Festival to celebrate 'Galway girl' Huston
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Anjelica Huston: Star spent much of childhood in Galway. Photo: Getty Images
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By Senan Hogan
Monday Jun 29 2009
OSCAR-winning actress Anjelica Huston is to be honoured at next month's 21st Galway Film Fleadh.
Huston, star of films such as 'The Addams Family', will be presented with the event's inaugural Galway Hooker award -- named after the famous local fishing boat.
The actress spent much of her childhood in Co Galway where her father, filmmaker John Huston had a home in Craughwell.
She also attended Kylemore Abbey girls' schools in the '60s.
Fleadh spokesman Felim MacDermott said: "It is very fitting that Angelica is our guest of honour in our 21st year, as in our very first Fleadh, in 1989, she featured with her father John in a documentary about the local Galway Blazers hunt.
"Angelica will also introduce some of her films, such as James Joyce's 'The Dead', which was directed by her father, during a mini-retrospective of her work at the Fleadh."
Huston, aged 58, will also take part in a public interview in the Town Hall Theatre on July 12 where audience members can ask her questions.
Huston received the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role as Maerose Prizzi in the black comedy 'Prizzi's Honor' in which she starred opposite Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner.
In 2005, she received a Golden Globe Award for her role in 'Iron Jawed Angels', which co-starred Hilary Swank .
Huston currently serves on the board of directors at NUI Galway's John Huston School of Film and Digital Media. She is also a campaigner for animal rights group, PETA, and the US Campaign for Burma.
Previous guests of honour at the Film Fleadh, which is funded by the Arts Council, have included Peter O'Toole, Jeremy Irons and Donal McCann.
The event, which runs from July 7 -- 12, features masterclasses, debates, workshops and seminars. It attracts directors, actors, cinematographers and artists from around the world.
- Senan Hogan
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