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Sadie Sink Wins Best Actress at Locarno Festival

8/16/2026

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Sadie Sink Wins

Sadie Sink won the Best Actress award at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, sharing it with Monica Bellucci.
Hong Sang-soo won the Best Director award for his film “Nowhere to Lay My Eyes.”
Hong Sang-soo also received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, bringing the film’s total to three awards.
The festival’s closing ceremony and awards presentation took place on the 15th in Locarno, Switzerland.

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Adam Driver Villain

Adam Driver will play Nathaniel Milbury/Mister Sinister as the main villain in Jake Schreier’s X-Men film debuting May 5 2028.
Cast includes Sadie Sink (Jean Grey), Kit Connor (Scott Summers), Samara Weaving (Emma Frost) and Christopher Abbott (Charles Xavier).
The plot follows Nathaniel Essex’s genome obsession, linking Mister Sinister to the Phoenix myth’s manipulation theme, Cable’s origin and the 1989 Inferno crossover.

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Sadie Sink Wins

Sadie Sink won the Best Actress award at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, sharing it with Monica Bellucci.
Hong Sang-soo won the Best Director award for his film “Nowhere to Lay My Eyes.”
Hong Sang-soo also received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, bringing the film’s total to three awards.
The festival’s closing ceremony and awards presentation took place on the 15th in Locarno, Switzerland.

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