The 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival will open with Anton Corbijn’s A Talent for Murder, starring Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren, who will accept the festival’s Legend of Entertainment Award.
The opening night screening will be followed by a moderated Q&A with Mirren.
A Talent for Murder follows a mysterious young man (Alden Ehrenreich) from a New York publisher who is sent to Switzerland to persuade a renowned writer (Helen Mirren) to write one final installment of a legendary thriller anthology.
“We are thrilled to open this year’s festival with A Talent For Murder and to present Helen Mirren with the Legend of Entertainment Award,” said Christina Routhier, senior executive director of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. “Across a career defined by fearlessness and range, Helen has given audiences some of cinema’s most indelible performances, offering our SCAD students an incredible opportunity to learn directly from a true master of the craft.”
Described as one of the most acclaimed performers of her generation, Helen Mirren has won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, four Emmy Awards, and five Actor Awards, four BAFTAs, and three Golden Globe Awards for her storied work across film, television, and the stage. Her credits include The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; The Mosquito Coast; The Good Liar; Hitchcock; RED; National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Hundred-Foot Journey; Trumbo; and Prime Suspect, as well as recent work like 1923, Barbie, Fast X, The Thursday Murder Club, and Golda. Mirren will next be seen in the second season of Paramount+’s MobLand.
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