Actress Cate Blanchett was honored with a major career award at the just concluded London Film Festival.

Blanchett received the British Film Institute Fellowship Award, in recognition of a career that has already netted her two Oscars, for 'The Aviator' and 'Blue Jasmine'.

The 46-year-old actress could not hold back her excitement when giving the acceptance speech.

"Thank you that's incredibly special, it's a cross between an obituary and a tribute, I feel like I've died and gone to heaven. And to play that song, that was always the song that my husband and I, I keep asking him every year to marry me again and he keeps refusing after 18 years and that's 'I Am Kloot' and the lyrics are, 'Who am I without you?' thank you so much."

American horror film 'The Witch' won the festival's first-feature prize.

Jennifer Peedom's Himalayan study "Sherpa" took the best documentary trophy.

And 'An Old Dog's Diary' was named best short-film.

The 12-day event has put strong women at center stage, by opening with 'Suffragette', a political drama on feminist movement, and featuring 46 female-directed films among its 240 features.

The festival wrapped up with Apple founder's biopic film 'Steve Jobs'.

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