Polish film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter Krzysztof Zanussi has been selected for the lifetime achievement award of the 28th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) beginning here on December 8.
The award comprises a cash prize of ₹10 lakh, a statuette, and citation. As many as six films of Mr. Zanussi including Perfect Number, The Illumination, The Contract, Spiral, Foreign Body, and A Year of the Quiet Sun, will be exhibited at the festival. A press note quoting Minister for Culture Saji Cherian said the award would be presented at the concluding ceremony of IFFK on December 15.
Born 1939 in Warsaw, Mr. Zanussi is a graduate of the National Film School in Lords. His first feature film Structure of Crystals is considered one of the most defining works of the third wave of Polish cinema. His most noteworthy films including The Illumination, Camouflage, Family Life, and Spiral were produced in the seventies. His later works like Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease, Foreign Body, The Perfect Number, and Eter also won acclaim.
