Steven Spielberg will be honored at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival with a Lifetime Achievement Award and the Festival’s Honorary Golden Bear.
Spielberg’s latest film, “The Fablemans,” a semi-autobiographical look at his upbringing as a film-obsessed teenager in Arizona and Northern California, will also screen at the festival, which runs from February 16-26, 2023. Universal Pictures Germany will release the film in German theaters in March.
“With a remarkable career, Steven Spielberg has not only enchanted generations of viewers around the world, but also given new meaning to ‘cinema’ as a dream factory,” said Berlinale director duo Mariette Reisenbeck and Carlo Chatrian. a permit.
“Whether in the eternally magical world of teenagers or in a reality that has forever been carved by history, his films take us to a different level, where the big screen becomes the appropriate surface for our emotions to come true. If the Berlinale 2023 marks a new beginning, we couldn’t find a better start than this one. Given by Spielberg’s brilliant work.”
Over the course of a long and glorious career, Spielberg has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of 19 times, winning three Oscars – two Best Picture statuettes for “The Color Purple” and “Schindler’s List” and Best Director Gong for “Saving Private Ryan.”
“He is considered the most successful filmmaker of all time,” the Berlinale said in a statement, which also noted that Spielberg has won numerous Golden Globes and Emmys for his cinematography, as well as a host of honors for his commitment to social causes.
The Berlinale confirmed that in 1998 Spielberg was awarded the Grand Cross with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of Schindler’s List and his Shoah Foundation. In 2001, Queen Elizabeth II appointed the director and producer a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the then US President Barack Obama.
The selection of Spielberg’s films to be screened at the Berlinale as part of the tribute, as well as the date of the award ceremony, will be announced at a later date.
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