EXCLUSIVE: The Philadelphia Film Society is set to bestow Lucy Liu with the Artistic Achievement Award at the 34th Philadelphia Film Festival, running October 16–26, 2025.
Liu is being recognized for her “commanding and emotionally layered performance” in the film Rosemead, which will screen at the festival on the 21st and will be released theatrically by Vertical this December.
“The Artistic Achievement Award recognizes a powerful work of a filmmaker, actor, or industry professional on a new film premiering in the Philadelphia Film Festival that simply cannot be ignored,” said Andrew Greenblatt, CEO and Executive Director of the Philadelphia Film Society. “We are proud to honor Lucy Liu with the Artistic Achievement Award for her exceptional performance in Rosemead.”
Actress Liu is well known for her performances in movies and series such as Kill Bill, Charlie’s Angels, Elementary, Presence, Why Women Kill and Ally McBeal. In director Eric Lin’s drama Rosemead, she plays an ailing woman who discovers her teenage son’s violent obsessions and must go to great lengths to protect him, and possibly others.
The award will be presented after the Rosemead screening on Tuesday Oct 21 by Artistic Director Michael Lerman at the Philadelphia Film Society Center.
Past recipients of the honor include Susan Sarandon, Mark Webber, Morgan Freeman, Mary Louise Parker, John Sayles, Malcolm McDowell, Steve Buscemi, Joel Schumacher, Roy Disney, Lee Daniels, Paul Dano, Karen Gillan, and Jeff Daniels.
The 2025 Philadelphia Film Festival will open with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Now in its 34th year, the event will also screen movies including Sentimental Value (closing film), Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Is This Thing On?, It Was Just An Accident, Jay Kelly, Rental Family, La Grazia, Nouvelle Vague, Cover-Up, Sound Of Falling, Arco and The Testament Of Ann Lee.
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