British star Naomi Watts will receive the San Sebastián Film Festival’s prestigious Donostia Award during its 74th edition in September.
She joins legendary German director Werner Herzog whose Donostia Award was announced early August.
Watts will pick up her Award on Saturday, Sept. 19 and screen “The Housewife, directorial debut of Canadian Ben Shirinian.”
“Watts combines independent films with big productions on both the big and the small screen,” the San Sebastián Film Festival said in a statement, calling her “one of her generation’s most talented and award-winning actresses.
Born in England, but achieving a career in the U.S. and beyond, Watts broke out in David Lynch’s “Mullholland Drive, where her performance is “ranked among the finest in contemporary cinema,” said the San Sebastián Festival.
