Italian Costume Designer Milena Canonero To Receive Honorary Golden Bear @ Berlin Film Festival

Feb 02, 2017 1069

BY: Anna Battista

Yesterday the 67th Berlin Film Festival announced its jury, homage subject and Golden Camera recipients. The jury president Paul Verhoeven will be joined by actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Diego Luna, and Julia Jentsch, producer Dora Bouchoucha Fourati, artist Olafur Eliasson and director-screenwriter Wang Quan'an. The recipients of this year's Berlinale Camera will be Hong Kong film producer and distributor Nansun Shi, actor Geoffrey Rush, and eminent Egyptian film critic and author Samir Farid. 

Oscar-winning costume designer Milena Canonero will instead receive the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement. In a press release on the Berlinale site, Director Dieter Kosslick stated: "Milena Canonero is an extraordinary costume designer. With her designs she has contributed decisively to the style of many cinematic masterpieces. With this year's Homage, we would like to honour a great artist as well as direct attention to another film profession."

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