Kenneth Branagh

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Why Kenneth Branagh winning Best Screenplay Oscar for Belfast is ... (Buzz.ie)

Branagh's speech was watched by over 15 million US viewers via ABC's annual broadcast, as well as many millions more across the world.

"The people of Northern Ireland welcomed this film with open arms. The critically acclaimed film has already grossed $44.9 million at the box office, with this recent Oscar win likely to encourage many more to seek the movie out, creating a huge boost in awareness for Belfast as a city and increased appreciation of the history of Northern Ireland and its struggles. It was a proud night for the people of Belfast city on Sunday, as Kenneth Branagh took home his first ever Oscar win for Belfast, a film based on his childhood growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

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Kenneth Branagh brings the Oscar home for Belfast (RTE.ie)

Belfast writer-director Kenneth Branagh won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, saluting his hometown and "the ...

Her Best Director win was its only Oscar. Best Film Editing Best Original Screenplay CODA, which includes Irish actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, among its cast, won the top prize of the night, Best Picture, becoming the first film from a streaming service, Apple TV+, to take the honour. Best Animated Feature Film Please review their details and accept them to load the content.

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Kenneth Branagh wins first Oscar as Belfast takes best original ... (The Guardian)

The writer-director has won his first Academy Award from eight nominations, and paid tribute to all those who 'search for joy and hope in face of violence ...

Branagh, 61, is the first person to be Oscar nominated in seven different categories. “And we will never forget all of those lost in the heartbreaking, heartwarming, human story of that amazing city of Belfast on the fabulous island of Ireland.” Taking to the stage, Branagh, said his story was “the search for hope and joy in face of violence and loss”.

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Kenneth Branagh hails 'light and dark' of Belfast childhood after ... (Irish Examiner)

Over the years, the actor, writer and director, 61, notched up a record eight nominations spanning seven categories, but always came away empty-handed – until ...

they’ve done an amazing job with him and the two younger siblings. Discussing the child star, he told the PA news agency: “He’s a very special young fella. In 1987, he left the RSC to co-found the Renaissance Theatre Company, serving as an actor, writer, and director and helping to further the careers of stars like Dame Judi Dench. My sister said, ‘This film has really outed you as a kind of working-class Belfast boy’, and, yes, it has. I had a very strong sense of who I was. At nine, to escape the Troubles he moved with his family to Reading, where he was bullied for his accent but found comfort in acting.

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Branagh honors those “facing violence and terror”' in Oscar speech (IrishCentral)

Northern Ireland's Kenneth Branagh is finally an Oscar winner after he collected the award for "Best Original Screenplay" for his film Belfast at last ...

"And we will never forget all of those lost in the heartbreaking, heartwarming, human story of that amazing city of Belfast on the fabulous island of Ireland.” "We will never forget all of those lost in the heartbreaking, heartwarming, human story of that amazing city of Belfast on the fabulous island of Ireland." However, it was the incident involving Will Smith and Chris Rock that was the main talking point of the 94th Academy Awards. Speaking backstage, Branagh explained that the "film is about the beginnings of understanding how to deal with the darkness of those days [in Northern Ireland] ... it was to try and find as much joy and humor quickly, typical of the Irish, even in the darkest of situations." “This story is the search for joy and hope in the face of violence and loss,” Branagh said from the stage. Kenneth Branagh paid tribute to the "island of Ireland" in his speech for "Best Original Screenplay" for Belfast at the 2022 Academy Awards.

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