Noah Baumbach will receive the prestigious A Tribute to … Award for “his outstanding body of work” at the Gala Premiere of Jay Kelly at the 21st Zurich Film Festival (ZFF).
He will also hold a public ZFF Masters event.
Jay Kelly is a satire on the Hollywood star circus. George Clooney plays a famous movie actor, Jay Kelly, as he embarks on a journey of self-discovery confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager Ron (Adam Sandler). Poignant and humor-filled, epic and intimate, Jay Kelly is pitched at the intersection of life’s regrets and notable glories.
“With Noah Baumbach, we are honoring an auteur who has shaped U.S. cinema for decades with his subtle insight into human relationships and his precise powers of observation’” says Christian Jungen, Festival Director of the ZFF. “Jay Kelly is, in my opinion, one of the outstanding films of the year and one of those works that, looking back, will be regarded as a masterpiece.”
Past recipients of the A Tribute to … Award include Edward Berger, Paolo Sorrentino, Wim Wenders, Olivier Assayas, Claire Denis, Michael Haneke, Oliver Stone, Maïwenn, and Luca Guadagnino.
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