JEANNE MOREAU PRESENTED WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ISTANBUL - Jeanne Moreau, a leading figure in French cinema, was presented with the ''Lifetime Achievement Award'' at the 25th International Istanbul Film Festival on Saturday.
Speaking at the award ceremony, Moreau thanked Istanbul Culture & Art Foundation.
Since 1996, many of the greatest names in the film industry, both local and foreign, have received ''Lifetime Achievement Awards'' or ''Honorary Awards'' in the Istanbul Film Festival. Robert Wise, Lutfi Akad, Turkan Soray, Gillo Pontecorvo, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Sautet, Elia Kazan, Peter Greenaway, Istvan Szabo, Erol Tas, Suna Pekuysal, Zeki Okten, Omer Kavur, Bertrand Blier, Jerry Schatzberg, Abbas Kiarostami, Carlos Saura, Ken Russell, Nanni Moretti, Stephen Frears, Otar Iosseliani, Taviani Brothers, Bertrand Tavernier and Theo Angelopoulos are among them.