RIFF is proud to announce that Jim Jarmusch will be a guest of honor at the seventh edition of the festival, which takes place from September 23 to October 3 this fall. Jarmusch will receive RIFF’s honorary award for his lifetime achievement, which will be presented by the president of Iceland, Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson.
Jarmusch is without a doubt among the most important independent filmmakers of our time. Some of his best known films include Night On Earth (1991), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005) and The Limits of Control (2009).
Jarmusch has been characterized as a minimalist filmmaker, and his idiosyncratic films unhurried. His films often eschew traditional narrative structure, lacking clear plot progression and focusing more on mood and character development.
He won the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes film festival for Broken Flowers in 2005, and has been nominated for the Golden Palm five times. He also won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for Stranger Than Paradise in 1984.
Three of Jarmusch’s films will be screened at RIFF. In addition, You Are Not I (1981) will be screened at the festival – a film Jarmusch made with his wife, Sara Driver, who will be joining him in Iceland.