Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ Wins TIFF People’s Choice Award

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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.

Clayton Davis The early days of awards season bring buzz and promise, but they also mean it’s time for studios to develop strategy and brainstorm opportunities to strike.With the Toronto International Film Festival handing out its prestigious People’s Choice prize to Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” the Focus Features drama has the authority to declare itself the best picture front-runner for this awards season — but holding on to the throne won’t be easy.Speaking of thrones, Joel Coen’s adaptation

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In 1994, Jane Campion made history becoming only the second woman in Academy Awards history to be nominated for Best Director for “The Piano.” In fact, she became the first woman to direct a Best Picture-winning film when that Miramax title took the crown.

Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical movie “Belfast” just got a major boost in the race for the 2022 Best Picture Oscar.

Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical, black-and-white drama Belfast claimed the TIFF People’s Choice Award on Saturday night, affirming its status as a major player to contend with in the 2022 Oscars race.

Kenneth Branagh‘s autographical period piece “Belfast” was already the toast of the 2021 Telluride Film Festival earlier this month. Now, its Oscar hopes for a Best Picture nomination now seem assured after capturing the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award.

Greg Wise has reflected on the press attention he and Emma Thompson attracted at the beginning of their relationship. The Crown actor Wise and Cruella star Thompson started dating in 1995, soon after Thompson’s divorce from Branagh, who she had been married to for six years.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterLiving in the age of the Marvel Cinematic Universe means your favorite superheroes can pop up anywhere in the multiverse — including prestige awards dramas set in the 1960s.That’s precisely what happens in Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” which saw a triumphant premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday night.

th Century Women” to Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” from John Boorman’s “Hope and Glory” to Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma.” Writer-director-actor Kenneth Branagh has now tried his hand at the genre, and to say that “Belfast” brings out the best in him would be an understatement.Visually stunning, emotionally wrenching and gloriously human, “Belfast” takes one short period from Branagh’s life and finds in it a coming-of-age story, a portrait of a city fracturing in an instant and a profoundly moving lament

Ellise Shafer administratorAfter dazzling the in-person audience at the Toronto Film Festival, writer-director Kenneth Branagh broke down crying over his loosely autobiographical film “Belfast.”Following what was easily the most rapturous response to a festival entry at Toronto’s Roy Thomson hall this year, Branagh was overcome in a Q&A describing the inspiration behind the film.“I started writing this on March 23, but it had been brewing for a long time.

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Holywood man also had a reunion with Fifty Shades of Grey co-star Dakota Johnson, as the friends posed for some photos together. He spent some time with Kenneth Branagh, who he has been working closely with over the past few months.

Belfast – check out the trailer below.The new film was written and directed by Branagh, and is partly based on his own upbringing in the titular city. Dornan stars alongside newcomer Jude Hill as well as Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds and more.An official synopsis for Belfast reads: “Belfast is a personal and joyful story about the power of memory, set in late 1960s Northern Ireland.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticUntil watching Kenneth Branagh’s wistfully autobiographical “Belfast,” I don’t think I realized that one of Britain’s greatest living actors — a talent who’s embodied everything from Henry V to Hercule Poirot, Kurt Wallander to Laurence Olivier — had been born in Northern Ireland.