Isabelle Huppert will not attend Berlin to receive her Honorary Golden Bear after it was announced today that the actress has tested positive for Covid in Paris, however the ceremony will go ahead.
Huppert was set to collect the award for lifetime achievement on Tuesday (15) at 9.45 pm local time at the Berlinale Palast. The festival said she will “tune in live from Paris to assist the ceremony and to speak to her audience”.
“Considering that Isabelle Huppert is not feeling sick and she is willing to support the festival we have decided to go on with the award ceremony,” said Berlinale directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian.
“As she cannot come, we will send our love and admiration to her home in Paris. We look forward to having her in Berlin another time.”
Huppert’s latest film About Joan (À Propos de Joan) will screen as a Berlinale Special Gala after the ceremony, however the event ’Berlinale Homage: In Conversation With Isabelle Huppert’ planned with her at Berlinale Talents has been cancelled.
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