Jodie Foster will receive the Laura Ziskin lifetime achievement award at the 2015 Athena Film Festival. The two-time Oscar winner joins previously announced honorees HBO Documentary Films president Sheila Nevins , writer-director-producer Gina Prince-Bythewood and Oscar-winning producer and Mandalay Pictures president Cathy Schulman . Foster said in a statement, “It is truly an honor to receive the Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award at the Athena Film Festival, which celebrates the power, creativity and leadership of women in the entertainment industry.”
