Catherine Hardwicke will obtain a Visionary Award on the Santa Fe International Film Festival (SSFiFF), a press launch introduced. The “Twilight” director can be set to lead an actors workshop on the Santa Fe Playhouse. She’ll settle for her honor at a ceremony October 23. For the workshop, held October 22, she’ll pen scripts impressed by the paintings of three native painters that shall be acted out by native performers. Participating actors shall be directed by Hardwicke herself.
Hardwicke’s newest title, “The Prisoner’s Daughter,” premiered at Toronto International Film Festival final month. The drama tells the story of a dying convict who’s launched on compassionate grounds and makes an attempt to reconnect along with his daughter and her son.
Released in 2008, “Twilight” stays one of many highest-grossing movies ever directed by a lady. The adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s vampire story took in over $407 million worldwide. Hardwicke received a 2003 Director’s Award on the Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for her directorial debut, Evan Rachel Wood-starrer “Thirteen,” a coming-of-age story a few teenage lady’s foray into the world of medicine, intercourse, and petty crime. “Lords of Dogtown” and “Miss You Already” are amongst her different credit.
Hardwicke seems in “Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power,” Nina Menkes’ exploration of how ladies are objectified in cinema. The doc opens October 21.
SSFiFF runs from October 19-23.
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