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Anne Hathaway to Receive American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Anne Hathaway will receive the American Riviera Award at the 42nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival, with an in-person tribute and conversation on 5 February. The award recognises significant contributions to American cinema, and Hathaway is being honoured for playing Penelope in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”.
Festival executive director Roger Durling praised Hathaway’s versatility and described her performance as emotionally complex. She also appeared in several other films this year, including “Mother Mary” and “The Devil Wears Prada 2”, and is due to return as Mia Thermopolis in “The Princess Diaries 3”. The festival runs from 3 to 13 February, with other tributes, screenings, filmmaker discussions and industry panels.
In short
- Anne Hathaway will receive the American Riviera Award on 5 February.
- The festival is recognising her role in “The Odyssey”.
- The Santa Barbara festival runs from 3 to 13 February.
Explained simply
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is an annual event in California that brings together film screenings, discussions and tributes to people working in cinema. Its American Riviera Award recognises a person’s contribution to American film.
Anne Hathaway is an American actor known for roles in films including The Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada. Christopher Nolan is a British-American film director; The Odyssey is his film based on the ancient Greek epic about Odysseus’s journey home after the Trojan War.
The award connects Hathaway’s work to the festival’s wider programme of celebrating films and filmmakers. The tribute also gives audiences a chance to hear her discuss her career and performance.
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