Oliver Stone to be presented with Outstanding Achievement Award at Shanghai Film Festival

The globally celebrated veteran filmmaker, Oliver Stone, who has 9 Academy Awards, 10 Golden Globes and 4 BAFTA trophies in his name, will be presented with a special honour at the upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival. He will receive the annual Outstanding Achievement Award at the prestigious film festival.

The festival’s organisers issued a statement saying the veteran American director will also attend a Q&A’s session after his seven films get screened, including JFK, Wall Street, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Savages. Stone will also adorn the seat at a panel of filmmakers during a masterclass for directors in Shanghai. The festival committee has not released the complete list of Stone’s films to be screened at the fest and not even the other guests’ list who would attend the masterclass.

Last year the special award was given to American producer Mike Medavoy. Stone will make a victorious comeback to the Chinese city after he attended the inaugural year of the event in 1993. Then he appeared as a jury member for the Golden Goblet award at the festival. His popular films JFK, Salvador and Talk Radio were also screened at that time. Till now the organisers have only released the main poster of the event along with a promotional trailer. The event will take place between June 15 and June 23. A film market will be organised from June 17 to June 19. The entire plans of the programme will be declared on May 20.