Two-time Oscar-nominated French-American actor and director Julie Delpy has been unveiled because the recipient of the 2025 Honorary Dragon Award at Sweden’s upcoming Göteborg Movie Pageant, the most important film-TV occasion in Scandinavia.
Delpy, recognized for her distinctive voice in worldwide cinema, will attend the competition for the screening and to simply accept the distinguished award, take part in a chat and current her newest movie, “Meet the Barbarians,” wherein she follows the journey of a Syrian household who discover refuge in a village in Northern France.
Göteborg will even have fun Delpy’s distinguished profession with a retrospective of a few of her most beloved works.
Over the span of 4 a long time, Delpy has earned recognition as each a celebrated actor and a gifted director and author. She gained early widespread acclaim along with her performances in movies resembling “Three Colours: White” and “Earlier than Dawn,” wherein she portrayed Céline, a task that solidified her as a number one determine in world cinema. Her collaboration with Ethan Hawke on the 1995 fashionable traditional later spawned two sequels, “Earlier than Sundown” (2004) and “Earlier than Midnight” (2013), that are each held in equally excessive regard.
As a director, she has regularly pushed boundaries, helming movies resembling “2 Days in Paris” (2007), a witty and insightful exploration of relationships, and “Lolo” (2015), a comedic but poignant story about love and identification.
“Julie Delpy is a singular voice on the earth of movie,” mentioned Göteborg Creative Director Pia Lundberg of this 12 months’s honoree. “Her work blends humor, depth and sensitivity in a method that resonates with audiences worldwide. She is a trailblazer and an inspiration, and we’re actually proud to honor her with this 12 months’s Honorary Dragon Award.”
The 2025 Göteborg Movie Pageant will happen from Jan. 24 to Feb. 3, with Delpy accepting her Honorary Dragon Award on Jan. 29 through the “Meet the Barbarians” screening on the metropolis’s Biograf Draken.