Singapore Film Fest To Honor Jafar Panahi, ‘Stranger Eyes’ Selected As Opening Film
deadline.comIranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi will receive an honorary award at the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) this year.
The 35th edition of SGIFF will organize a special tribute and hold a dialogue session with Panahi, who will receive the festival’s highest honor, the Cinema Honorary Award.
This also marks the first time that Panahi is attending SGIFF in-person after the lifting of his 14-year travel ban. Panahi’s films like The Circle, This Is Not A Film and Crimson Gold will be screened at the festival.
The festival’s Cinema Honorary Award was introduced in 2014 and has recognized filmmakers like Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan, Indonesia’s Garin Nugroho, Cambodia’s Rithy Panh, and Japan’s Takashi Miike. “It’s an incredible honor to be selected as the recipient of the Cinema Honorary Award by SGIFF,” Panahi said. “Since my visit to the festival in 1998 with my film, The Mirror, I have been deeply impressed by the festival’s achievements in nurturing and encouraging emerging filmmakers and film critics, while promoting Asian filmmaking.
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