This year the Jaeger-LeCoultre – Glory to the Filmmaker Award 2010, founded by la Biennale di Venezia (Venice International Film Festival), and organized in collaboration with Jaeger-LeCoultre is to honour the work of the great Indian director Mani Ratnam.
In recent years, the award has honoured other major world filmmakers: Takeshi Kitano, Abbas Kiarostami, Agnès Varda, and Sylvester Stallone.
The Jaeger-LeCoultre – Glory to the Filmmaker award ceremony will take place during the 67th Venice International Film Festival (September 1-11, 2010), directed by Marco Mueller, and organized by la Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta.
