IFFI Goa 2023: Michael Douglas to be conferred with Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award

Veteran Hollywood actor Michael Douglas will be conferred with the prestigious Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award at the International Film Festival of India, which is scheduled to take place in Panjim, Goa from November 20 to 28 this year.

Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur took to social media to make the announcement.

The I&B Minister wrote, ‘I'm delighted to announce that Michael Douglas, the distinguished Hollywood Actor and Producer, will be honoured with the prestigious Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award at the 54th International Film Festival Goa. His deep love for our country, is well known, and we look forward to welcome him, Catherine Zeta Jones and their son, to the most prominent Film Festival in South Asia to showcase our rich cinematic culture and unique traditions at #IFFI54!! A heartfelt welcome to Bharat and @IFFIGoa (namaste emoji).’

Michael receives invite
Michael was invited to IFFI by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan when he visited the Indian Pavillion at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.

‘We are conducting our film festival in Goa from November 20 to November 28. This is the 54th edition, I’m welcoming you. I expect your visit and presence along with your entire family to our festival. We will bring our traditions, culture, diversity, languages and food culture to Goa,’ he told Douglas.

Michael had also said at the Cannes Film Festival that he and Catherine would like to explore South India on their next trip.

Michael’s work front
Michael was last seen in Peyton Reed's Marvel film ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’. He will next star in Roberto Sneider's ‘Blood Knot’, in which he will share the screen space with his son, Cameron Douglas.