ACE91 joined with Screen International & United Talent Agency in Cannes to celebrate the 2023 Hope Award Honourees presented on Saturday May 20 at the Carlton Hotel’s Beach Club, Cannes.
Check out pictures from the event, above.

Nancy Gibbs, director of Harvard-Kennedy Shorenstein Center, with honoree filmmaker Bianca Stigter, filmmaker Steve McQueen, and Ceci Chan
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Actor Vincent De Paul with honouree Milton Gatsby, Ceci Chan and Nigel Daly
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John Linden CEO and founder of Mythical Games with Nigel Daly OBE, president, North America, Screen International
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Honoree Milutin Gatsby, amfAR global fundraising chairman with ACE91 founder Ceci Chan
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The Presidents
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Documentary filmmaker honoree Sahra Mani with Ceci Chan
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The 2023 Hope Awards in Cannes
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Hope Award honorees, filmmakers Bianca Stigter and Sahra Mani
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