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Alexander Payne to Be Honored at Locarno Film Festival
The Locarno Film Festival will present its Honorary Leopard Award, Pardo d’Onore, to American filmmaker Alexander Payne on Aug. 15.
The Locarno Film Festival will present its Honorary Leopard Award, Pardo d’Onore, to American filmmaker Alexander Payne on Aug. 15 during its 78th edition. “The distinctive voice behind a slate of dryly funny modern classics, writer-director Alexander Payne has secured his place on the short list of filmmakers whose work can be said to define American cinema in the 21st century,” the festival said. Giona A. Nazzaro, Locarno’s artistic director, said: “Alexander Payne is an erudite auteur with an encyclopedic cinephile knowledge.
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