Iran (IMNA) - Renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese received the prestigious Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival. The award recognizes his immense contributions to cinema throughout his prolific career.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker is the recipient of an honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival.
The presentation ceremony unfolded with a heartfelt tribute from fellow director Wim Wenders, who lauded Scorsese's impact on the cinematic landscape.
Martin Scorsese after receiving the Golden Bear Award, began his speech by discussing the history of the Berlinale and how it has impacted him as a filmmaker. He went on to say that film festivals are where he has met his community of fellow filmmakers, Wenders included.
“Watching each other’s pictures, complimenting each other, arguing with each other, going down our own paths. I mean, what else can one do when you become obsessed with an art form?” he said.
“When you live it, when you have to be on your own. That’s the lonely part, but it’s so important to remember that, even though it’s lonely, that you’re part of a community. And that community of people is driven by an obsessive love with this art called cinema.” Martin Scorsese said.
Scorsese added that “the work that we do individually is part of an ongoing, ultimately endless conversation” before teasing that he may make his return to the Berlinale sooner than later.
“I really feel that I’ve been blessed to have taken part in that conversation for most of my life now,” Scorsese said. “And as for looking back on my work, I can’t … partly because I really do seem to keep wanting to make pictures. So maybe I’ll see you in a couple years, I hope with another one.”
Read below the Berlinale regarding this international cinema legend: The Berlinale is proud to present this year’s Honorary Golden Bear to a filmmaker who’s constantly pushed the medium toward uncharted paths. With a body of work spanning six decades and over fourty features, running the gamut from crime epics to animated features and religious dramas, Martin Scorsese has revolutionised the medium, and reinvented himself with every new film. His latest, Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films), is a vivid and engrossing testament to the power of cinema to turn into what critic Roger Ebert once called an “empathy machine,” a telepathic conduit between filmmaker and audience. Hosted by none other than acclaimed British director Joanna Hogg, this in-depth panel will invite the two filmmakers to reflect on Scorsese's journey through films, as well as our shared love for cinema in all its languages.
Presided by Mariette Rissenbeek with artistic management by Carlo Chatrian, the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival was held, consisting of competition sections such as Main Competition, Generations competition, Panorama, Forum, Shorts, Documentary, and the non-competition category including Special Screening, and Classic Cinema Screening.
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