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Hong Kong New Wave Pioneer Ann Hui to Receive Kerala Film Festival Honor
Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala.
The award, which comes with a cash prize of INR1 million ($12,000), a sculpture, and a citation, will be presented by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the festival’s opening ceremony on Dec. 13 at state capital Thiruvananthapuram’s Nishagandhi Auditorium. After earning her Master’s in English Literature from the University of Hong Kong and completing studies at the London Film School in 1975, she began her directorial career at Television Broadcasts Limited. Previous recipients of IFFK’s Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 2009, include Mrinal Sen, Werner Herzog, Carlos Saura, Marco Bellocchio, Jean-Luc Godard, Krzysztof Zanussi and Bela Tarr.
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