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George Lucas To Receive Honorary Palme D’Or At Cannes Film Festival


The Star Wars filmmaker will receive the awards at the festival’s closing ceremony on May 25.

George Lucas is to receive the Honorary Palme d’or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The Star Wars filmmaker will receive the award at the festival’s closing ceremony on May 25. Festival director Thierry Frémaux will announce this year’s full official selection Thursday morning in Paris after the festival previously confirmed George Miller’s Furiosa and Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act for slots.

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