KCET, Southern California’s flagship PBS station and home for award-winning public media programming, announced today that legendary Academy Award®-winning actress Sophia Loren (Two Women, Marriage Italian Style, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow) is set to receive the KCET Cinema Series Lumière Award at a special screening event for her new Netflix feature film The Life Ahead on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. PT. The Lumière Award recognizes excellence, artistry, and innovation by an actor or filmmaker for their outstanding contribution to film. Prior to the online screening of the film, the award will be presented virtually to Loren who will be joined by her son (and the film’s director) Edoardo Ponti for a candid conversation with the actress about the film, her career and life. Tickets to this special virtual event are available at kcet.org/Lumiere.