Jackie Chan To Receive Career Achievement Award At Locarno Film Festival After Shah Rukh Khan
Jackie Chan will receive a career achievement award at the 78th Locarno Film Festival for his contributions to action cinema. The festival runs from August 6 to August 16.
Martial arts legend and global cinema icon Jackie Chan is set to be honoured with a prestigious career achievement award at the 78th Locarno Film Festival, organisers confirmed on Tuesday. Widely celebrated for his unmatched contribution to action cinema, Jackie rose to superstardom in the 1990s as Asia's top-grossing actor.
Beyond his charismatic screen presence, he also made his mark behind the camera, directing cult classics such as The Fearless Hyena (1979), Police Story (1985), and Who Am I (1998), blending comedy, stunts, and storytelling into a signature style that continues to inspire generations.
Giona A. Nazzaro, the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival, praised Jackie Chan's extraordinary impact on global cinema while announcing the honour. 'Director, producer, actor, screenwriter, choreographer, singer, athlete, and daredevil stuntman, Jackie Chan is both a key figure in contemporary Asian cinema and one whose influence has rewritten the rules of Hollywood cinema," he said in a statement.
'From his years at the China Drama Academy under Master Yu Jim-Yuen, working at a very young age as a stuntman in King Hu's masterpiece A Touch of Zen, Chan has continually reinvented martial arts cinema and much beyond it."
The festival will take place between August 6 and August 16.
Last year, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan made history as the first Indian to receive the prestigious Pardo alla Carriera (or Career Leopard) at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.
(With inputs from PTI)
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