Quick summary
- Pamela Anderson will receive a lifetime achievement award at Italy’s Torino Film Festival, Variety reported exclusively on 5 November.
- The honour is the festival’s Stella della Mole Award, which Angelina Jolie and Sharon Stone have also won.
- Anderson will introduce a special screening of Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl”.
- The 44th festival runs from 24 November to 2 December in Turin.
- The exact date of the ceremony and screening has not been announced.
Pamela Anderson will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Torino Film Festival this month, according to an exclusive report in Variety. She will also introduce a special screening of Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl”.
The festival’s 44th edition takes place in the northern Italian city of Turin from 24 November to 2 December. Anderson’s name sits in a programme that organisers are openly framing around women.
Which award is Pamela Anderson receiving?
Anderson will receive Torino’s Stella della Mole Award. Variety lists earlier winners as Spike Lee, Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie and Sharon Stone, which puts the prize firmly in the territory of screen careers that have run for decades.
The Chenab Times, which also reported the news, says the festival is run by Italy’s National Film Museum and is known as a platform for emerging directors and independent cinema. It adds that the date of the ceremony and the screening is still to be confirmed, and the outlet expects fuller details in the coming weeks.
The detail that matters most is why she was chosen. Variety quotes the festival’s artistic director, Giulio Base, on her work in Coppola’s film: “We thought we knew everything about her, but in this film every gesture of hers revealed a sensitivity as a performer that is both moving and surprising.”
What has Anderson made since The Last Showgirl?
Variety traces a busy run of work since that film. She starred opposite Liam Neeson in Paramount’s reboot of “The Naked Gun”, and appeared in Karim Aïnouz’s family satire “Rosebush Pruning”, which premiered in Berlin. The cast of that film includes Riley Keough, Callum Turner, Elle Fanning, Jamie Bell, Lucas Gage and Tracy Letts.
In September she was at the Venice Film Festival with Kornél Mundruczó’s road movie “Place to Be”, where she co-stars with Ellen Burstyn, Taika Waititi and Murray Bartlett. Turin follows that Venice appearance by about two months.
More is on the way. Variety says she has recently wrapped several films:
- Brian Klugman’s “Somedays”, with Billy Bob Thornton
- Michael Cera’s directorial debut “Love Is Not the Answer”, an absurdist comedy in which she co-stars with Steve Coogan and Jamie Dornan
- Sally Potter’s “Alma”, alongside Richard E. Grant
None of those has a release date in the sources. But they show why a lifetime award arrives while her career is still moving quickly.
A festival built around women
Italian news agency ANSA reported that Base presented the line-up in Rome on Thursday. According to ANSA, the festival will open on 24 November with guests including John Travolta, Maria de Medeiros, Stephen Frears, Mike Newell) and Margarethe von Trotta.
It will close on 2 December with what ANSA calls an all-female line-up that includes Anderson, Fanny Ardant and Mira Sorvino. ANSA does not say which of those days Anderson’s award falls on, so treat the closing-week placement as an indication, not a confirmed date.
The numbers back up the theme. Ten of the 16 films in competition are directed by women, and the three competition jury presidents are women: Francesca Archibugi, Stefania Casini and Chiara Francini. In all, the programme has 120 titles across feature, documentary and short film categories.
The festival will also run a retrospective and poster for Marilyn Monroe, marking the centenary of her birth. Base said sex, “in all its various forms”, is a key theme of this edition.
What happens next
The festival opens on 24 November and closes on 2 December. Organisers are expected to publish the full programme and the specific dates for Anderson’s award and the “The Last Showgirl” screening in the coming weeks, according to The Chenab Times.
For more on her recent public appearances, see our Pamela Anderson coverage, her look at the CFDA Awards, or more movie news.
Frequently asked questions
What award is Pamela Anderson getting at the Torino Film Festival?
Pamela Anderson will receive the Stella della Mole Award, a lifetime achievement honour, according to Variety. Past recipients include Spike Lee, Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie and Sharon Stone.
When is the 2026 Torino Film Festival?
The 44th Torino Film Festival runs from 24 November to 2 December in Turin, Italy. ANSA reports that Anderson is part of the closing line-up, but the exact date of her award has not been announced.
Which film will Pamela Anderson introduce in Turin?
She will introduce a special screening of Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl”, Variety reports.
