Tilda Swinton exudes glamour as she turns heads at the Venice Film Festival 

She was recently honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award on the opening night of the Venice Film Festival.

And Tilda Swinton looked every inch the film star as she walked the red carpet for the premiere of The Human Voice and Quo Vadis, Aida? in Venice on Thursday.

The actress, 59, displayed her sense of style as she donned a white long-sleeved dress with a high collar.

The garment also featured a detailed embroidered floral print while Tilda added height to her frame with a pair of green heels.  

Tilda carried a gold Venetian mask with her as she walked the red carpet at the glamorous event.

The Avengers star completed her look for the event by styling her strawberry blonde locks into a dramatic quiff. 

Tilda was joined on the red carpet by The Human Voice director Pedro Almodovar.  

The film centres one woman (played by Tilda) and final phone conversation with her longtime lover, who has plans to marry another woman.

It comes after Tilda honoured the late actor Chadwick Boseman as she accepted an award at the festival by proclaiming ‘Wakanda forever’ on stage on Wednesday. 

The star was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award and proudly held her coveted trophy aloft after receiving the honour at the opening ceremony from Cate Blanchett, who heads this year’s jury. 

At the end of her acceptance speech, Tilda gave a nod to her fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe star Chadwick as she said: ‘Viva Venezia. Cinema cinema cinema. Wakanda Forever. Nothing but love’. 

Tilda portrayed The Ancient One in Doctor Strange and Avengers: Endgame while Chadwick starred as T’Challa/Black Panther in the 2018 blockbuster Black Panther, which is set in the fictional country of Wakanda.

Chadwick tragically passed away on August 28 following a four-year battle with colon cancer.  

Also in her speech, Tilda said: ‘Cinema is my happy place, my true motherland. Its fellowship is my heart’s family tree. 

‘The names on the list of those awarded this honor, meanwhile, they are the names of my masters. They’re the elders of my tribe. 

‘The poets of the language I love above others. I sing their songs in the bath. I’m the punk kid film nut hitching a ride to the station to get to the foothills of the heights of their achievements.’ 

Tilda looked elated as she was handed the famous Golden Lion prize, as the 77th annual festival kicked off in socially distanced style.

When it was announced over the summer that Tilda would be receiving the award, she said in a statement: ‘This great festival has been dear to my heart for three decades: to be honoured by her in this way is extremely humbling.

‘To come to Venice, this year of all years, to celebrate immortal cinema and her defiant survival in the face of all the challenges that evolution might throw at her – as at us all – will be my sincere joy.’

As she arrived at the ceremony, Tilda stepped out in eye-catching style as she opted for a novel way of covering her face, by using a gold butterfly mask.

Tilda posed for pictures with the gold face covering, which brought some glamour to her white and black ensemble, consisting of a white blouse and frilly black maxi skirt.

Uncut Gems actress Tilda wore her rose gold locks in a voluminous up do, while enhancing her striking features with a rosy pallet of make-up.

London-born Tilda, whose first screen appearance was in 1986’s Caravaggio, held up the prestigious award on stage before returning to her seat, where she sat wearing a face mask during the socially distanced ceremony, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Golden Lion is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The award was introduced in 1949 by the committee and is now regarded as one of the industry’s most distinguished prizes. 

The Venice Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest award ceremonies and is listed as one of the ‘Big Five’ events. It starts on 2 September and ends on the 12 September. 

Though the event is still taking place, it is a markedly toned down affair to previous years amid the novel coronavirus crisis, with temperature checks and mask wearing becoming mandatory. 

Tilda has daughter Honor, 21, and son Xavier with her former partner John Byrne, 79, a Scottish artist and playwright. 

Since 2004, she has been with in a relationship with the German-born painter Sandro Kopp, but the couple do not often appear in public together.

Screen star Tilda and her daughter recently appeared in The Souvenir together, which was directed by British filmmaker Julia Hogg.

Tilda has successfully juggled independent films with more mainstream Hollywood fare over the course of her three decades-long career.

She’s appeared in such high profile movies as Vanilla Sky, Constantine, Michael Clayton and The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy.

She has also starred in acclaimed lower budget films including The Deep End, Thumbsucker, Broken Flowers and We Need To Talk About Kevin.