Zurich Film Festival gives Forman award for lifetime achievement

The Zurich Film Festival is presenting the Czech-born film director Miloš Forman with an award for lifetime achievement on Saturday night. The festival is also screening a retrospective of movies by the Oscar-winning maker of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus. After Zurich, Forman, who is 78, will travel on to Lyon, where he will be guest of honour at the French city’s film festival.