International film icon Isabelle Huppert will receive the third Women in Motion Award presented by Kering and the Festival de Cannes.
Isabelle Huppert has chosen director and scriptwriter Maysaloun Hamoud to receive the Young Talents Award.
François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate of the Festival of Cannes, will present these awards during the official Women in Motion dinner on Sunday, 21 May 2017.
For the third Women in Motion programme, official partner Kering and the Festival de Cannes will present the Women in Motion Award to French actress Isabelle Huppert.
Exceptionally free-spirited and bold, Isabelle Huppert has taken many artistic risks in her career, and whilst acting with leading names, she has successfully established her own style in a variety of registers ranging from drama to comedy. She has pushed back boundaries with the strong and far-from-stereotypical roles that she has played since the early days of her career.
Whether being directed by legendary filmmakers or by a brilliant new generation of talented filmmakers, Isabelle Huppert is one of the most inspirational figures in the world of cinema.
Isabelle Huppert has in turn chosen to honour Maysaloun Hamoud by awarding her the Young Talents prize. In 2016 this young Palestinian director and scriptwriter made her first feature film, In Between (Bar Bahar), which chronicles the daily lives of three young Palestinian women living in Tel Aviv, torn between family traditions and their desire for independence. The film, which has won acclaim at festivals worldwide, was produced by Shlomi Elkabetz, whose sister, Ronit Elkabetz, the great scriptwriter, director and actress, died a year ago, leaving a lasting mark on Israeli cinema. The Young Talents Award, accompanied by funding of €50,000, will enable Maysaloun Hamoud to continue her filmmaking projects.
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