Angelina Jolie She shone at the Santa Barbaras International Film Festival, where she was honored with the Martin Modern Masters award for her overall contribution to cinema.

The Oscar -winning actress appeared smiling wearing a long white satin dress and a white jacket.

In her speech, she failed to contain her tears when she referred to her mother, Marcelin Bertrand, who always supported her in acting. “I am very grateful to be part of this community. Many people spend their lives without having a creative way out, ” The actress started saying.

“I think of my mother, who had to give up her dreams of a more creative life but embraced this piece through me. Write letters to my characters – “Dear Gia, Dear Lisa Rowe, Dear Lara Croft” – and for 16 years I have no longer have these letters “, he said.

Angelina Jolie

The talented actress wondered what her mother would write in her recent character, the legendary Maria Callas, which she embodied in the movie “Maria”. “I try to imagine sometimes what he would write. He would probably tell Maria that she loves her because even though she had a lot, he never had the mother’s love, “ continued and added excited:

“I would be nothing without my mother. It has passed away many years ago at such a time of year and always this weather reminds me. “

Jolie’s mother He died on January 27, 2007, at the age of 56 after an eight -year battle with ovarian and breast cancer, according to the Daily Mail.

On arrival at the festival, the star was enthusiastically accepted by her fans, who gave her flowers and asked to be photographed with her before she was found on the red carpet of the famous Arlington Theater.