This evening the red carpet was unfurled at the opening gala of the Newport Beach Film Festival UK Honours held at The Rosewood Hotel in London.
Those attending the event included Simon Pegg who talked about the Henry Cavill Mission Impossible/Justice League moustache controversy, Sir Patrick Stewart, Andy Serkis, Celia Imrie, Jason Isaacs, Eleanor Tomlinson, Gurinder Chadha, Mark Gatiss, Anya Taylor-Joy who told us about New Mutants and working with Bruce Willis on the Split sequel Glass, Game of Thrones and Maze Runner star Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Sophie Skelton, Edward Holcroft, Rungano Nyon and many more.
The event marked the launch of the festival as well as the bestowing of several awards, details of which you can see below.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GLOBAL CINEMA:
Darkest Hour
ICON:
Sir Patrick Stewart, Gurinder Chadha, Celia Imrie & Andy Serkis
ARTIST OF DISTINCTION:
Simon Pegg, Mark Gatiss, Jason Isaacs & Thomas Brodie-Sangster
ARTS CHAMPION:
Film 4, Equity UK & Liverpool Film Office
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST:
Eleanor Tomlinson
VARIETY’S – 10 BRITS TO WATCH:
Edward Holcroft, Sophie Skelton, Rungano Nyoni, Dancing on Tables, Anya Taylor-Joy, Annes Elwy, Eileen O’Higgins, Suki Waterhouse, Jorja Smith, Jonathan Entwistle
Zehra Phelan and Dave Sztypuljak were on the press line to talk to the great and good, here’s how they got on.
Newport Beach Film Festival Red Carpet Interviews
