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Mike Leigh to Be Honored at Mediterrane Film Festival With Career Achievement Award - Does anybody here knows his work? (variety.com)
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Mike Leigh, the veteran director of “Vera Drake,” “Another Year” and “Happy-Go-Lucky,” will be honored at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival with its Career Achievement Golden Bee Award.

Leigh will also host a masterclass at the festival, the second edition of which is taking place June 22 to 30 in Malta’s capital city of Valletta. The director, who has earned seven Oscar nominations and won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or for 1993’s “Naked,” will be in conversation with Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and the British Film Commission.

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[–] andrew_s@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From the long-distant past, I can still remember choosing 'Secrets and Lies' as something to watch when I was living with house-mates. I didn't know anything about it, just that it was highly regarded by critics. Everyone in the house hated it, it was an awkward experience watching it, and I get vague second-hand embarrassment even thinking about that film.

I should give it another chance sometime, but of Leigh's films, I think Naked is the only one I've liked (but I wouldn't have wanted to watch that with other people in the room either).

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

To be fair social awkwardness is a constant feature of his films.