The International Film Festival Of India (IFFI) is a highly prestigious and anticipated film festival in India. The cinephiles wait for the event not only to watch a variety of cinema from across the world but also to find out which artists are being honoured at the festival.
This year the festival will honour two times Cannes winner french actress Isabelle Huppert. She will be conferred with a “Lifetime Achievement Award – Foreign Artiste” at the upcoming edition that also marks the 50th anniversary of the film festival.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar took to his social media account to announce the news and wrote, “Happy to announce that Life Time Achievement Award for a ‘Foreign Artiste’ will be conferred on French Actress Isabelle Hupert. #IFFI2019 #IFFIGoa50”
Happy to announce that Life Time Achievement Award for a 'Foreign Artiste' will be conferred on French Actress Isabelle Hupert.#IFFI2019 #IFFIGoa50 pic.twitter.com/toOVkr6u5r
— Prakash Javadekar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@PrakashJavdekar) November 2, 2019
Isabelle is a highly celebrated actress in the arena of international cinema. She has won a number of awards at various prestigious film festivals including Venice Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and others.
She has appeared in more than 120 films since her debut in 1971. With 16 nominations, she is the most nominated actress for the César Award, national film award of France. She twice won the César Award for Best Actress, for La Cérémonie (1995) and Elle (2016). She also received an Oscar nomination for the latter.
She is one of only four women who have twice won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival: in 1978 for her role in Violette Nozière by Claude Chabrol (tied with Jill Clayburgh) and in 2001 for The Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke.
She is also one of only three women who have twice received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival: in 1988 for her part in Une affaire de femmes (tied with Shirley MacLaine), and in 1995 for La Cérémonie (tied with her partner in the movie, Sandrine Bonnaire). Additionally, she received a Special Lion in 2005 for her role in Gabrielle.
The 50th International Film Festival of India, 2019 will witness over 200 best films from 76 countries, 26 feature films and 15 non feature films in Indian panorama section and around 10,000 people and film lovers are expected to participate in the golden jubilee edition.