Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round added to its strong cocktail of prizes over the past several months, scooping the Best International Feature Film Oscar tonight.
The front-runner coming in, the director’s latest marks his first win at the Academy Awards after his 2012 The Hunt was nominated in the same category.Originally conceived several years ago, Another Round became an intensely personal effort: It was four days into shooting when Vinterberg’s teenage daughter Ida died in a car accident.
The filmmaker persevered to tell a story about embracing life and tearfully thanked his daughter in his acceptance from Union Station this evening.
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