ago.
Blanchett’s career includes four BAFTAs, two Oscars, three Golden Globes, and three Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. This year, she is nominated for both the Golden Globe and Emmy for her role in the series Disclaimer, directed by Alfonso Cuarón.
Together with her husband Andrew Upton, Blanchett served as the artistic director and co-CEO of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2008 to 2013, producing sixteen plays each year across four venues. Most recently, she starred in Martin Crimp’s play When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other at the National Theatre in London.
The EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival will take place from November 15 to 22 (24 Aban to 1 Azar) in the city of Toruń, Poland.
