{"id":25199,"date":"2025-11-07T01:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=25199"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:28:04","slug":"tafff-achievement-award-richard-linklater","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/tafff-achievement-award-richard-linklater\/","title":{"rendered":"FACF AWARD  RICHARD LINKLATER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1735428381623{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #660084;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19784 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tafff_industry-250x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"96\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#660084&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;50&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1762554411390{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #660084;\">WRITER\/DIRECTOR RICHARD LINKLATER<br \/>\nRECIPIENT OF THE FACF AWARD 2025. <\/span><\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;70&#8243;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#660084&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1762554482906{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the official Premiere of his new film\u00a0<strong><em>NOUVELLE VAGUE<\/em><\/strong> at the American French Film festival, Academy Award nominated writer\/director <strong>Richard Linklater<\/strong> accepted on stage, the FACF Award from FACF board member and WGA member Howard Rodman. The <strong><span style=\"color: #660084;\">FACF Award<\/span><\/strong> was created by the Franco-American Cultural Fund in 2024 to honor a filmmaker or an actor whose film is the result of an artistic collaboration between France and the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Richard Linklater\u00a0<\/strong>has directed twenty-six feature length films, garnering much acclaim, as well as five Academy\u00a0Award nominations, two Golden Globe Awards and two BAFTA Awards, including BAFTA\u2019 Best Film Award for\u00a0<em>Boyhoo<\/em>d. His credits include\u00a0<em>Slacker,\u00a0Dazed and Confused<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Before Sunse<\/em>t\u00a0to recent projects\u00a0<em>Apollo 10 1\/2: A Space Age,<\/em> <em>Childhood<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Hit Man<\/em>.\u00a0His latest film,\u00a0<em><strong>Nouvelle Vague<\/strong><\/em>, premiered this year in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and has already cemented its status as one of France\u2019s leading Academy Award contenders.\u00a0The film was co-presented by Netflix as the official Los Angeles Premiere and a centerpiece screening at the American French Film Festival.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][mk_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/richard-linklater.png&#8221; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; frame_style=&#8221;gray_border&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#004EEF&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1735428381623{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;] [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#660084&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;50&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1762554411390{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;] WRITER\/DIRECTOR RICHARD LINKLATER RECIPIENT OF THE FACF AWARD 2025. 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