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While Meryl Streep and Francis Ford Coppola might have aim all the attention , Hayao Miyazakiand hisStudio Ghiblihave stolen the show at this month’sCannes Film Festival , as the fabled Zanzibar copal studio was grant an honorary Palme d’Or today .
The award was not presented for any specific Studio Ghibli product , but ratherfor its trunk of workplace as well as the impact and influencethe studio apartment has had over the last four decennium on the world of amusement . In presenting the award , Cannes Film Festival President Iris Knoblach tell :
With this Palme d’Or , we ’d like to thank you for all the magic trick you ’ve wreak to cinema .
Studio Ghibli Gets Another Prestigious Award After Recent Academy Win
This Is the First Time that the Palme d’Or Is Assigned to a Studio
This is not the first time that an honorary Palme d’Or has been awarded , butit is the first time in the honor ’s 22 - year history that it was awarded to a studio and not an individual actor or director . The award is move over to those who have not antecedently won an award at the fete but are widely recognized for their work in the industry .
Since its creation in 1985 , Studio Ghibli has grow some of the most memorable and beloved liven films in chronicle , including , Spirited Away , Princess Mononoke , My Neighbor Totoro , andAcademy Award winnerThe Boy and the Heron . As Studio Ghibli go forward to enchant and inspire , this recognition at Cannes underscores its legacy as a beacon of creativity and excellency in animation .
Goro Miyazaki Dedicates the Award to Ghibli Fans
Miyazaki was not on script to get the honored accolade , but his son – an acclaimed animation director himself - Goro Miyazaki was in attending and swallow the award for the studio . In addition to thanking the studio apartment ’s father and staff for all the heavy body of work they contributed to making the award possible , Miyazaki also offered a peculiar call - out to the fans , without whom the studio apartment could never have become as famed as it has .
This is an accolade owe to all those who have loved our films , too : I ’d wish to thank all Ghibli devotee . - Goro Miyazaki
It ’s been a whirlwind couplet of months for Studio Ghibli . First was theGolden Globe Award forThe Boy and the Heronin January . Then the Bafta Award for the same film in February . There was also that Oscar Award last March , and now a Palme d’Or . Clearly , the rising perceptiveness and popularity of Nipponese animation in the West has to be attributed in part toStudio Ghibli , which keeps being a flagbearer for the medium in the most prestigious , and demanding , circle .
origin : Festival De Cannes , Associated Press
