Karlovy Vary rolls out the red carpet for Maggie Gyllenhaal (Missing daughter, secretary, The honorable woman) and Jesse Eisenberg (Social network, Real pain, When you’re done saving the world) this year.
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, in its 60th annual edition next month, will present the President’s Award to “two distinguished figures who have significantly shaped contemporary world cinema,” organizers said Monday. “In their work, director, screenwriter, and actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and multifaceted actor, director, screenwriter, and author Jesse Eisenberg move seamlessly between compelling performances and bold filmmaking.”
“We are pleased at the festival to be able to welcome two creative people whose work as actors, screenwriters and directors represents contemporary trends in cinema and whose films represent an intense experience for the audience,” said KVIFF Executive Director Christophe Mucha.
Gyllenhaal will receive her honor during the opening ceremony of the 60th edition of KVIFF on Friday, July 3. At the festival, she will also present her film. Bride!Which I wrote, directed and produced. “The fantastical continuation of the classic Frankenstein story, influenced by the 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein “Mary Shelley’s original masterpiece,” the film stars Jesse Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Penelope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Eisenberg, whose next film as a writer and director, will also receive the KVIFF President’s Award. For the first timeIt stars Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti. Eisenberg also co-wrote the music and lyrics for the musical within the film. The film will be released in the fall by A24. In his honor, a Czech festival will be presented Dualdirected by Richard Ayoade, in which Eisenberg plays the lead role.
“Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jesse Eisenberg have a certain transatlantic sensibility,” said Karel Ochs, KVIFF artistic director. “Their work as actors and directors has the ability to connect the New World and Europe while drawing on the most important elements of both traditions. The humor of New York’s intellectuals is combined with wisdom, talent and an original way of seeing the world.”
