Werner Herzog to Receive San Sebastian Film Festival’s Donostia Award
The festival will screen his latest film, Bucking Fastard, and honor the German director for a six-decade career with around 80 films.
- Filmmaker Werner Herzog will receive the prestigious Donostia Award at the 74th San Sebastian Film Festival this September, honoring his influential career spanning six decades and around 80 films.
- Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, Herzog has built an extraordinary body of work shaped by obsession and extreme situations. Guided by his concept of 'Ecstatic Truth,' he advocates a cinema that transcends mere observation to reveal deeper reality.
- Following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the German director will screen his latest film, 'Bucking Fastard.' Starring Rooney and Kate Mara, the movie tells the 'unusual story of twins whose extraordinary bond leads them to speak in unison.'
- The Donostia Award screening will take place at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre before the ceremony at the city's Kursaal venue. Last year, the festival presented its highest honorary award to Jennifer Lawrence and veteran Spanish Esther Garcia.
- Beyond his film career, Herzog has staged about a dozen operas and published books including 'The Twilight World.' He has also acted in projects such as 'Jack Reacher,' 'The Mandalorian,' and provided guest roles in 'The Simpsons.
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German director Werner Herzog, responsible for some of the most radical works of contemporary cinema, will be distinguished with the Donostia Prize in the 74th edition of the San Sebastián Festival, which will be held from 18 to 26 September. The recognition will arrive during the inaugural gala and will also serve to present in Spain his latest work, 'Bucking Fastard', which will previously compete in the Venice Festival.Throughout a career spa…
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Werner Herzog to Receive San Sebastian Film Festival’s Donostia Award
The German filmmaker joins a prestigious list of Donostia Award recipients, including Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Pedro Almodóvar, David Cronenberg, Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem.
German filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and actor Werner Herzog will receive a Donostia Award in 74...
Director Werner Herzog Will Receive the Highest Honorary Distinction From the San Sebastián Festival
Zinemaldia will award in its 74th edition, from 18 to 26 September, the German filmmaker in recognition of his six-decade career and will screen his new film, ‘Bucking Fastard’
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