Naomi Watts Receives Donostia Award At San Sebastián — SkimNews
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- Naomi Watts received the honorary Donostia Award for career achievement at the San Sebastián Film Festival, which runs through September 26.
- Watts recalled being told at age 30 or 31 — when she launched with Mulholland Drive — that her career 'all finishes at the age of 40'; she is now in her late 50s.
- Watts cited the recent Emmys as evidence of progress, pointing to 'a number of women in strong categories over 50' as 'heartening.'
- Watts named Paul Thomas Anderson as a director she's 'wanted to work with for a long time,' responding to a question about remaining professional goals.
- Anderson's next feature, a Carnegie Hall concert film with Geese frontman Cameron Winter, debuts at the New York Film Festival next month with A24 releasing it theatrically.
- Watts attended with the cast and director of The Housewife (Ben Shirinian), which screens the same evening; she described the 1964-set, true-events story — in which she plays a woman whose husband (Luke Evans) may be a Nazi in hiding, investigated by journalist Joseph Lelyveld (Tye Sheridan) — as a 'mind twister.'
Why it matters: Watts used one of European cinema's top career honors to publicly reframe an industry narrative: she was once told her career would die at 40, and she is now 57 and still collecting lifetime tributes — while also signaling she's still hunting prestige directorial pairings, with PTA named by name.
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