Deadline’s Contenders Film: LA3C Kicks Off Today As Awards Season Hits Pre-Noms Peak
10.12.2022 - 20:43
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Deadline’s signature Contenders event hits downtown Los Angeles on Saturday for a hybrid in-person/virtual edition, partnering with the inaugural LA3C, the cultural festival developed by Deadline parent company PMC.
Contenders Film LA3C: Conversations with Contenders, taking place at the JW Marriott at L.A. Live, begins with a brunch at 10 a.m. PT, followed by 12 panel discussions with the casts and creatives of the awards season’s buzziest films.
Talent scheduled to participate either on site or virtually include Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Baz Luhrmann, Ryan Coogler, Antoine Fuqua, Guillermo del Toro, Kerry Condon, Eddie Redmayne, Tobias Lindholm, Scott Cooper, Viola Davis, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Thuso Mbedo, Cathy Schulman, Ron Howard, Joel Edgerton, Chinonye Chukwu, Jerry Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski.
They will represent several films not highlighted at our previous Los Angeles and New York outings earlier in the fall including Sony Pictures’ A Man Called Otto and The Woman King, Searchlight Pictures’ The Banshees of Inisherin, Apple Original Films’ Emancipation and Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye.
The event will also feature new visits with Disney’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Warner Bros’ Elvis and Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick — all with talent appearing live onstage. Also returning to Deadline’s Contenders will be Orion Pictures/MGM Pictures/United Artists Releasing’s Till, Amazon Studios’ Thirteen Lives and Netflix’s Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and The Good Nurse.
The sponsor of Contenders LA3C is Village Roadshow Entertainment Group. More details here.
After Contenders there will be more opportunity for those interested to explore the LA3C festival, to be held at L.A. State Historic Park downtown. The title,