This week, French actor Juliette Binoche wins Zurich’s Icon Award, Grasshopper takes “The American Sector” for North America, “Killing Eve” writer Rob Williams creates “Screw” for the U.K.’s Channel 4, and the World Economic Forum at Davos is postponed.The 16th annual Zurich Film Festival, running from Sept.
24 to Oct.
4, will award its most prestigious prize to French actor Juliette Binoche.
The Academy Award winner, who is presenting her recent film “La Bonne Épouse” at the fest, will receive the Golden Icon Award, marking the first time the prize has gone to a French actress.Binoche has appeared in more than 75 movies to date, working with the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, André Téchiné, Leos Carax, Kryszstof Kieslowski, Abbas Kiarostami, Claire Denis and Olivier Assayas.
“In the year that France is our guest country, it’s a great pleasure to honour a true icon of French cinema,
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