Naomi Kawase 2009 Recipient Carrosse d’Or

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One of my favorite events of last year’s Cannes was when the people at the Director’s Fortnight section bestowed the top honor of Carrosse d’Or upon Jim Jarmusch (here is my coverage) – it is a life achievement award where they don’t wait until the filmmaker has turned old and grey.

This year, the award goes to a Japanese filmmaker who’ve I only been introduced by her most recent effort – the gorgeous looking, mind-boggling The Mourning Forest. Naomi Kawase will receive the honor at the opening of the section and will show a re-edited version of her 2000 feature Hotaru. Kawase, a regular at the festival, won the Grand Prix (see pic) in 2007 for The Mourning Forest.

Without the entire schedule out, it is hard to plan ahead, but I should be covering this again this year. Anyone out there a fan of Kawase?

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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