As announced on Thursday, iconic Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson will receive the festival’s Honorary Palme d’Or “in recognition of a body of work that blends Hollywood blockbusters and films d’auteur with extraordinary artistic vision and technological audacity,” per the festival. Jackson is, of course, the director behind the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” film series, as well as early cult favorites like “Bad Taste” and “Heavenly Creatures,” 2022’s documentary “The Beatles: Get Back,” the “King Kong” remake, and more.
Jackson will be feted at the festival’s opening ceremony on Tuesday, May 12.
Festival president Iris Knobloch said the festival “welcomes and thanks a filmmaker of boundless creativity who has brought prestige to the heroic fantasy genre.
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