Kate Winslet Honoured with The Lifetime Achievement Award at Deutsches Theater in Munich, Germany
Kate Winslet received the CineMerit Award at the 2024 Munich International Film Festival for her contributions to cinema. The award, presented by David Kross, celebrated her influence, especially highlighted in her passionate project "Lee," showcasing war photographer Lee Miller.
Actress Kate Winslet was honoured at the 2024 Munich International Film Festival with the CineMerit Award also known as the Lifetime Achievement Award on Tuesday for her valuable contribution to cinema.
The grand festival was held at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, Germany.
The 48-year-old, Oscar, Emmy and Grammy winner looked elegant in a formal white suit and was presented with the award by her co-star from The Reader, David Kross.
Addressing the cheering crowd, Kate said, “It’s like I’m a film star!”
“No really, this is not how I usually get treated…I’m just going to lap it up”, she continued.
Kate Winslet was praised by David Kross for being a guide and inspiration in his initial years of acting when he was just seventeen years old.
David said, “16 years ago when I was just 17 years old, had only made two films and had just left school. And you were Kate Winslet.”
He joked how fantastic it was to celebrate his eighteenth birthday with Kate on the sets of The Reader.
“I’m still very thankful for the way you made me feel at ease when working on those very intimate scenes, you created a safe space and helped me understand the process, patiently, empathetically, and most of all with a lot of humor”, David said.
At the awards, Kate spoke about her most passionate project Lee for which she is also a producer. The movie is based on the intriguing life of a one-time fashion model Lee Miller who transformed herself into a war photographer for Vogue magazine. Lee covered events such as the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau.
Lee’s work as a photojournalist during World War II was used to show the world the dark side of war.
Producer Kate Solomon praised Winslet for capturing Lee Miller’s empathy which was the key element the photographer brought to her work and transformed the face of war photography.
“Before her, war photography was mainly things like planting the flag, tanks and such,” she said, “[but] what Lee saw were the civilians, the people affected, the refugees. What we now think of as photojournalism, as war correspondence [comes from that].”
Kate Winslet explained that Lee Miller was determined to reveal the truth through her work which eventually destroyed her.
The Munich Film Festival is scheduled to last until July 7.