Jodie Foster receives an honorary Cannes Palme d’Or

The 2021 Cannes Film Festival has bestowed an honorary Palm d’Or on actress and director Jodie Foster, in recognition of her contribution to cinema.

The prize, which has previously been given to the likes of Jeanne Moreau, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jane Fonda, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Manoel de Oliveira, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Agnès Varda and Alain Delon, recognises artistic career achievement and a commitment to major issues.

A total of seven of Foster’s films, as actor or director, have screened at Cannes. She attended the festival in 1976 at just 13 years old with ‘Taxi Driver’, which ultimately left with the Palme d’Or.

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