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Editor Anne V.Coates received Festival honors; the highest honor awarded at the Edit Filmmakers Festival. The event was held last night at the opening gala at the Cinestar Metropolis theatre in Frankfurt.

A capacity crowd of 650 walked the red carpet and filled the theatre to honor Coates, who is best known for her exemplary work in Lawrence of Arabia.

In the evenings other highlight, cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno, a longtime collaborator with Federico Fellini, was honored with the first tribute Award from Imago, The European Association of Cinematographers.

Tom Rolf the editor of Oscar Winning The right Stuff presented the award to Anne Coates, who was accompanied by her son, writer director Anthony Hickox.

“Anne is one of the greatest editors of all time,” Rolf Said.” Anne cares about taking gifted performances and making them focus of the story.

The program included a clip reel of Coates body of work, as well as prerecorded messages from collaborators like Eastwood, Wolfgang Peterson and Steven sodenbergh.

Coates joked: “Can you image a job where you get paid to look into the eyes of George Clooney and Peter O’Toole?”

The other award was presented by Imago founder and cinematographer Luciano Tovoli presented the award to Rotunno, following a clip reel of photography’s work.

Rotunno had this to say: “This is most important award to me because it comes from cinematographers.”

During the ceremony, ACE president Randy Roberts and Imago president Nigel Walters said they look forward to continuing education of their art through the festival.

Said Walters, “We want to educate everybody about what we do and the skills of our job, and restore a respect that was once there for cinematographers that we feel is slipping away.”