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Kim Novak to Receive Life Achievement Honor at Venice Film Festival
- At the 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival, held from August 27 to September 6, 2025, Kim Novak will be honored with the prestigious Golden Lion award recognizing her lifelong contributions to cinema.
- The award recognizes Novak's independent career, including her mid-1950s debut, break with Hollywood by 1966, and her iconic roles, especially in Hitchcock's Vertigo.
- The festival will also premiere Alexandre Philippe's documentary Kim Novak's Vertigo, produced with Novak's collaboration and focusing on her legacy.
- Novak expressed heartfelt gratitude upon being honored with the esteemed Golden Lion Award, describing the acknowledgment as a long-held dream realized at this stage in her life.
- Venice's Artistic Director Alberto Barbera praised Novak as an emancipated rebel who shaped Hollywood dreams before retiring to Oregon to pursue painting and horse care.
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The organizers of the 82nd edition of the Italian festival, which will take place from 27 August to 6 September, set the veil on a first major distinction: a Lion gold will be handed over to the American actress for his entire career.
Rome. American actress Kim Novak, famous for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo, will receive the Golden Lion on track at the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, the organizers announced yesterday.
Kim Novak awarded Venice lifetime achievement award
Hollywood actress Kim Novak, 92, best known for portraying the double life of a woman in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo", has been awarded Venice's lifetime achievement award, the film festival said on Monday. Despite a short-lived career, Novak became "a living legend, earning her rightful place in history, with the respect…
With her performance in »Vertigo«, she wrote film history, and early on she sought out against sexism in Hollywood: Kim Novak is now honored for her life's work at the Venice Film Festival.
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