10 · 16 · 23 Jodie Foster Will Receive the UNAM Film Archive Medal at 21st FICM Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Extraordinary actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster, Special Guest of the 21st edition of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), will be presented with the UNAM Film Archive Medal. In a career spanning over 50 years, Jodie Foster has worked with notable filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Robert Zemeckis, Roman Polanski, Jean Pierre Jeunet and David Fincher. She made her motion picture directorial debut in 1991, and went on to direct Home for the Holidays and Money Monster, among other, as well as TV shows episodes. The UNAM Film Archive Medal was created in 1987 to acknowledge figures whose work has enriched world film heritage, in all its aspects. Designed by sculptor Lorenzo Rafael, the UNAM Film Archive Medal is made of 99.9% pure silver extracted during the development process at the Film Archive's laboratories. The medal's design shows the coat of arms of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) on the front and the Film Archive logo on the back. Figures such as Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Huppert, Willem Dafoe, Béla Tarr, Paweł Pawlikowski, James Ivory and Olivia Harrison have been presented with the UNAM Film Archive Medal at FICM. The Medal will be awarded to Jodie Foster on October 26 at 4:15pm at Cinépolis Morelia Centro. The 21st FICM will take place from October 20 to 29 in Morelia, Michoacán, with online screenings via Canal 22 and FilminLatino.
