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Ethan Hawke to Be Honored with Lucca Film Fest’s Golden Panther Award
Filmmaker Ethan Hawke will be honored at this year’s Lucca Film Festival in Italy with the event’s Golden Panther Award. He will also present his latest film, Wildcat, featuring his daughter Maya, at Lucca on September 26.
Hawke will conduct a public masterclass at the festival and will present Lucca’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Paul Schrader, who directed Hawke in the critically acclaimed film First Reformed.
The festival will showcase an extensive retrospective of Hawke’s work, including films like Dead Poets Society, Gattaca, Boyhood, and the Before trilogy (Sunrise, Sunset, and Midnight).
Hawke has been nominated for four Academy Awards: for best supporting actor in Training Day (2002) and Boyhood (2015), and for best adapted screenplay for Before Sunset (2005) and Before Midnight (2014).
Lucca organizers highlighted that Hawke made his debut at the age of 14 in the film Explorers (1985) alongside River Phoenix. He studied acting at the British Theatre Association in England and at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. At 21, he founded and directed the Malaparte Theater Company in New York City, providing young artists with a space to develop their craft.
Lucca won’t be Hawke’s only stop in Italy. He will also be in Venice early next month to lead a masterclass at the 81st Venice Film Festival. The 2024 Lucca Film Festival runs from Sept. 21 to 23.
The Lucca Film Festival has previously honored notable figures such as Oliver Stone, David Lynch, Susan Sarandon, Isabelle Huppert, Rutger Hauer, George Romero, Paolo Sorrentino, and Willem Dafoe.
Source: Deadline
