Jeremy Renner will join Casey Affleck as a recipient of the KVIFF Festival President’s Award at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The Oscar nominee, best known for his roles in “The Hurt Locker,” “The Avengers” and the last two “Mission: Impossible” films, will accept the honor at the festival’s closing ceremony on July 8. Renner will also present his latest film, “Wind River,” during the course of the nine-day festival.
In a statement, Jiří Bartoška, president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival noted, “I am thrilled that Jeremy Renner will be accepting an award at this year’s Karlovy Vary festival. Jeremy is an actor with a highly diverse filmography that includes both audience favourites as well as critically acclaimed films. One example is ‘Wind River,’ which recently won the Prize for Best Direction in the Un Certain Regard competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and which Jeremy Renner will present at Karlovy Vary in person.”
It was also revealed that Uma Thurman will accept the Festival President’s Award on the occasion of the gala Opening Ceremony on June 30. The “Pulp Fiction” star most recently served as the head of the Un Certain Regard jury at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival last month.
KVIFF previously announced that Best Actor winner Casey Affleck would be honored and his most recent film, “A Ghost Story,” would also screen during the festival.
Additionally, the festival announced that Michael Showalter’s Sundance hit “The Big Sick,” written by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon and starring Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan, is the opening night film.
Outside of the competition films other notable pictures screening at the festival include “Baby Driver,” “The Beguiled,” “God’s Own Country,” “Good Time,” “How To Talk To Girls At Parties,” “I Am Heath Ledger,” “In The Fade,” “Jupiter’s Moon,” “Menashe,” “The Nile Hilton Incident“ and “Whitney: Can I Be Me,” among others.
The 2017 KarlovyVary International Film Festival runs June 30-July 8.