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.