# John Travolta Set for Torino Film Festival Award Ahead of ‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach’ Screening (EXCLUSIVE)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/john-travolta-set-for-torino-film-festival-award-ahead-of-propeller-one-way-night-coach-screening-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-11-03T08:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T08:56:31+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/john-travolta-torino-film-festival-award-1236937483/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Europe, Film, World

## Key points

- Travolta will receive Torino’s lifetime achievement award.
- His directorial debut will screen at the festival.
- The 44th festival runs from 24 November to 2 December.

## Summary

John Travolta will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Torino Film Festival, where his directorial debut, *Propeller One-Way Night Coach*, will have its second international festival screening. The award recognises a career spanning several decades and genres, and the screening brings his new film to the Italian festival after its out-of-competition premiere at Cannes.

The film is adapted from Travolta’s 1997 children’s book and has streamed on Apple TV since 29 May. It follows young aviation enthusiast Jeff and his mother on a one-way journey to Hollywood during aviation’s golden age. The 44th Torino Film Festival runs in Turin from 24 November to 2 December.

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