Jackie Chan, 71, will be honoured with the lifetime career award, at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, the organisers announced on Tuesday, April 29.
The martial arts master will receive the award on August 9, according to the festival's official website.
As per PTI, Giona A Nazzaro, artistic director of the festival said Jackie Chan's influence has "rewritten the rules of Hollywood cinema".
"Director, producer, actor, screenwriter, choreographer, singer, athlete, and daredevil stuntman, Jackie Chan is both a key figure in contemporary Asian cinema and one whose influence has rewritten the rules of Hollywood cinema," he said in a statement.
"From his years at the China Drama Academy under Master Yu Jim-Yuen, working at a very young age as a stuntman in King Hu라이브 바카라 masterpiece A Touch of Zen, Chan has continually reinvented martial arts cinema and much beyond it."
As per a report in Variety, Chan will introduce his early films Project A (1983) and Police Story (1985) – which he directed and also starred in them. The films will be part of the tribute. He will also hold an onstage conversation in Locarno on August 10.
Chan is not just a great actor but he has also co-directed, stunt-directed, and produced many of his movies. He started his career as a child actor in the 60s. His major hits were in 1978 with the films Snake in the Eagle라이브 바카라 Shadow and Drunken Master.
By the 90s, Chan was Asia라이브 바카라 highest grossing action star. 1998 film Rush Hour reinforced his career in Hollywood and he earned the status of a global superstar.
Jackie Chan received an honorary Oscar in 2017.
Coming back to the Locarno Film Festival, last year, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The festival is scheduled to take between August 6 and August 16, 2025.
