Overview
- Institut Lumière has officially confirmed Mann as this year’s Lumière Award honoree in recognition of his 40-year career.
- The 17th Lumière Festival runs from October 11 to 19, with Mann set to be honored on October 17 on the historic rue du Premier-Film.
- Mann praised the festival’s celebration of “pure cinema” and will direct a reimagining of La Sortie des usines Lumière as part of the ceremony.
- This accolade places him alongside past recipients such as Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese and Isabelle Huppert.
- He is concurrently preparing to shoot Heat 2, the eagerly anticipated sequel to his 1995 crime drama.