The Festival moves both outdoors, with seven screenings at its first-ever drive-in, and online with virtual screenings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Premiere of documentary Belushi is Opening Night at the Drive-In, with Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland closing the Festival in the open air. Online screenings of more than 50 films are accompanied by live, interactive Q&As with 119 filmmakers participating from 25 countries around the world. Kate Winslet is recognized with a Career Achievement Award with Francis Lee’s Ammonite, and Gianfranco Rosi receives an Artistic Achievement Award for his Notturno. Regina King’s directorial debut One Night In Miami shows at the drive-in and online with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Kemp Powers participating in a virtual Q&A. The Gold Hugo for Best Film is awarded to Sweat, directed by Magnus von Horn, and Lili Horvath’s Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time wins the Gold Hugo in the New Directors Competition.
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2019
The 55th edition is unveiled by the Festival’s new leadership team, Managing Director Vivian Teng and Artistic Director Mimi Plauché, following the retirement of Festival Founder Michael Kutza in 2018. Tributes include Mexico’s Gael Garcia Bernal, in with his sophomore directorial feature, Chicuarotes, and festival alumna Chinonye Chukwu, who is recognized with an Artistic Achievement Award for her film Clemency. The Festival’s big winner in its competitions is Céline Sciamma’s Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, receiving both the Gold Hugo for Best Film as well as the Silver QHugo in the Outlook Competition. As part of its industry and public programming elevating creatives behind the camera, the Festival welcomes four award-winning Production Designers as part of its Architecture x Cinema program: Eugenio Caballero, Adam Stockhausen, Wynn Thomas, and Hannah Beachler.
2018
The Gala Presentation of Steve McQueen’s Widows sees red carpet appearances by the writer/director alongside stars Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo, and Brian Tyree Henry, and author and co-screenwriter Gillian Flynn. Honors are presented to William Friedkin, who accepts a Lifetime Achievement Award; Carey Mulligan, who receives an Artistic Achievement Award with Wildlife; and costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who accepts a Career Achievement Award at the annual Black Perspectives Tribute. Jason Reitman presents The Front Runner, closing the Festival. Other notables on the red carpet include actress Amandla Stenberg, director George Tillman, Jr., and producer Robert Teitel with The Hate U Give; actor/singer Troye Sivan, director Joel Edgerton, and writer Garrard Conley with Boy Erased; and actor Robert Forster and writer/director Elizabeth Chomko with What They Had. Earlier in the year, director Paul Greengrass is celebrated with a Career Achievement Award at a presentation of 22 July.
2017
Marshall kicks off the Festival with the cast – including Chadwick Boseman, Sterling K. Brown, Josh Gad, and Marina Squerciati – alongside director Reginald Hudlin and producer Paula Wagner in attendance. Honors are presented to Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Patrick Stewart, and Alfre Woodard. Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird screens as the Centerpiece presentation with actor Tracy Letts in attendance. Actor, motion-capture artist, and choreographer Terry Notary attends with Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s The Square. Actor Michael Shannon is presented with an Artistic Achievement Award and is on hand to introduce the Closing Night film, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water, with co-star Michael Stuhlbarg, who also starred in one of the year’s most lauded films, Call Me By Your Name. Luminaries Helen Mirren, Taylor Hackford, and Jane Fonda are all celebrated in stand-alone Gala events that honor their immense contributions to the art and industry of cinema.
2015
The Festival’s second half-century begins with the launch of Industry Days, a four-day conference for filmmakers and industry professionals. Special guests include actors Sarah Silverman and Christopher Abbot, Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, writer-director Charlie Kaufman, Oscar-winning music composer Howard Shore, and Black Perspectives Honoree Charles Burnett. French New Wave auteur Agnès Varda attends Opening Night, and the Gold Hugo for Best Film goes to French director Philippe Claudel’s A Childhood.
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