Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Gray, Black Mess, Suspiria) bought feted on the Karlovy Range Worldwide Movie Pageant (KVIFF) on Saturday because the viewers for one in every of her newest films showered the Hollywood star with enthusiastic applause and love, and she or he acquired one of many Czech fest’s honors.
On a summer-y and heat night of day three of the 59th version of the pageant within the spa city, its streets have been stuffed with exercise, with individuals dashing to and from film screenings, grooving alongside to concert events, and consuming and consuming in out of doors eating places and bars.
In the meantime, contained in the cinema on the Brutalist Lodge Thermal, Johnson was referred to as on stage to get the KVIFF President’s Award. She obliged forward of a screening of her new movie Materialists, which was written and directed by Celine Track and likewise stars Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans. The viewers showered her in applause and appreciation, with images being snapped and movies being recorded by most within the auditorium.
Johnson was then lauded with the award statuette, to a different spherical of raucous applause. In her temporary thanks speech, the star thanked the viewers in Czech to the enjoyment of the group. She then lauded Track as “most likely the very best filmmaker of our time.”
When Johnson left the stage to extra cheers and claps from the up-for-it crowd, everybody was prepared to really watch Materialists.
It isn’t the one film that the actress dropped at Karlovy Range, although. On Saturday night, Johnson had introduced the Michael Angelo Covino-directed romantic comedy Splitsville, which she additionally produced underneath her TeaTime Footage banner, launched in 2019 along with her producing accomplice, Ro Donnelly.
“I hope these are movies that ignite fireplace in individuals’s hearts and minds about love and the way we deal with one another and what we wish for ourselves,” Johnson stated on Sunday forward of the screening.
Earlier within the pageant day, Johnson advised reporters that she would probably direct her first characteristic quickly, that desires to proceed telling female-centric tales via her TeaTime Footage, keep away from “poisonous units,” measure the success of films when it comes to viewer influence slightly than field workplace, and that she would like to play a psychopath.
The star additionally expressed her gratitude for the invitation to the fest. “This appears to be like like Disneyland. It’s loopy right here. It’s so stunning,” she advised reporters concerning the picturesque Karlovy Range. “And I simply couldn’t really feel extra grateful.”
KVIFF runs via July 12.