Polish filmmaker Zanussi to get lifetime achievement award
GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 19 November 2012 21:54 IST
Renowned Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi will be honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa beginning tomorrow.
He is known for producing acclaimed films like Camouflage, Family life, The Silent Touch, The Contract and Revisited.
The Award is conferred on an eminent international film personality for outstanding contribution to the world cinema and it carries an amount of Rs10 lakh, a scroll , a shawl and a certificate.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Shri Manish Tewari will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to the 73-year-old Zanussi during the opening function of IFFI here on November 20.
Zanussi is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop.
He is the director of the Polish Film Studio TOR and has received several prizes and awards. Some other prominent films by Zanussi include The Structure of Crystal (1969), The Spiral (1978), Constant Factor (1980).
Zanussi`s works are often described as intellectual and deeply philosophical. He also has a close association with India, particularly Film and Television Institute of India, Pune where he has conducted several workshops for the students since 1975
