`Cinema is my happy place, my true motherland,` Swinton said during her speech (via Variety). `Its fellowship is my heart's family tree. The names on the list of those awarded this honor, meanwhile, they are the names of my masters. They're the elders of my tribe. The poets of the language I love above others. I sing their songs in the bath. I'm the punk kid film nut hitching a ride to the station to get to the foothills of the heights of their achievements.`
Next up for Swinton is a reunion with her `Moonrise Kingdom` and `Grand Budapest Hotel` director Wes Anderson in `The French Dispatch.` The Searchlight release was supposed to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May. While originally dated for release on October 16, Searchlight has since removed the movie from the release calendar and has yet to announce a new opening.
