Paris June 11 (IANS) Veteran actress Jane Fonda will receive this years Lumiere Award at the 10th Lumiere Festival in Lyon France.
Describing the Oscar-winning actress festival director Thierry Fremaux said Fonda is "a feminist activist and she remains a star" reports variety.com.
The festival said it was honouring Fonda for an "acting career that has led her from (directors) Sydney Pollack to Arthur Penn from Rene Clement to Roger Vadim; for her willingness to embody fierce independence from a young age".
Fonda said: "I am honoured to be invited to the Lumiere Festival in Lyon."
The actress follows Lumiere Award winners such as filmmaker Wong Kar-wai actress Catherine Deneuve filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino.
The festival will take place from October 13 to 21.

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