Los Angeles, 29 April

 Action star Jackie Chan will receive the career achievement honour at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, the organisers announced on Tuesday.

Chan, who has featured in films like ‘The Fearless Hyena’ (1979), ‘Who Am I?’ (1998) and ‘Police Story’ (1985), will be honoured on 9 August, according to the festival's official website.

Giona A Nazzaro, artistic director of the festival said Chan's influence has "rewritten the rules of Hollywood cinema".

"Director, producer, actor, screenwriter, choreographer, singer, athlete, and daredevil stuntman, Jackie Chan is both a key figure in contemporary Asian cinema and one whose influence has rewritten the rules of Hollywood cinema.

"From his years at the China Drama Academy under Master Yu Jim-Yuen, working at a very young age as a stuntman in King Hu’s masterpiece A Touch of Zen, Chan has continually reinvented martial arts cinema and much beyond it," Nazzaro said in a statement.

Last year, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was felicitated with the award.

The festival will take place between 6 August and 16 August.