Emma ThompsoAcademy Award-winning star Emma Thompson will be honoured by the Locarno Film Festival where her latest action thriller, The Dead of Winter will premieren to be honoured by Locarno Film Festival
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Academy Award-winning star Emma Thompson will be honoured by the Locarno Film Festival where her latest action thriller, The Dead of Winter — on which she also serves as executive producer — will have its world première. The film is directed by Brian Kirk.
The 78th edition of Locarno will begin from August 6. Thompson is being celebrated by the Swiss fest, which is Europe’s preeminent event dedicated to indie cinema, with its Leopard Club Award. The actor, 66, is being praised by Locarno for a career in acting, writing, and producing that spans both television and film, and ranges from independent features to major blockbusters.
A statement from the fest read: “Thompson’s willingness to take risks with her roles has meant that she has remained a vital force on stage and screen for four decades, a testament to the depth of affection multiple generations of fans hold for her.”
In the thriller, The Dead of Winter, Thompson plays a widowed fisherwoman trapped in a Minnesotan blizzard who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager. The film, which is produced by Stampede Ventures and Augenschein, will bow in Locarno on the evening of August 8 when Thompson will receive her award on Locarno’s 8,000-seat Piazza Grande.
Locarno Artistic Director Giona A Nazzaro said, “Emma Thompson embodies the best of a tradition of performers who continue to be able to infuse each role with the deepest knowledge about the actor’s work. Working with writers as exceptional as she herself is, fearlessly tackling ever-changing registers and characters, moving from Shakespeare to James Ivory, from the magic of Harry Potter to the transformations of Nanny McPhee, she has continued to surprise audiences over a career that has earned her numerous awards, including two Oscars, two Golden Globes, three BAFTAs, a Golden Lion, and an Emmy.”
Previous recipients of Locarno’s Leopard Club Award include Faye Dunaway, Mia Farrow, Andy Garcia, Stefania Sandrelli, Adrien Brody, Meg Ryan, Hilary Swank, Kasia Smutniak, and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
Did you know?
Emma Thompson is the only person in the Academy Awards history to have won Oscars both for acting and screenwriting.
Thompson’s popular works
. Howards End (1992)
. The Remains of the Day (1993)
. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
. Angels in America (2003)
. Harry Potter series (2004-11)
. Love Actually (2003)
. Nanny McPhee (2005)
. Saving Mr Banks (2013)
. Years and Years (2019)
. Cruella (2021)
. Matilda the Musical (2022)
. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)
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