MUMBAI: Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman will receive this year‘s Cinema Vanguard Award during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Executive Director Roger Durling has announced .

Kidman, who is being recognized for "forging her own path-taking artistic risks and making a significant and unique contribution to film," stars in the upcoming film Rabbit Hole, which she also co-produced.

Previous winners of the Cinema Vanguard Award include Stanley Tucci, Peter Sarsgaard, Kristen Scott Thomas, and Ryan Gosling.