Darren Aronofsky to Receive Honorary Leopard Award at Locarno Film Festival
The festival will also screen The Fountain and Mother! and host a public conversation with the filmmaker.
- The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky with its Honorary Leopard, the Pardo d'Onore, at its 79th edition this summer. Organizers announced Tuesday that Aronofsky will receive the award on Friday, Aug. 14, at the 8,000-seat Piazza Grande.
- Artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro praised Aronofsky as a "visionary," noting the term "Aronofskian" now characterizes his deeply personal style. Locarno recognized his singularity as an artistic force probing the outer limits of faith and obsession.
- Aronofsky has defined contemporary cinema with films like The Wrestler , Black Swan , and The Whale , for which Brendan Fraser won Best Actor at the Academy Awards. He will present The Fountain and Mother! during the festival.
- Beyond the ceremony, Aronofsky will participate in an onstage public conversation. His recent work includes the feature film Caught Stealing starring Austin Butler and the animated series On This Day: 1776, which uses artificial intelligence to recreate moments from America's founding year.
- The 79th edition runs from August 5–15, continuing a tradition of honoring cinema legends. Previous recipients of the Pardo d'Onore include Bernardo Bertolucci, Ken Loach, Werner Herzog, Jane Campion, and last year's honoree, Alexander Payne.
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Darren Aronofsky To Receive Locarno’s Honorary Pardo d’Onore
Darren Aronofsky will be awarded the honorary Pardo d’Onore award during this year’s Locarno Film Festival, which runs from August 5 to 15. Aronofsky will pick up the award on August 14 at the festival’s outdoor cinema at the Piazza Grande and present two of his features, The Fountain (2006) and Mother! (2017). Previous Pardo […]
Darren Aronofsky to receive Pardo d’Onore at Locarno79
The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky with the Pardo d’Onore, presented by Manor, at its 79th edition. Aronofsky will receive the festival’s honorary leopard on Friday 14 August in Piazza Grande, as well as present, in the programme, two of his most “outstanding and singular” works from his career: The Fountain ... Read more The post Darren Aronofsky to receive Pardo d’Onore at Locarno79 appeared first on …
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