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Pedro Almodóvar To Be Feted With Career Achievement Award At San Sebastian


Pedro Almodóvar will also screen his latest film 'The Room Next Door' at San Sebastian.

Presentation of the honorary award, which the festival said recognizes “extraordinary contributions to the world of cinema”, will take place in the Kursaal Auditorium before a screening of his latest movie, The Room Next Door. In addition to bringing movies, Almodóvar has backed the San Sebastian Festival with his presence by attending the event’s 50th anniversary (2002) and presenting the Donostia Award to Al Pacino (1996), Woody Allen (2004) and Antonio Banderas (2008). Other previous filmmakers to have received the Donostia Award include Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Oliver Stone, Agnès Varda, Hirokazu Koreeda, and Costa-Gavras.

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