MUMBAI: Oscar winner Jeremy Irons will receive the Ischia legend award at the Ischia Global Film and Music Festival on 13 July.

Irons will join the likes of Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Vanessa Redgrave, Hilary Swank and Stefania Sandrelli who had earlier won the award.

The British actor was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Mission that also featured Robert De Niro. He also won a BAFTA for The French Lieutenant‘s Woman that starred Meryl Streep.

The Festival that will open on 11 July with the premiere of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps will go on till 18 July.