09/04/2024 - The British filmmaker will be in Cannes on 15 May to pick up the prize handed out each year by the French Directors’ Association (SRF)

Director Andrea Arnold (© Oscilloscope Pictures)

UK filmmaker Andrea Arnold is set to receive the Carrosse d’Or (also known as the Golden Coach) handed out by the French Directors’ Association (SRF) at the opening ceremony of the 56th Directors’ Fortnight, which will unspool from 15-25 May as an integral part of the 77th Cannes Film Festival.

Arnold has been selected in competition at Cannes three times, and on each occasion, she has garnered the Jury Prize (in 2006 with Red Road [+see also:
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Intended to reward a filmmaker chosen for the pioneering qualities of their films, their boldness, and the rigour of their direction and production, the Carrosse d’Or (which was first handed out in 2002) has, in the past, been awarded to Jacques Rozier, Clint Eastwood, Nanni Moretti, Ousmane Sembene, David Cronenberg, Alain Cavalier, Jim Jarmusch, Naomi Kawase, Agnès Varda, Jafar Panahi, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Jane Campion, Alain Resnais, Jia Zhangke, Aki Kaurismäki, Werner Herzog, Martin Scorsese, John Carpenter, Frederick Wiseman, Kelly Reichardt and Souleymane Cissé.