MIAMI, United States. – This March 5, the American actor Nicolas Cage will receive the Variety Legend & Groundbreaker Award, granted by the magazine Variety during the fortieth edition of the miami film festivalin accordance with an EFE report which quotes the organizers of the event.
“Year after year, Nicolas Cage proves himself to be an actor of great variety, exhibiting dramatic power and great comedic zest, making his work surprising, charming and moving,” said Steven Gaydos, Global Executive Vice President, in a statement. of content of Variety.
“[Es] the very definition of a legend”, said the programming director of the Miami Film Festival, Lauren Cohen.
Nicolas Cage won an Oscar in 1996 for best leading actor for the film “Leaving Las Vegas.”
In addition to Cage, the Mexican actor Diego Luna and the American composer Nicholas Britell, author of the score for the famous film Moon lightwill be recognized during the film festival organized by Miami Dade College (MDC).
The fortieth edition of the Miami Film Festival runs from March 3 to 12.
The Festival’s programming includes more than 140 productions of various genres from 30 countries, including feature films, shorts and documentaries, and includes more than a dozen world premieres.
For its part, Cuban cinema will have a large presence at the event on an annual basis. Among the Cuban films that will be released or screened at the Miami Film Festival are The Padilla Case, AfroCuba ’78, The thunder and the wind, Havana Stories, Bebo, Homeland and Life: The Power of Music, Vicenta B., Plantadas and Nelsito’s world among other titles.
