The next Cannes Film Festival is to be held on May 18
Nicole Kidman Set to Be Honored with Prestigious Award at Cannes Film Festival. Nicole Kidman is set to receive the Women in Motion award at the Cannes Film Festival.
The 57-year-old actress and producer has been confirmed as the next recipient of the annual honor at the prestigious film festival in the south of France.
“I am honored to join the list of extraordinary women who have received this honor before me – artists and trailblazers whom I deeply admire,” Kidman said in a statement.
“The Cannes Film Festival has been a part of my life for over 30 years and I am thrilled to add this incredible recognition to the many memories I have made here,” she added.
The world-renowned film festival has previously honored Jane Fonda, Patty Jenkins, Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Viola Davis, Michelle Yeoh and Salma Hayek.
François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, a long-time participant of the Cannes Film Festival, said, “For this anniversary edition of Women in Motion, Nicole Kidman, who perfectly embodies the spirit of the program, was an obvious choice.
“Through her artistic standards, her determined choices and her concrete action to change representation in cinema, she is a powerful example of what Women in Motion has been championing for a decade,” Variety quoted the businessman as saying.
The upcoming honor comes months after Kidman and Pinault’s wife Salma Hayek put an end to rumors of a feud by hugging each other on the 2025 Golden Globes red carpet after an initial tense standoff at the Balenciaga show at Paris Fashion Week in October 2024.
