Berlin film festival to honour Martin Scorsese for lifetime achievement

Director Martin Scorsese at the premiere of the film Killers Of The Flower Moon at the 2023 London Film Festival in London, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Scorsese will be honoured for his lifetime achievement at the Berlin International Film Festival (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Martin Scorsese will be honoured for his lifetime achievement at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, organisers said.

The 81-year-old director, whose extensive work ranges from decades-old classics such as Taxi Driver and Raging Bull to this year’s Killers Of The Flower Moon, will be given an honorary Golden Bear, the festival’s top award, on February 20.