Sigourney Weaver will be awarded the
Leone d’Oro career achievement at the next Venice Biennale International Film Festival.
Alberto Barbera’s statement
The director
Alberto Barbera he has declared: “An actress of Sigourney Weaver’s caliber has few rivals. With an important theatrical background, she conquered the general cinema audience with Alien, by Ridley Scott, quickly becoming an emblematic figure of the 80s, during which she coined the image of an unprecedented heroine for the genre action film, capable of victoriously holding its own against the male models who had dominated epic and adventure cinema up to that point. Not content with having paved the way for numerous other followers, the actress continued in the incessant search for her own identity which was constantly called into question, through choices that range from genre films to comedies, from auteur cinema to children’s films, escaping the labels that would have wanted her confined to the victorious icon of the Reagan period.
In the role of an authentic collaborator rather than a simple tool to be shaped by the hands of a director, she contributed to the success of the films of James Cameron, Paul Schrader, Peter Weir, Michael Apted, Roman Polanski, Ivan Reitman, Mike Nichols, Ang Lee and many others, managing each time to impress on her charismatic presence the indelible mark of a complex, sometimes contradictory, always authentic figure. Gifted with a great temperament, capable of moving delicately but without fragility, she imposed an image of a confident and determined woman, dynamic and tenacious, not without letting transpire, with ever different nuances, a feminine sensitivity of intense magnetism. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement is a well-deserved recognition for a star who has been able to build bridges between the most sophisticated auteur cinema and films that communicate with the public in a frank and original way, without ever giving up being herself.”
Sigourney Weaver Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Sigourney Weaver he has declared: “I am truly honored to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from the Venice Biennale. This award is a privilege that I share with all the directors and collaborators I have worked with over the years. I proudly accept this recognition, which also celebrates all those who have contributed to bringing these films to life.”
The award is described as “an award for a star who has built bridges between the most sophisticated arthouse cinema and the cinema that dialogues with the public in a frank and original way, while remaining true to itself”. Last year’s award was given to the director
Liliana Cavani and to the actor
Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
The press conference
Venezia 81 will take place on July 23. The 81st edition of the festival will take place from August 28 to September 7 this year.
