Kate Winslet will be honored with the Munich International Film Festival’s CineMerit Award. The Oscar winner’s movie Lee will also have its European premiere at the Festival.
Winslet joins the Jessica Lange, as previously announced, in receiving the Cinemerit accolade this year.
Lee tells the story of war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller. Winslet plays Lee and was also a producer on the film, which was the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). The movie had its world premiere at Toronto. The cast includes Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Josh O’Connor and Andy Samberg.
In its review of the movie, Deadline said it is a “thoughtful attempt to step back from what Miller actually did and to focus on the way she actually did it, usually with little encouragement and hardly any gratitude.”
“We’re delighted that Kate Winslet will be celebrating the film’s European premiere with us in Munich,” said Festival director Christoph Gröner and artistic co-director Julia Weigl in a joint statement. “‘Lee’ is a wonderfully intense character portrait. It’s important to us that the Munich International Film Festival, with its many films and voices, sends a clear signal for democracy, diversity, and cohesion,”
Winslet will accept the CineMerit Award after a screening of Lee. There will also be a sit-down talk with the actor and producer. Lee will be released in German cinemas in September.
The 41st Munich International Film Festival runs from June 28 through July 7.
