Francis Ford Coppola was honored at FICM in Mexico.

The American filmmaker was doubly honored at the Morelia International Film Festival for his contributions to the art of cinema.

Five-time Oscar winner Francis Ford Coppola received the UNAM Film Archive Medal for his contributions to global cinema during the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). He also received the Artistic Excellence Award, presented by festival director Daniela Michel and festival president Alejandro Ramírez.

The American screenwriter and producer is in Mexico to present his latest film, Megalopolis, which he fully financed. The film is a Roman epic set in a fictional United States, where an architect attempts to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster. It stars Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, and Shia LaBeouf.

During the ceremony, Coppola remarked, “Adam Driver is brilliant and talented. I found that the film collaborated with all the actors and the cinematographer I knew. But generally, when you don’t know how to make a movie, you must listen, and the story will tell you how.”

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He also shared that in 2019, when he turned 80, he decided Megalopolis, which had undergone over 300 rewrites, would be his next project. To fund the $120 million budget, Coppola sold his Napa vineyards.

Coppola described Megalopolis as a film that can be watched seriously, with laughter, comfort, or tears.

FACTS

Studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles
The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now collectively won 11 Oscars and two Palme d’Or awards
Owns a hotel chain called The Family Coppola Hideaways, with properties in Belize, Italy, Argentina, Guatemala, and the U.S.
Owns his wine brand, Francis Coppola
Willem Dafoe, James Ivory, David Lynch, and Jodie Foster have also received the UNAM Film Archive Medal
Has won the Oscar five times
Born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan
Worked with director George Lucas on the 1971 film THX 1138
Released his iconic film The Godfather in 1972
Directed seven films in the 1980s
Released Bram Stoker’s Dracula in 1993