Martin Scorsese to receive Honorary Golden Bear at Berlinale

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The 74th Berlin International Film Festival will award US-director, producer and screenwriter Martin Scorsese the Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement in an award ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on February 20, 2024.

“For anyone who considers cinema as the art of shaping a story in such a way that is at both completely personal and universal; Martin Scorsese is an unmatched role model. His films have accompanied our history as spectators and human beings, his characters have lived and grown within us, his view of history and mankind has helped us to understand and question who we are and where we come from. It is a great pleasure to welcome once more a good friend of the festival and offer him our most prestigious prize of honor,“ says the Berlinale director duo Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian.

Since the 1970s, the Oscar-winning director has been one of the most influential filmmakers in the world of cinema. The directorial works of the Italian American with Sicilian roots alone comprise more than 70 films. Many of his works have written film history, and the versatility of his oeuvre is unique.

The Berlinale associates Scorsese with presenting many of his films – including the spectacular concert film “Shine a Light“ about the Rolling Stones, which opened the Berlinale 2008. In addition, some Berlinale Classics were supported by “The Film Foundation” and the world's first exhibition on the director was shown by the Deutsche Kinemathek from January to May 2013.