What Is Today? Woody Allen's Birthday

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He does not include his own films in the competition programs to avoid awards, but he is still awarded. He does not attend the awards ceremonies, but the jury still stubbornly continues to award him. In 2002, at the Cannes Film Festival, he was awarded the world's rarest film award, Honorary Palme d'Or. He did not show up to receive it either.

Today, one of the greatest directors of our time, Woody Allen, celebrates his 85th birthday. One of his earliest films was Love and Death, which won the 1975 UNICRIT Award. Congratulations to Woody Allen on his anniversary, and we wish him not to lose his sparkling sense of humor.