Nicole Kidman to Receive Kering 2025 Women In Motion Award at Cannes Film Festival

Kering and the Festival de Cannes will present the 2025 Women In Motion Award to Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG winning actress and producer Nicole Kidman at the official Women In Motion dinner held during the 78th edition of the Festival.

The Award, which has been presented in Cannes since 2015, recognizes female artists who, through their career and commitment, advance the place of women in cinema and in society. Kidman will be returning to the festival for the first time since she was honored with the Cannes Film Festival’s 70th Anniversary Prize in 2017.

“For this anniversary edition of Women In Motion, Nicole Kidman, who fully embodies the spirit of the program, was an obvious choice. Through her artistic standards, her committed choices and her concrete action to change representations in cinema, she is a powerful illustration of what Women In Motion has been defending for a decade,” said François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering.

Upon announcement of the award, Kidman said “It’s a true honor to receive this award from Francois, Thierry, Iris, my friends at the Kering Group as well as the Cannes Film Festival. I am proud to join this list of extraordinary women who’ve received this honor before me—artists and trailblazers I deeply admire. The Cannes Film Festival has been a part of my life for over 30 years and I am thrilled to add this incredible recognition to the many memories I’ve made here.”

Created in 2015 by Kering, an official partner of the Festival de Cannes, Women In Motion shines the spotlight on the women who are driving creation forward, both on and off screen. The program is built around its Awards, Talks, and Podcasts. In 2025, it celebrates 10 years of commitment to equality in the arts and culture.

The first Women In Motion Talks take place during the 68th Festival de Cannes and featured Claire Denis, Golshifteh Farahani, Thierry Frémaux, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Salma Hayek Pinault, Isabelle Huppert, Elizabeth Karlsen, Frances McDormand, Claudie Ossard, Sylvie Pialat, Melvil Poupaud, Isabella Rossellini, Matthias Schoenaerts, Liu Shu, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Christine Vachon, Agnès Varda, Liang Ying and Rebecca Zlotowski.

That same inaugural year, François-Henri Pinault, Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux presented the Women In Motion Award to actress, producer and philanthropist, Jane Fonda, for her exceptional career. Producer, Megan Ellison also received a special award.

A major figure in cinema, Nicole Kidman has built a career marked as much by her artistic audacity as by her virtuosity. She has worked with some of the world’s greatest filmmakers (Stanley Kubrick, Jane Campion, Lars von Trier, Baz Luhrmann, Sofia Coppola, Gus Van Sant, Halina Reijn…), interpreting complex, powerful roles in iconic films such as Eyes Wide Shut, Dogville, The Hours, The Others, Birth and, more recently, Babygirl. She has freed herself from stereotypes by embodying characters with strong, unique trajectories, helping to redefine the representation of women on screen.

“Nicole Kidman is an immensely talented actress. Her rich filmography, of which she is the patient author, and her masterful, unsettling performances have left their mark on the history of contemporary cinema. She has worked with the most emblematic directors, lending them her versatility and infinite sensitivity. Role after role, and with the nuances, strengths, and flaws specific to each character, she has portrayed women who break free from their shackles,” said Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate of the Festival de Cannes

Since the creation of her production company Blossom Films in 2010, Nicole Kidman has actively supported meaningful projects, such as Big Little Lies, which won the 2017 Emmy Award for Best Limited Series, and in which she herself won the Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series for her uncompromising and faithful portrayal of a domestic violence survivor. While presenting Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled at the Festival de Cannes, denouncing gender inequality in the industry at the time*, she publicly pledged to shoot with a female director every 18 months. Eight years later, she has gone far beyond this promise, having already collaborated with 19 female directors.

Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, said “When a great actress works with nearly twenty female directors in the space of a few years, she shows the world just how vibrant and alive the talent of women in cinema really is. Through all these projects, and of course through her production company, Nicole Kidman has given those who write, direct, and tell stories all the visibility they deserve. It is this strong, singular and resolutely modern voice that we are proud to celebrate this year with Kering.”

Alongside her artistic career, Nicole Kidman has been a strong social activist for several decades. As a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and UN Women, she uses her influence to defend the rights of women and children worldwide.