Zhang Ziyi won the Lumiere Film Festival's first Honorary Achievement Award

  “I love movies.”On the afternoon of October 11, local time, Zhang Ziyi said this sentence in Chinese at the 18th Lumiere Film Festival in France.She didn't know in advance that she would get this surprise, and she was so excited that she cried when she received the first Lumière Film Festival Honorary Achievement Award.

Zhang Ziyi is the first winner of this newly established award.The award is jointly certified by the Director of the Lumière Society and the Chairman of the Film Festival to recognize filmmakers who have made significant contributions to the global film industry.Thierry Frémaux personally presented the award in front of about 5,000 spectators.The film festival also presented a commemorative certificate made from the first frame of the Lumiere Brothers' Factory Gate, which recorded the scene of workers walking out of the factory gate.

The day before, Zhang Ziyi made an appearance at the opening ceremony as an honorary guest, announced the opening of the film festival in Chinese, and appeared on the front page of the official daily.Her trip also brought《Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon》French premiere of 4K restored version.

《 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 》 Hero 《 The Grandmaster 》 forms an important part of her international film resume.Over the years, she has also participated in international film festival juries and film cultural exchanges. She has won the Lumière Film Festival Special Honor Award, the Shanghai International Film Festival Chinese Film Outstanding Contribution Award, the Asian Film Awards Outstanding Asian Filmmaker Award, the Oscar Museum Golden Bridge Heritage Award, the New York Chinese Film Festival Asian Outstanding Artist Award, and the Rome International Film Festival Personality Actress Award.

This film festival also arranged a master class for her on October 12.This is the third time she has been invited to exchange film creation experiences in the form of a master class after the Cannes and Asian Film Awards.