Oliver Stone to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Lucca Film Festival 2017
The Lucca Film Festival and Europa Cinema 2017, running from April 2 to 9 in Lucca and Viareggio, will honor American director Oliver Stone with a lifetime achievement award and a retrospective of his work. The festival also features European cinema heavyweights Aki Kaurismäki and Olivier Assayas, plus tributes to actors Valeria Golino and Willem Dafoe. British filmmaker Julien Temple, known for punk documentaries like The Filth and the Fury, will open a punk-themed exhibition on April 3 at Fondazione Ragghianti. A Fellini homage opens March 18 at GAMC Viareggio, displaying storyboard drawings by students for his unmade film Il Viaggio di Mastorna.
Key facts
- Oliver Stone receives lifetime achievement award at Lucca Film Festival and Europa Cinema 2017.
- Festival runs April 2–9 in Lucca and Viareggio.
- Retrospective of Oliver Stone's films from his early work to present.
- Aki Kaurismäki and Olivier Assayas are featured European directors.
- Tributes to actors Valeria Golino and Willem Dafoe.
- Julien Temple opens punk exhibition on April 3 at Fondazione Ragghianti.
- Fellini homage opens March 18 at GAMC Viareggio with storyboards for Il Viaggio di Mastorna.
- Temple's documentary The Filth and the Fury (2000) on Sex Pistols is noted.
Entities
Artists
- Oliver Stone
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Olivier Assayas
- Valeria Golino
- Willem Dafoe
- Julien Temple
- Federico Fellini
Institutions
- Lucca Film Festival
- Europa Cinema
- Fondazione Ragghianti
- GAMC Viareggio
Locations
- Lucca
- Italy
- Viareggio