The Official Awards will be announced and presented at the festivals Closing Gala on September 30.
Miyazaki will receive the award virtually during the opening ceremony on September 22.
Miyazakis latest,The Boy and the Heron,will open this years festival.
Claire DenisAP
The film will screen out of competition at the festivals Kursaal Auditorium.
The Boy and the Heronwill make its bow in Spain after opening the Toronto Film Festival on September 7.
The film opened to record-breaking success in Japan earlier this year.
Reactions from Japan-based critics, none of which were offered advance screenings, aremixed but mostly favorable.
