Latest news with #WhoAmI?
Deccan Herald
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Deccan Herald
Jackie Chan to be honoured with career achievement award at Locarno Film Festival 2025
Chan, who was Asia's highest-grossing action star during the 1990's has also directed a number of films, including 'The Fearless Hyena' (1979), 'Who Am I?' (1998) and 'Police Story' (1985).
Time of India
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Jackie Chan to be honoured with career achievement award at Locarno Film Festival 2025
Action star Jackie Chan is set to receive a career achievement award at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on August 9th. The festival's artistic director, Giona A Nazzaro, praised Chan's significant influence on both Asian and Hollywood cinema, highlighting his multifaceted career as a director, actor, and stuntman. The festival is scheduled to take place from August 6th to 16th. 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.
