IndieWire can solely share that the previously-announced An Night with Chloe Zhaooffered by Movie Unbiased, can be moderated by Oscar-winning actress and filmmaker Regina King.
Till final summer season, King had taken a step again from the highlight after going by means of a familial tragedy in early 2022 that was akin to what the characters face in “Hamnet.” She returned to screens together with her look within the latest Darren Aronofsky movie “Caught Stealing.”
The dialog between Zhao and King will cowl extra than simply the latter’s newest movie, at present nominated for eight Academy Awards. Showing onstage, the desire pair will run by means of movie clips and have a dialog about Zhao’s whole movie profession, ranging from “Songs My Brothers Taught Me” by means of Finest Image winner “Nomadland,” which additionally made her the third girl and first girl of coloration to win the Oscar for Finest Director.
Throughout that 2020 – 2021 awards run, King and Zhao developed a friendship, as the previous was on the identical circuit selling her directorial debut “One Night time in Miami,” made shortly after she received a Finest Supporting Actress Oscar for her efficiency in “If Beale Road May Discuss.”
As for Zhao’s connection to Movie Unbiasedthe award-winning director was a Screenwriting Lab Fellow in 2011, the place she developed her debut function “Songs My Brothers Taught Me.” Along with the Screenwriting Lab, each Zhao and the movie had been supported by Movie Unbiased’s Artist Improvement applications, together with the Producing Lab and Quick Observe.
On the 2016 Movie Unbiased Spirit Awards, “Songs My Brother Taught Me” was nominated in three classes, together with Finest First Function. Her sophomore movie “The Rider” was later nominated for Finest Function (and Zhao was nominated for Finest Director) on the 2018 ceremony.
Her third function “Nomadland” starring Frances McDormand received 4 Spirit Awards in 2021, together with Finest Function and Finest Director for Zhao. King received the Robert Altman Award for “One Night time in Miami” at that very same ceremony.
An Night with Chloé Zhao will happen on Thursday, February 26, 2026 on the DGA Theater in Los Angeles. Tickets are nonetheless accessible by means of Movie Unbiased’s Arts Circle Membership.