Academy Award-winning actress Julianne Moore will be honored at the 22nd Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Icon Award for her career and performance in her new film The Debut.
She will accept the award in person in Zurich, accompanied by director Jesse Eisenberg.
Over a career now spanning more than three decades, Moore has worked with some of the most distinguished directors in contemporary cinema, including Robert Altman (Short Cuts), Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), brothers Joel and Ethan Coen (The Big Lebowski), and Todd Haynes, with whom she has collaborated multiple times on films including Safe, Far From Heaven, and May December, which screened at the 20th Zurich Film Festival in 2024.
At this year’s Zurich Film Festival, Moore will be honored with the Golden Icon Award for her lifetime achievement as an actress and for her performance in The Debut. The film marks Moore’s second collaboration with director Jesse Eisenberg following his directorial debut When You Finish Saving the World.
The Debut is Eisenberg’s third feature film as a director: When Mona Friedman (Julianne Moore) is cast in a bit part at a small community theater, she transforms from a shy, unassuming housewife into a zealous method actor willing to do anything to protect the artistic integrity of her marginal role – even if it means waging war against the show’s domineering director.
“Julianne Moore is one of the outstanding character actresses of American cinema. She possesses remarkable versatility and, time and again, manages to captivate us with her intense portrayals of the characters she plays. No matter which film we see her in, we find ourselves rooting for her characters,” says Christian Jungen, CEO of the Zurich Film Festival.
“In the wonderful film The Debut, she delivers a brilliant performance as a woman who realizes it’s not too late to fulfill her deeply personal dream: becoming an actress. It is Julianne Moore’s love letter to her own profession – and thus the perfect film with which to thank her, with our Golden Icon Award, for so many wonderful cinematic experiences.”
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