SMITH LANDS INDIE FILMMAKER HONOUR
KEVIN SMITH is to follow in the footsteps of directors JOHN WATERS and GU Y MADDIN - he will be handed the prestigious Filmmaker on the Edge Award at this year’s (10) Provincetown Film Festival.
Smith will accept the honour - handed out since 1999 for a boundary-pus hing body of work - during the event, which runs 16-20 June (10) in Provi ncetown, Massachusetts.
The Clerks filmmaker isn’t the only A-list name to be honoured at the f estival - actress Tilda Swinton will receive an accolade for excellence i n acting, and directing duo Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will be give n the Faith Hubley Memorial Award, last handed out in 2008 to actress Jan e Lynch.
The festival’s executive director Gabby Hanna says: "We are thrilled wi th these four award recipients. They each represent the spirit and artist ic voice of what independent filmmaking is today."
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