BEHIND THE SCENES ^ Sadness

It was Thursday night, February 16, 2023, at the CINEMA VANGUARD Award, honoring COLIN FARRELL and BRENDAN GLEESON. The SBIFF award is a recognition of actors “who have forged their own path, taking artistic risks and making a significant and unique contribution to film.” The two awardees are both from Dublin, and their career intersections have led them to become good friends.

The SBMS Teen Press reporters whose careers were intersecting that night were LUCCA & SOPHIA, who spent hours preparing questions for the two awardees, as well as some other notables whose plans to appear on the red carpet were just announced that afternoon.

So in addition to pressure and eagerness being high for our reporters, they had to endure the sight of CHRIS PRATT (who produced the wrestling film “Helen | Believe” about Olympian Helen Maroulis) posing for the still cameras and then departing. And the sounds of cheering from the street as the awardees made the rounds with fans, before then being whisked up the red carpet without a stop for interviews.

Hours of preparation and high hopes down the drain, our intrepid reporters had this to report...