A cold November breeze swept beneath Greenfield Garden Cinemas’ iconic Main Street marquee on a recent evening, rustling a poster promoting an upcoming release displayed just outside the glass doors: “Sound of Metal. Music was his world. Then silence.
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Nomadland, Sound of Metal win big at Film Independent Spirit Awards
By (0) Nomadland director Chloe Zhao, seen here at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in March 2018, won Best Director and Best Editor at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Sound of Metal star Riz Ahmed attends the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of the film in September 2019. Sound of Metal won three awards at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI | License Photo
Carey Mulligan won Best Female Lead for her role in Promising Young Woman at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. File Photo by Serena Xu-Ning/UPI | License Photo
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Phew! Honestly, we’re not used to staying up this late to wrap our awards season (although to be fair, we
have been this drunk). But if nothing else, 2020/21 has certainly been a year of firsts. Including our first and hopefully last pandemic-era Film Independent
Spirit Awards. And while we miss our big cacophonous beach tent, it’s hard to imagine having any more fun than we did tonight with host Melissa Villaseñor and this wholly unforgettable 2021 Spirit Awards.
So congrats again to all of this year’s nominees and winners including those of our inaugural TV/streaming categories. And whether you watched this year’s show on IFC, streamed it on AMC+ or joined us for our first-ever Virtual Show experience, we can’t say it enough:
Sound of Metal Star Riz Ahmed to Receive Inaugural Impact Award From Miami Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
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Riz Ahmed, one of the top contenders in the best actor race, is being honored by the Miami Film Festival with its inaugural Impact Award.
“Sound of Metal,” co-written and directed by Darius Marder, tells the story of a heavy metal drummer (Ahmed) who begins to lose his hearing. The film also stars Olivia Wilde, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric and Lauren Ridloff.
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“We selected Riz for this distinguished honor for his incisive, brilliant performance in ‘Sound of Metal’ and what it has meant for the Recovery community within the Deaf community, which is often invisible in our society,” says Miami Film Festival Executive Director Jaie Laplante.