Nandu News Reporter Liu Yifan Intern Ling Junxin According to foreign media reports, recently, Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. The award ceremony will be held on August 11.
Alfonso Cuaron was born in Mexico City on November 28, 1961. He is an outstanding director, screenwriter, producer and photographer in Mexico and even the global film industry.
In 2001, he filmed the feature film "Your Mother Too", which was nominated for the Best Non-English Film at the 56th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards. In 2006, he directed the thriller science fiction film "Children of Men", which won the Magic Moment Award at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and the Best Director nomination at the 33rd Saturn Award. In 2014, Alfonso Cuaron won the Best Director and Best Editing at the 86th Academy Awards for " Gravity ". In 2015, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 72nd Venice Film Festival. In 2018, " rome " won the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the 75th Venice Film Festival and three awards at the 91st Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Cinematography. "Roma" became the first The Mexican film that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. As a successful representative of Mexican filmmakers, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro are known as the "Three Heroes of Mexico".
From left to right: Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Guillermo del Toro, the three are known as the "Three Heroes of Mexico".
Locarno International Film Festival is the earliest and largest international film festival held in Switzerland, and it is also one of the international A-class film festivals. The Locarno Film Festival aims to promote art films of artistic merit, with a special focus on new international directors and new methods of filmmaking. Locarno International Film Festival, Cannes International Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival are also known as the "four major European film festivals".
