International Courant
Two-time Oscar-nominated French-American actor and director Julie Delpy has been unveiled because the recipient of the 2025 Honorary Dragon Award at Sweden’s upcoming Göteborg Movie Competition, the most important film-TV occasion in Scandinavia.
Delpy, identified for her distinctive voice in worldwide cinema, will attend the competition for the screening and to simply accept the distinguished award, take part in a chat and current her newest movie, “Meet the Barbarians,” by which she follows the journey of a Syrian household who discovered refuge in a village in Northern France.
Göteborg may even have fun Delpy’s distinguished profession with a retrospective of a few of her most beloved works.
Over the span of 4 many years, Delpy has earned recognition as each a celebrated actor and a gifted director and author. She gained early widespread acclaim along with her performances in movies comparable to “Three Colours: White” and “Earlier than Dawn,” by which she portrayed Céline, a job that solidified her as a number one determine in world cinema. Her collaboration with Ethan Hawke on the 1995 trendy traditional later spawned two sequels, “Earlier than Sundown” (2004) and “Earlier than Midnight” (2013), that are each held in equally excessive regard.
As a director, she has regularly pushed boundaries, helming movies comparable to “2 Days in Paris” (2007), a witty and insightful exploration of relationships, and “Lolo” (2015), a comedic but poignant story about love and identification.
“Julie Delpy is a novel voice on the planet of movie,” mentioned Gothenburg Inventive Director Pia Lundberg of this yr’s honoree. “Her work blends humor, depth and sensitivity in a manner that resonates with audiences worldwide. She is a trailblazer and an inspiration, and we’re actually proud to honor her with this yr’s Honorary Dragon Award.”
The 2025 Gothenburg Movie Competition will happen from Jan. 24 to Feb. 3, with Delpy accepting her Honorary Dragon Award on Jan. 29 through the “Meet the Barbarians” screening on the metropolis’s Biograf Draken.
