We’re delighted to announce that screen legend Isabelle Huppert will receive the DIFF Volta Award and be a special guest for the upcoming festival.
Festival Director Gráinne Humphreys said, “One of the finest actors of her generation, Isabelle Huppert has made an indelible impression on world cinema, her fearless performances, boundless curiosity and incredible work rate has defined modern French cinema. We relish the opportunity with our Festival audience to celebrate her career and her immense talent in presenting her with our Volta Award in person in Dublin.”
With a film career spanning six decades, Isabelle Huppert is renowned as being one of France’s hardest working and most accomplished actors. From early roles such as Claude Goretta’s The Lacemaker, for which she received the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer, through to her numerous roles working across different genres with Claude Chabrol, she has received scores of awards for her work, not least France’s highest honour the Légion d’Honneur. Huppert’s recent cinema roles include Mia Hansen Love’s Things To Come, Michael Haneke’s Happy End, Neil Jordan’s Greta, Anthony Fabian Mrs Harris goes to Paris, and Paul Verhoeven’s Elle (for which she won a César, US Gotham Award, Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress).
Huppert will be awarded our career achievement award, the Volta, named in honour of Ireland’s first dedicated cinema in Dublin, established by James Joyce in 1909. One of the highest accolades in Irish film, previous Volta Award recipients include Daniel Day Lewis, Al Pacino, Kristin Scott Thomas and Thierry Frémaux. Madame Huppert will be presented with the Volta at a special ‘In Conversation’ event. We are also excited to screen Madame Huppert’s new film, Sidonie au Japon, directed by Elise Girard.
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