George Lucas will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival next month, festival organizers announced Tuesday.
Lucas will be honored during the closing ceremony of the 77e Cannes Film Festival on May 25. He will join the short list of Palmes d’Honneur. Last year, Harrison Ford, one of Lucas’s main regulars in Star Wars And Indiana Jones, had received this distinction. Other recent recipients include Michael Douglas, Tom Cruise, Forest Whitaker and Jodie Foster.
“The Cannes Film Festival has always held a special place in my heart,” Lucas said in a statement. “I was surprised and delighted when my first film, THX-1138, was selected to be screened on the Croisette in 1971. Since then, I have returned to the Festival numerous times as screenwriter, director and producer. I am truly honored by this special recognition which means a lot to me. »
The Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 14 to 25.