Jackie Chan to be honoured with career achievement award at Locarno Film Festival 2025
Action star
Jackie Chan
will receive the career achievement honour at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, the organisers announced on Tuesday. Chan, who has featured in films like "The Fearless Hyena" (1979), "Who Am I?" (1998) and "Police Story" (1985), will be honoured on August 9, according to the festival's official website.
Giona A Nazzaro
, artistic director of the festival said Chan's influence has "rewritten the rules of
Hollywood cinema
".
"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.
"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," Nazzaro said in a statement.
Last year, Bollywood superstar
Shah Rukh Khan
was felicitated with the award.
The festival will take place between August 6 and August 16.
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