Canadian director David
Cronenberg will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime
Achievement during the 2018 Venice Film Festival, organizers
said on Thursday.
The decision was made by a meeting of the Venice Biennale's
board of directors, chaired by Paolo Baratta, following a
proposal by the Festival Director Alberto Barbera.
"I've always loved the Golden Lion of Venice," Cronenberg
said on the website of the world's oldest cinema festival, which
runs from August 29 to September 8 this year.
"A lion that flies on golden wings -that's the essence of
art, isn't it? The essence of cinema.
"It will be almost unbearably thrilling to receive a Golden
Lion of my own".
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