Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili, whose film “Beginning” is her country’s Oscar entry, thought Covid-19 was the reason why there were so few people backstage when the San Sebastian Film Festival jury, headed by Luca Guadagnino, was awarding its prizes. “Backstage there were only two other film teams.”
For the next hour, the 34-year-old would trundle onto the stage four times as her outstanding debut film picked up the Golden Shell award for best film, director, actress for Ia Sukhitashvili, and screenplay for Kulumbegashvili and co-writer Rati Oneli, who also plays a role.
“I just thought I was there to pick up the best actress prize, as we knew we won that in advance because Ia needed to record a video,” Kulumbegashvili told Variety in a Paris cafe.
Afterwards, she chatted with Guadagnino and his jury members. “They wanted to talk to me about what the future of the film could be,...
For the next hour, the 34-year-old would trundle onto the stage four times as her outstanding debut film picked up the Golden Shell award for best film, director, actress for Ia Sukhitashvili, and screenplay for Kulumbegashvili and co-writer Rati Oneli, who also plays a role.
“I just thought I was there to pick up the best actress prize, as we knew we won that in advance because Ia needed to record a video,” Kulumbegashvili told Variety in a Paris cafe.
Afterwards, she chatted with Guadagnino and his jury members. “They wanted to talk to me about what the future of the film could be,...
- 10/23/2020
- by Kaleem Aftab
- Variety Film + TV
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