Reward that has distinguished personalities since 2015 which, through their careers and their commitment, the women in Motion 2025 prize will be awarded this year to actress and producer Nicole Kidman.
This is one of the queens of the Cannes Film Festival – and international cinema – which will be honored during the official Women in Motion dinner organized during the 78th edition of the cinephile meeting. Award that has distinguished, since 2015, personalities who, through their career and their commitment, since 2015, the Women in Motion 2025 prize will be awarded this year to actress and producer Nicole Kidman, who hadn’t surveyed the Croisette since the special prize that had been given to her during the 70th edition in 2017. “For this anniversary edition of Women in Motion, the choice of Nicole Kidman, who fully embodied the program. obvious. Through her artistic requirement, her choices committed and her concrete action to develop representations in cinema, she strengthens with force what Women in Motion has defended for ten years, “said François-Henri Pinault, CEO of Kering in the press release.
“Nicole Kidman is an immense actress. She also marked the history of the Cannes Film Festival when she opened it spectacularly with Moulin Rouge in 2001. Her rich filmography, of which she is the patient author, and her masterful and disturbing interpretations marked the history of contemporary cinema. She lent her artistic agility and her infinite sensitivity to the best filmmakers of her time. Role after role, and with nuances, forces and cracks specific to each character, she embodied women who free themselves from the shackles. “Added Thierry Frémaux, general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Goodwill ambassador for women
Revealed by the Australian psychological thriller “Calm Blanc”, directed by Phillip Noyce in 1989, the native of Honolulu has one of the most beautiful filmographies in world cinema. She collaborated with the greatest filmmakers (Stanley Kubrick, Jane Campion, Lars Von Trier, Baz Luhrmann, Sofia Coppola, Gus Van Sant, Stephen Daldry), won multiple awards – an Oscar for “The Hours”, six Golden Globes, a silver bear, as well as a special price in Cannes.
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Also a producer, Nicole Kidman also committed a lot for the cause of women. Ambassador of good will for UN Women, a role she continues to exercise. She helped raise millions of dollars for the benefit of Stanford Women’s Cancer Program and the Vanderbil-Ingram Cancer Center. In 2024, she became the 49th winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Film Institute, the highest distinction awarded for a career in cinema, and the first Australian to receive it.
