Emily Watson - Volta Presentation

This year Emily Watson was presented with the Festival’s career achievement award, The Volta at an intimate event amongst friends, cast members and the creative team.
Speaking about this year’s recipient Festival Director Gráinne Humphreys said“ Emily Watson is one of the most exciting international actresses that we have seen in many many years. She is in a new film God’s Creatures which opened this year’s Festival and to my mind her performance as Bess in Breaking the Waves is one of the greatest performances ever presented on screen. Between those two films there is a great body of work we as a Festival wanted to recognise”.