British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor and British director Michael Winterbottom will obtain this yr’s Raindance Icon Awards.
Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, The Martian) will probably be introduced together with his award at Raindance’s opening gala U.Ok. premiere of Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo in London, and Winterbottom throughout Raindance’s jury awards ceremony every week later.
Raindance founder Elliot Grove mentioned: “As a part of Raindance’s midsummer celebrations, it’s a privilege for us to bask within the radiance that surrounds this yr’s Raindance Icon Award recipients. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Winterbottom have made necessary and excellent contributions to impartial cinema, each in entrance of and behind the digicam. We’re proud to acknowledge and honor their achievements with this award.”
Ejiofor mentioned: “I proceed to admire the Raindance Movie Competition’s intensely impartial spirit, and it’s fantastic that Raindance focuses on nurturing, inspiring, and educating up-and-coming expertise. I’m delighted to be a recipient of the competition’s Icon Award.”
Winterbottom (A Mighty Coronary heart, Welcome to Sarajevo) has directed three movies which were nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes, seven movies which were nominated for the Golden Bear at Berlin, and one which was nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice. He mentioned: “Raindance has finished an enormous quantity to assist impartial filmmaking on this nation and all over the world for greater than 30 years so it’s a actual honor to obtain the competition’s Icon Award.”
The Icon Award is the competition’s signature award, honoring and celebrating the icons of impartial cinema. Earlier recipients embody David Yates, Vanessa Redgrave, Jonathan Pryce, Gemma Arterton, Sir Michael Caine, Sally Hawkins, Jude Regulation, Olivia Colman, Terry Gilliam, and Man Richie.
The U.Ok.’s Raindance Movie Competition will happen from June 19-29.