New York, NY (March 1, 2018) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center is pleased to announce Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vin Diesel, and Taylor Hackford as the first round of presenters for the 45th Chaplin Award Gala honoring Helen Mirren on Monday, April 30, 2018 in Alice Tully Hall.
Dancer/actor Baryshnikov and director Hackford worked with Mirren on the 1985 Cold War drama White Nights. Hackford and Mirren, who had first met on the set of that film, would later marry in 1997. Vin Diesel and Mirren appeared together in 2017’s The Fate of the Furious.
The Chaplin Award Gala will celebrate the Academy Award–winning actress and beloved figure of stage, screen, and television who has bestowed upon the world a series of iconic performances in a career spanning more than fifty years. The annual event will be attended by a host of notable guests and presenters and will include movie and interview clips, culminating in the presentation of the Chaplin Award.
The gala is the Film Society’s largest annual fundraiser, and aids its mission to support the art and craft of cinema and enrich film culture via year-round programming; education initiatives; Film Comment magazine; Artist, Critic, and Industry academies; and much more.
The Film Society’s Annual Gala began in 1972 when it honored Charlie Chaplin, who returned to the U.S. from exile to accept the commendation. Since then, the award has been renamed for Chaplin, and has been presented to many of the film industry’s most notable talents, including Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Laurence Olivier, Federico Fellini, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, James Stewart, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sidney Poitier, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, and, last year, Robert De Niro.
For information about attending the gala, please contact our Patron’s Desk at [email protected] or call (212) 875-5076. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact [email protected] or call (212) 671-4559. Tickets are on sale now; for more information visit filmlinc.org/gala.
FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is devoted to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema. The only branch of the world-renowned arts complex Lincoln Center to shine a light on the everlasting yet evolving importance of the moving image, this nonprofit organization was founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international film. Via year-round programming and discussions; its annual New York Film Festival; and its publications, including Film Comment, the U.S.’s premier magazine about films and film culture, the Film Society endeavors to make the discussion and appreciation of cinema accessible to a broader audience, as well as to ensure that it will remain an essential art form for years to come.
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