The two actresses star in the upcoming film ‘Prima,’ directed by brothers Alessandro and Luca Morelli
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NEED TO KNOW
- Faye Dunaway and Nicola Peltz Beckham received Kinéo Awards at an event held during the 83rd Venice Film Festival
- Dunaway and Peltz Beckham were celebrated on Sept. 5 with a lifetime achievement award and rising star award, respectively
- At a press conference, the two costars of the upcoming indie movie Prima praised each other
Faye Dunaway and Nicola Peltz Beckham are getting their flowers.
The actresses, who both star in the upcoming movie Prima, were each honored with a Kinéo Award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 5. Dunaway, 85, earned a lifetime achievement award while Peltz Beckham, 31, received a rising star award.
At the ceremony, held at Casa Cinema Giovani during the Venice fest, Peltz Beckham walked the red carpet with Brooklyn Beckham, her husband since 2022. The actress wore a purple Balenciaga dress on the carpet and a vintage Armani Privé dress in black during the ceremony.
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Dunaway posed for photographs on the carpet alongside brothers Alessandro and Luca Morelli, the filmmakers behind Prima. The Network Oscar winner wore a black Ralph Lauren gown with a sheer cape. Inside the event, she looked chic in a beige Umit Benan suit.
The Kinéo Awards, presented during the Venice Film Festival since 2022, were conceived by Kinéo Cultural Association president Rosetta Sannelli. They are presented each year in partnership with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
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At the Friday, Sept. 4 Kinéo press conference, Dunaway and Peltz Beckham greeted the crowd and showered praise on each other. “I am so excited to be here and I am so excited to be sitting here next to the iconic Faye Dunaway,” said Beckham with a smile, per video captured of the event.
“I’m very happy to be here with this lady who I can see is going to have a very very big career,” said Dunaway of her costar. “I think she’s so talented and I adore her.”
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Prima, in which the actresses star with Mira Sorvino and Jack Huston, follows the story of Margo (Peltz Beckham), a dedicated ballerina raised by her disciplinarian and “guardian of the art” grandmother (Dunaway).
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Beckham has worked consistently onscreen for years, with starring roles in 2010’s The Last Airbender, 2014’s Transformers: Age of Extinction and 2013 TV drama Bates Motel. For Prima, the actress underwent “a physical transformation and intense workout regimen,” a source told PEOPLE in January, as she “portrays a prima ballerina.”
In addition to Prima, which does not yet have a release date, Dunaway stars in the upcoming romance film Fate.
The 83rd Venice Film Festival runs Sept. 2–12.
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