US filmmaker Todd Haynes 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 57th Directors’ Fortnight, which will unspool from 14-22 May as an integral part of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

Having taken part in the Fortnight with Safe in 1995, Haynes has been in the Cannes competition four times, with Velvet Goldmine in 1998 (Award for Best Artistic Contribution), Carol [+lee también:
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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, Souleymane Cissé and Andrea Arnold.