Jessica Lange: CineMerit Award for the Oscar winner

Jessica Lange (75) is honored for her contributions to the film. The US actress, who has won an Oscar and five Golden Globes for “Tootsie” and “Operation Blue Sky”, among others, will be presented with the CineMerit Award at the Munich Film Festival this year. This was announced by the management of the festival.

The aim of the award is to honor great artists “who come to Munich with a project close to their hearts and important topics,” festival director Christoph Gröner and artistic co-director Julia Weigl are quoted as saying in a statement. “Jessica Lange is a wonderful fit for us. She has been constantly reinventing herself as an actress for many decades.”

Jessica Lange: Films and photos in Munich

As the statement goes on to say, Lange will present the audience in the Bavarian capital a selection of films that are “particularly close to her heart.” There will also be an exhibition lasting several weeks with selected photographs of the actress in the German Theater Museum, which will open with a vernissage on July 1st. The focus of the recordings is on moments captured during the Corona lockdown in New York City. This year the Munich Film Festival will take place from June 28th to July 7th.

Since 1997, personalities from the film business have been honored with the CineMerit Award for their achievements at the Munich Film Festival. Previous award winners include German and international stars such as Barbara Sukowa (74), Mario Adorf (93), Senta Berger (82), Michael Caine (91), Susan Sarandon (77), Robin Wright (58), Antonio Banderas (63) or Bryan Cranston (68).