Golshifteh Farahani will be celebrated in Locarno with Excellence Davide Campari.
Farahani will receive the price on August 6. She will also present her latest film, Alpha by Julia Ducournau, at the festival.
Born in Tehran in 1983, Farahani’s revolutionary role was in The Pear Tree of Dariush Mehrjui (1998), which won her the prize for best actress at the Fajr International Film Festival.
Since then, she appeared in films like Abbas Kiarostami’s Shirin (2008), Asghar Farhadi about Elly (2009), Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson (2016), Ridley Scott’s Spy Thriller Body of Lies (2008) and Extraction (2020).
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“Golshifteh Farahani is a key figure in contemporary cinema,” said Giona A. Nazzaro, artistic director of the Locarno film festival, in a press release.
“Charismatic and multifaceted, she was able to immerse herself in very different contexts and roles, guided by her extraordinary talent and her generosity as an artist. Over the years, she has managed to alternate between art films and blockbusters, infusing each film with a new aspect of her personality. lover.”
Locarno takes place from August 6 to 16.
