Jennifer Lawrence has been named this year’s recipient of the San Sebastian Film Festival‘s prestigious Donostia Award.
The Oscar-winning actress will receive the accolade at a gala on Friday, Sept. 26 at the Kursaal Auditorium, followed by a screening of her latest film, the Cannes-premiering Die My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay.
Lawrence has starred in acclaimed films such as Silver Linings Playbook, which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2012, American Hustle, Don’t Look Up, Joy, and The Hunger Games trilogy. In 2018, Lawrence expanded her influence behind the camera by co-founding production company Excellent Cadaver.
Together with her producing partner, Justine Ciarrocchi, Lawrence has built a dynamic slate of critically lauded projects, including Causeway, No Hard Feelings, and the documentaries Zurawski v. Texas and Bread & Roses.
Die My Love, also starring Robert Pattinson, LaKeith Stanfield, Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek, will premiere at the Donostia Award Screening at the Spanish festival. The film joins a lineup of movies hitting San Sebastian, including Saoirse Ronan’s Bad Apples, Tessa Thompson’s Hedda and Angelina Jolie’s Couture. Edward Berger‘s Colin Farrell-starring Ballad of a Small Player and Juliette Binoche‘s directorial debut are among the latest additions to the San Sebastian Film Festival slate.
Previous recipients of San Sebastian’s Donostia Award include Cate Blanchett, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Pedro Almodóvar, David Cronenberg and Ethan Hawke.
