The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor Nicole Kidman with its Cinema Vanguard award on Feb. 5.
“Honoring Nicole Kidman is so exciting for us here at SBIFF,” executive director Roger Durling said in today’s announcement. “Her work is immensely diverse and with this year’s heart-wrenching and brilliant performance in Rabbit Hole — a project she helped develop as well — it is exactly who we should be celebrating with the 2011 Cinema Vanguard Award.” (THR)
The Santa Barbara Fest runs from Jan. 27 through Feb. 6, commencing just after the Oscar nominations are announced (on Jan. 25). The Cinema Vanguard Award recognizes filmmakers taking artistic risks and making a significant contribution to motion pictures, and has recently been awarded to Christoph Waltz, Stanley Tucci and Kristin Scott Thomas.