MUMBAI: The upcoming Zurich Film Festival will present John Travolta with a special lifetime achievement award next month.
Travolta will be honoured with the Golden Eye for his career that has spanned five decades at the annual event in Switzerland before the premiere of his new film Savages that co-stars Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson and Blake Lively.
Observed festival director Karl Spoerri in a statement, “We‘re excited to welcome John Travolta to Zurich to bestow him with this honour and celebrate his amazing career. We‘re gearing up for a momentous opening night.” said Karl Spoerri, festival director.
The festival will also honour Ocean‘s Eleven producer Jerry Weintraub for his achievements.
The festival runs from 20 to 30 September.
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Zurich Film Festival to honour John Travolta
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Zurich fest to honour Roman Polanski
MUMBAI: The Zurich Film Festival will honour Roman Polanski with the lifetime achievement award on 27 September. The noted filmmaker could not accept the award in 2009 following his arrest by Swiss police.
“We are especially proud to welcome Roman Polanski this year to receive his award. We have always been tremendous admirers of his work, and we are delighted that we will soon be able to express this to him in person,” Zurich festival directors Karl Spoerri and Nadja Schildknecht said in a statement.
Polanski was arrested at Zurich airport in September 2009 at the instance of the US Justice Department in a 1977 case of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
The director had fled the US in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with the minor and faced extradition to the US. However, the Swiss government rejected the extradition request in July 2010 and released Polanski from house arrest at his home in Gstaad.