Comment: Johnny Depp shows honorary awards need a rethink

Johnny Depp and Julien Temple

Source: Courtesy of San Sebastian International Film Festival/Alex Abril

”This system of arbitrary honours has to change. It isn’t working, it isn’t accountable and, in certain cases, it’s causing pain.”

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