(Prague) Actor Viggo Mortensen, known for his role as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings, will be rewarded at the Czech film festival in Karlovy Vary, organizers announced on Wednesday.
The 65-year-old Danish-American actor and director will receive the festival’s President’s Award at the opening ceremony on June 28, festival president Jiri Bartoska told reporters.
Viggo Mortensen “will present at the festival the film Until the End of the World, which he directed and in which he plays one of the main roles,” added Bartoska, who is a popular Czech actor.
Other big guests at Karlovy Vary include Closer and Sin City star Clive Owen and Erin Brockovich and Traffic director Steven Soderbergh.
Soderbergh will present his films Mr Kneff and Kafka, both set in the Czech capital and dedicated to the Prague-born writer Franz Kafka.
Owen and Soderbergh will also receive the festival president’s award, as will German actor and director Daniel Bruehl, known for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Rush.
Oscar-winning British actor Geoffrey Rush, known for Shine, The King’s Speech and Pirates of the Caribbean, will be a member of the festival jury.
The 58th edition of the festival in Karlovy Vary, a spa town in the west of the Czech Republic, will take place from June 28 to July 6.
Last year, the festival welcomed more than 123,000 spectators.
