Ana de Armas to be Honored at Deauville – Global Bulletin
02.08.2022 - 17:05
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Naman Ramachandran Ana de Armas will be honored with the Hollywood Rising-Star Award at the Deauville American Film Festival (Sept. 2-11).
After it debuts at Venice, her latest film “Blonde,” where she plays Marilyn Monroe, will have its French premiere at the festival, with her and director Andrew Dominik in attendance.Cuban born actor de Armas’s star has been in the ascendant and she has worked with several noted filmmakers including Denis Villeneuve (“Blade Runner 2049”), Rian Johnson (“Knives Out”), Olivier Assayas (“Wasp Network), Cary Joji Fukunaga (“No Time to Die”) and the Russo Brothers (“The Gray Man”).Past winners of the award include Ryan Gosling (2011), Jessica Chastain (2011), Paul Dano (2012), Robert Pattinson (2015), Elizabeth Olsen (2015), Chloé Grace Moretz (2016), Daniel Radcliffe (2016), Shailene Woodley (2018), Elle Fanning (2018), Sophie Turner (2019) and Dylan Penn (2021). Meanwhile, the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF, Aug.
12-20) has added Cannes titles, Owen Kline’s “Funny Pages” and Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot’s “My Super 8 Years” to the lineup. EIFF has also revealed that curator Gaylene Gould will serve as jury president for the Powell and Pressburger best film award.
Fellow jurors are producer Rosie Crerar and author Sarah Winman.The jury for EIFF’s Mclaren award for animation include leading animators Bastien Dubois, Jennifer Zheng and Sue Loughlin. The Mclaren short film award jury is led by Sheffield Doc/Fest film program head Raul Niño Zambrano, curator Raymah Tariq and filmmaker Sean Dunn.The Czech government has approved €23 million/CZK570 million ($23.5 million) for film incentives, which will add to the €32.5 million/CZK800 million decided in the original draft
.