Peter Jackson will receive an honorary Palme d'Or during the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on May 12th. The festival described his work as a combination of Hollywood blockbusters and auteur cinema with "extraordinary artistic vision and technological audition." Jackson, who first came to Cannes in 1988 with *Bad Taste* and presented footage of *The Fellowship of the Ring* in 2001, considers the award one of the greatest privileges of his career. Thierry Frémaux states that Jackson has permanently transformed Hollywood cinema and emphasizes that he is, above all, an exceptional storyteller.

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