The French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Copenhagen International Film Festival.

Belle du jour, The Tin Drum, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Cyrano de Bergerac – powerful and popular moments in film history that span a whole generation, but who knows the man who has written the screenplays? Jean-Claude Carrière has written the screenplays for more than 130 films, and especially his literary adaptations have earned him recognition – amongst others The Unbearable Lightness of Being, based on Milan Kundera’s novel, and Cyrano de Bergerac, with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role.

”No screenwriter has had as big an influence on European film as Jean-Claude Carrière”, says program director Jacob Neiiendam. ”His versatility, the high level of his output and the quality of his work distinguish him as a truly unique writer. In a year when we honour the work of screenwriters, it is obvious that he should be the recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award. At his master class, everyone can find out what makes him so exceptional. That’s something we can look forward to.”
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