Overview
- Cannes organizers confirmed the Honorary Palme d'Or for the three-time Oscar winner at the 79th edition, with the presentation set for the May 12 opening ceremony.
- Jackson called the recognition one of the greatest privileges of his career and noted his Cannes ties from Bad Taste in 1988 to a 2001 preview of The Fellowship of the Ring.
- Festival president Iris Knobloch praised his boundless creativity, while director Thierry Frémaux said there is a before and after Peter Jackson in cinema.
- The tribute reflects a career that blends Hollywood blockbusters with auteur cinema, highlighted for extraordinary artistic vision and technological audacity, as echoed in trade reporting.
- The honor places Jackson alongside past recipients such as Agnès Varda, Marco Bellocchio, Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro and Tom Cruise.