Overview

• The Oscar-winning actor received the Premio a la Excelencia Artística at the 23rd Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia and unveiled a namesake seat at Cinépolis Centro.
• Binoche presented her directorial debut, IN-I: In Motion, assembled from recordings of a 2009 dance work created with choreographer Akram Khan and filmed by her sister, Marion Stalens.
• She told festival audiences that the Morelia presentations are the last to show the original 156-minute cut, confirming a decision with her producer to reduce the film’s length.
• Her festival program included a masterclass in which she stressed humility, artistic truth and a desire to be free as guiding principles in her work.
• Pro-Palestinian demonstrators briefly occupied her red carpet in Morelia, though the award ceremony and screenings proceeded as scheduled.