‘Bones and All’ Director Luca Guadagnino to Receive Sundance’s International Icon Award

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Sundance has crowned “Bones and All” director Luca Guadagnino winner of the International Icon Award.The filmmaker will be honored along with previously announced honorees Ryan Coogler, W.

Kamau Bell, and Nikyatu Jusu at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance event, presented by IMDbPro. The ceremony is set to take place on Jan.

19, kicking off the Utah festival’s 10-day run.According to a press release, the International Icon Award is given to “an international auteur who creates distinctive cinematic universes and has made a lasting impact on filmmaking, most notably through a commitment to storytelling and an unwavering creative vision.”Guadagnino is a repeat Sundance alum dating back to 2010, when he debuted his feature film “I Am Love.” He returned to the festival with 2017’s “Call Me By Your Name,” starring “Bones and All” headliner Timothée Chalamet.

Guadagnino also produced the documentary “The Truffle Hunters,” which played at Sundance in 2020. “Sundance has always felt like home for me; I have been to the festival four times,” said Guadagnino in a statement. “I particularly remember how warmly the festival received Call Me By Your Name and how that changed my life.