Pedro Almodóvar to Receive 2024 San Sebastian Donostia Career Achievement Award
variety.comJamie Lang Spain’s most iconic modern arthouse filmmaker, Pedro Almodovar, will be honored by the country’s most prestigious festival, San Sebastian, with the Donostia Award for career achievement on Sept.
26. Always a bridesmaid and only now a bride, Almodovar has handed out his share of Donostia awards in the past to the likes of Antonio Banderas, Al Pacino and Woody Allen.
Now, the iconic director will receive his own Donostia award, joining fellow 2024 recipient Cate Blanchett. In addition to receiving the award, Almodovar will present his latest film, “The Room Next Door” which will play as a Donostia Award screening after world premiering at Venice on Sept.
2. Almodovar’s relationship with San Sebastian started in 1980 with “Pepi. Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón,” which broke out at that year’s festival, championed by Diego Galán, a critic of Spanish newspaper El Pais and San Sebastian artistic director over 1986-89 and 1995-2000.
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