Nicole Kidman To Receive Women In Motion 2025 Award At Cannes
Kering and the Festival de Cannes will hand their 2025 Women In Motion Award to Nicole Kidman. The Oscar winner will receive the award during a ceremony at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The ceremony will mark Kidman’s first return to the festival since 2017, when she was honored with the Cannes Film Festival’s 70th Anniversary Prize. “It’s a true honor to receive this award from Francois, Thierry, Iris, my friends at the Kering Group as well as the Cannes Film Festival,” Kidman said in a statement. “I am proud to join this list of extraordinary women who’ve received this honor before me—artists and trailblazers I deeply admire. The Cannes Film Festival has been a part of my life for over 30 years, and I am thrilled to add this incredible recognition to the many memories I’ve made here.”
TrustNordisk Boards Norwegian Drama ‘The Murder Of Benjamin’
TrustNordisk has boarded the feature pic The Murder of Benjamin. The film is described as “a moving and timely drama based on the real-life murder of Benjamin Hermansen, a 15-year-old boy from Norway whose death in 2001 shocked a nation and sent reverberations around the world.” The film is directed by Ingvild Søderlind, who also co-wrote the script with Helena Johanne Nielsen, and is produced by Thomas Robsahm (The Worst Person In The World). The film stars Norwegian actors Elikem Leon Akpan as Benjamin Hermansen and Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson as Joe Erling, alongside Laila Goody (The Wave) as Benjamin’s mother.
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