Roberto Benigni to get lifetime achievement award at Venice Film Festival

Roberto Benigni poses for photographers as he arrives on the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

The Venice Film Festival said it will give its lifetime achievement award this year to Oscar-winning director and actor Roberto Benigni.

The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement is to be awarded at the 78th edition of the world’s oldest film festival, scheduled for September 1-11 on the Lido.