Zurich Film Festival to Honor Donald Sutherland with Lifetime Achievement Award

The celebrated actor Donald Sutherland will be honored with the ZFF Lifetime Achievement Award. The legendary Canadian actor is a veteran of the silver screen, with credits spanning six decades.

Sutherland will also personally present his recent film ELLA & JOHN, Paolo Virzì's English language debut, in which Sutherland stars with Helen Mirren. The film is presented within the Festival's retrospective of Sutherland's work (see below).

The Lifetime Achievement Award is one of the Festival's most esteemed and is awarded across a range of fields within international filmmaking. Sutherland will receive his award on 30 September 2018.

ZFF Co-Directors Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri commented: "We are thrilled to welcome Donald Sutherland to Zurich and to present him with our Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Festival. Sutherland is an icon of, not just Hollywood but also international cinema, bringing his extraordinary presence to countless iconic roles over a truly formidable career, such in his role as President Snow in the series THE HUNGER GAMES. Sutherland's body of work includes films that are broadly considered as classics, and re-defining, so we are extra pleased to be able to present this retrospective, including some of his best loved roles."

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