CIMA President Cristina Andreu, in an interview with the Associated Press (AP), was “very surprised” by the festival’s announced Monday decision to award Johnny Depp the Donostia award for the 69th event, which runs from September 17th to 25th.
“It says a lot about the festival and its leadership and sends a terrible message to the public:“ It doesn’t matter if you are an offender, if you are a good actor, ”said Cristina Andreu.
CIMA, which has close ties to the San Sebastian festival, “is exploring the next steps to be taken,” he added.
In 2018, Johnny Depp accused a British tabloid of defamation for publishing an article about attacks on his ex-wife and lost in court.
In March of this year, a British court denied the actor the opportunity to appeal the decision on the attack on his ex-wife, American model and actress Amber Heard, believing that his attempt to overturn the decision “had no real prospect. “.
After this incident, Depp dropped out of the next movie in the Fantastic Monsters saga, with the result that the specialized magazine Variety wondered if the actor’s career could survive.
The Donostia Prize of the San Sebastian Festival was established in 1986 to “celebrate the outstanding contributions to the world of cinema by great figures who will forever remain in its history”.
Recognized by the festival as “one of the most talented and versatile actors in contemporary cinema,” Depp is set to receive the award on September 22 for the third time at the Basque Festival.
He directed his first film in 1984 with A Nightmare on Elm Street, in 1984 when he starred six years later in Tim Burton’s Eduardo Maos de Scissors and Who Doesn’t Cry No … Loves John Waters.
Three Oscar nominated, Golden Globe winner (2008 for Sweeney Todd, also Tim Burton), he also won the Best Actor Award from the Union of Professions for his role in the first film in a movie. saga “Piratas das Caribbean”.
“Depp played writers, undercover or fugitive cops, in which he was put alongside such figures as Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Helena Bonham Carter, Javier Bardem, Kate Winslet, Mark Rylance, Dustin Hoffman, Judy … “Dench, Antonio Banderas, John Malkovich, Marion Cotillard, Forrest Whitaker, Al Pacino, Benedict Cumberbatch, Morgan Freeman, Benicio del Toro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christopher Plummer and many others” recalled the festival.
In the past, the Donostia Award has been awarded to personalities such as Gregory Peck, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Robert Mitchum, Al Pacino, Ethan Hawke and Sigourney Weaver, among others.
This year, Depp will also be celebrated at the Czech Festival in Karlovy Vary, announced today the organization of this event, which will also be celebrated by British actor Michael Caine.
