Robert Pattinson is to receive the Maverick Award at the SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) Film Festival, which runs from October 28 – November 4 in Savannah, Georgia. The festival is the largest university-run festival in the United States. See the official profile below.
THR:
A veritable phalanx of 2017 Oscar contenders — Detroit's John Boyega, The Big Sick's Holly Hunter, Good Time's Robert Pattinson, Beatriz at Dinner's Salma Hayek Pinault, Molly's Game's Aaron Sorkin and Logan's Patrick Stewart, plus the directors of 10 top contenders for the best documentary feature Oscar — will head south to be honored as part of the blowout 20th anniversary edition of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
Big-name guests will pick up honors following screenings of and conversations about their 2017 work that will be spread throughout the eight-day gathering: Boyega will receive the Vanguard Award; Hunter, the Icon Award; Pattinson, the Maverick Award; Pinault, the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award; Sorkin, the Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award; and Stewart, the Legend of Cinema Award. Additional honorees, master classes, coffee talks, lectures, workshops, panel discussions and the full lineup for the fest's 20th edition will be announced in the coming days.As someone who is a huge fan of Rob winning awards, I'm so proud of him getting so much recognition and critical acclaim he deserves, especially for Good Time.
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