Film festival defends awarding Johnny Depp honorary prize

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Johnny Depp and Ethan Hawke got a very warm welcome at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival!

Will Tizard ContributorDespite an apparent last-minute sense of concern by Karlovy Vary fest organizers over international press coverage of Johnny Depp and his ongoing legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard over domestic abuse allegations, the rocker/actor/producer made his appearances without much fuss and introduced the docu he co-produced, “Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan” to welcoming crowds on Friday.Depp’s other project at the Czech fest, the Japan-set thriller “Minamata,”

coronavirus pandemic.The 55th edition of the festival will honor Oscar-winning British actor Michael Caine for his outstanding contribution to world cinema at its start on Friday night.Caine won two Academy Awards for best supporting roles in “Hannah and Her Sisters” in 1987 and “The Cider House Rules” in 2000.He will also present “Best Sellers” (2021), a comedy in which he stars, at the festival.Organizers will also honor U.S.

the Times reported.

Jordan Moreau A Virginia judge allowed Johnny Depp to proceed with his $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard, after her plea to dismiss the suit after Depp lost his U.K. libel case was denied.Depp is suing Heard, his ex-wife, after she wrote a 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post about being a survivor of domestic abuse.

The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard saga isn’t over.

Washington Post op-ed in which she wrote about surviving domestic violence.Court documents were released yesterday (August 17), according to PEOPLE, denying Heard’s request to dismiss the case – first filed in March 2019 – following Depp’s loss of his libel lawsuit against The Sun.Depp had attempted to sue the newspaper after they had referred to him as a “wife beater” in an article from April 2018.The trial originally took place over 16 days back in July 2020 at the Royal Courts of Justice, and

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Naman Ramachandran The San Sebastian Film Festival has come out swinging against those who criticized if for bestowing its highest honor, the Donostia Award, to controversial actor Johnny Depp. Among the critics were a group of Spanish women filmmakers who said they were “very surprised” that Depp is receiving the award.

San Sebastian Film Festival has hit back at its critics after taking some flak this week for deciding to give its honorary Donostia Award to Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp will be receiving an award from the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The actor, who is best known for playing the dashing rogue Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, is due to receive the festival's most prestigious gong, the Donostia Award.

Johnny Depp a major award.The actor is set to receive the Donostia lifetime achievement award at the festival’s 69th edition next month, which is the event’s top prize.The president of Spain’s Association of Female Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media, Cristina Andreu, said she was “very surprised” by the decision made by the festival.“This speaks very badly of the festival and its leadership, and transmits a terrible message to the public: ‘It doesn’t matter if you are an abuser as long as you are

Jennifer Yuma editorA group of Spanish filmmakers denounced the San Sebastian’s film festival’s announcement that it would honor Johnny Depp with the Donostia Award at the 69th annual festival next month.The Associated Press reported that the women filmmakers said awarding Depp the highest honor at San Sebastian gives the event a bad name after a British judge ruled last year that allegations of domestic violence against the actor were “substantially correct.” His ex-wife Amber Heard had

told the Associated Press.Andreu added that her organization, which works closely with the event, is “studying next steps” to take. Depp is expected to accept the prize in person on September 22 — his third live appearance during the festival in northern Spain, which lasts from September 17 to 25.In a statement to the Hollywood Reporter, San Sebastián’s festival director José Luis Rebordinos said “the role of a film festival is not to judge the conduct of members of the film industry.

Johnny Depp will receive a lifetime achievement award from a leading film festival. The Hollywood star will be honoured with the Donostia Award at the 69th San Sebastian film festival in Spain next month.

on the KVIFF website.The festival also announced that access to all screenings and festival venues will require a covid-safe wristband that confirms the wearer is either fully vaccinated, recovered from COVID-19 within the last 180 days or recently tested negative in a valid PCR or antigen test. The wristbands will be color-coded to display their effective dates.The festival will take place from Aug.