Kenneth Branagh, Dakota Johnson and ‘Red Rocket’ Cast Among Middleburg Film Festival Honorees (EXCLUSIVE)

Every year, there’s a film that seems to sneak up on everyone during film festival season and becomes a front-runner for the Best Picture Oscar race.

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast screened in D.C. on Monday night, drawing representatives from Ireland, Great Britain and the city itself, but the novelty of the moment was the fact that there was an in-person event at all.

Belfast is not only being backed for success at next year’s Oscars but it’s now being backed to lay down a marker at the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards. The Northern Irish coming-of-age film took home the coveted People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and is now 7/4 favourite from 5/2 to win the SAG Award for Best Film Ensemble.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorCurrent best picture frontrunner “Belfast” has scooped the top prize at the Middleburg Film Festival.Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical “Belfast,” a black-and-white family drama about the Northern Ireland city in the late ’60s, was awarded best narrative film.Branagh also appeared at the festival to receive the director spotlight award.

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaScreen Media has acquired all North American rights to “La Soga Salvation” following its premiere at 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section.

Variety, if Jude Hill was nominated for his role in 'Belfast', he would be the second-youngest actor ever nominated since Jackie Cooper, who was recognized for Norman Taurog’s classic comedy 'Skippy' (1930-31) at the fourth Oscars ceremony. As well as putting the Armagh actor forward for the prestigious award, Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds, Caitriona Balfe, and Judi Dench are also being touted for supporting actors nominations.

Stockholm Film Festival has signed up a trio of big names to receive its Lifetime Achievement Awards – Bronzes Horses – during this year’s event.

Clayton Davis The cast of Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” including Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds and Judi Dench, will follow young Jude Hill’s lead on the road to the Academy Awards.

Clayton Davis The cast of Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” including Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds and Judi Dench, will follow young Jude Hill’s lead on the road to the Academy Awards.

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast tells the story of a fictional nine-year-old version of himself during the Troubles in late 1960s Northern Ireland. Today, he told Deadline’s Contenders Film: London event that he had long wanted to write something about the city, but was thinking “perhaps there was a story about my grandparents,” until the pandemic came around.

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Dakota Johnson marked her 32nd birthday on Monday, October 4 with a low-key, outdoor dinner in Los Angeles with a friend and her mother, Melanie Griffith. The trio was captured in photos enjoying their evening out in honor of Dakota’s special day, and both the Fifty Shades of Grey actress and Melanie, 64, matched their hairdos with a loose top-knot. As if this mother-daughter duo couldn’t be any more epic!

Dakota Johnson celebrated her birthday at dinner with her mom and a group of pals, and we have all the photos!

21st Belfast Film Festival on November 4 at The ICC Belfast in the Waterfront Hall will be introduced by Branagh himself and attended by some of the film’s A-list cast in what will be a glittering homecoming night for the film. And tickets for Belfast will go on sale on Friday October 8 at 10am.