Martin Scorsese will receive an honorary prize at the 2024 Berlinale

“It is a great joy for us to once again welcome a great friend of the festival and to present him with our most important prize of honor,” declared the organizers.

For the 73rd ceremony, it was Steven Spielberg who had been rewarded with this statuette in the shape of a golden bear, on the occasion of the presentation of The Fabelmans. The next Berlin Festival, scheduled between February 15 and 25, 2024, plans to reward Martin Scorsesewho will be presented with a trophy for his entire career.

“It is a great joy for us to once again welcome a great friend of the festival and to present him with our most important honorary prize.“, declared the director and director of the Berlinale, Mariette Rissenbeek And Carlo Chatrian in a press release.

With more than 70 films to its credit, the 74th Berlinale wants to highlight “one of the most significant filmmakers in world cinema since the 1970s”.

“For anyone who views cinema as the art of crafting a story in a way that is both utterly personal and universal, Martin Scorsese is an unrivaled role model. His films have accompanied our history as spectators and human beings, his characters have lived and grown within us, his look at history and humanity has helped us understand and question who we are and where we come from. we come. Killers of the Flower Moon, his latest film, is one of his greatest successes. As Scorsese himself said so well, this film is a “offering which recognizes the extent of the terror experienced by the Osage community, and which can also bring a certain form of comfort”, say the director and director of the Berlinale, Mariette Rissenbeek And Carlo Chatrian.

The 81-year-old director will receive his award on February 20.

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