Kristen Stewart named youngest-ever Berlin movie fest jury chief
3 min readBy AFP
BERLIN: US actor Kristen Stewart will in February head up the jury at Berlin’s worldwide movie pageant, Europe’s first main cinema showcase of the yr, organisers mentioned Friday.
The Berlinale, because the occasion is understood, advised AFP that Stewart, 32, could be the youngest particular person in its 73-year historical past to steer the panel deciding on the winners of the Golden and Silver Bear high prizes.
Festival chiefs Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian referred to as the star of “Spencer” and the “Twilight” motion pictures “one of the most talented and multi-faceted actors of her generation”.
“Young, shining and with an impressive body of work behind her, Kristen Stewart is the perfect bridge between the US and Europe,” they mentioned in a press release.
Considered one in all Hollywood’s main younger skills, Stewart started her profession as a toddler actor, starring alongside Jodie Foster in David Fincher’s “Panic Room”.
The five-part “Twilight” saga made her and Robert Pattinson world superstars. Both have harnessed their field workplace bankability to pursue tasks with impartial administrators on all sides of the Atlantic.
In 2015, Stewart turned the primary American to win France’s Cesar movie award, for her position alongside Juliette Binoche in “Clouds of Sils Maria”.
Two years later she marked her directorial and screenwriting debut with the brief movie “Come Swim” and in 2018 served on the principle jury on the Cannes movie pageant.
She was nominated for an Academy Award as finest actress for her flip as Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s 2021 drama “Spencer”.
The Berlinale, which can run February 16-26, ranks with Cannes and Venice amongst Europe’s high three movie festivals and serves as an early annual launchpad for the trade.
Spanish director Carla Simon received the Golden Bear for finest movie this yr for “Alcarras”, a Catalan drama about peach farmers.
Organisers introduced final month that three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg, 75, would attend the occasion to choose up an Honorary Golden Bear prize for lifetime achievement.
BERLIN: US actor Kristen Stewart will in February head up the jury at Berlin’s worldwide movie pageant, Europe’s first main cinema showcase of the yr, organisers mentioned Friday.
The Berlinale, because the occasion is understood, advised AFP that Stewart, 32, could be the youngest particular person in its 73-year historical past to steer the panel deciding on the winners of the Golden and Silver Bear high prizes.
Festival chiefs Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian referred to as the star of “Spencer” and the “Twilight” motion pictures “one of the most talented and multi-faceted actors of her generation”.
“Young, shining and with an impressive body of work behind her, Kristen Stewart is the perfect bridge between the US and Europe,” they mentioned in a press release.
Considered one in all Hollywood’s main younger skills, Stewart started her profession as a toddler actor, starring alongside Jodie Foster in David Fincher’s “Panic Room”.
The five-part “Twilight” saga made her and Robert Pattinson world superstars. Both have harnessed their field workplace bankability to pursue tasks with impartial administrators on all sides of the Atlantic.
In 2015, Stewart turned the primary American to win France’s Cesar movie award, for her position alongside Juliette Binoche in “Clouds of Sils Maria”.
Two years later she marked her directorial and screenwriting debut with the brief movie “Come Swim” and in 2018 served on the principle jury on the Cannes movie pageant.
She was nominated for an Academy Award as finest actress for her flip as Princess Diana in Pablo Larrain’s 2021 drama “Spencer”.
The Berlinale, which can run February 16-26, ranks with Cannes and Venice amongst Europe’s high three movie festivals and serves as an early annual launchpad for the trade.
Spanish director Carla Simon received the Golden Bear for finest movie this yr for “Alcarras”, a Catalan drama about peach farmers.
Organisers introduced final month that three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg, 75, would attend the occasion to choose up an Honorary Golden Bear prize for lifetime achievement.
