‘Conclave’ BAFTA Nominee Edward Berger Takes Deadline On A Tour Of His Awards Season: Q&A
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Deadline did the first interview with director Edward Berger, after the Telluride premiere and the start of a long Oscar race for Conclave.
We close out the season with a bookending final interview, on a day when the film takes the stage at the BAFTAs tonight, with 12 nominations including for Berger and stars Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini, to go along with eight Oscar nominations.
Shot on a modest $20M+ budget with a near $100M gross for Focus Features and now playing on Peacock, Conclave has proven a worthy follow to Berger’s Best International Feature Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front.
Though Berger perplexingly did not get Best Director Oscar noms for either film, the one-two punch has positioned him to step up to the bigger theatrical canvas, the track that Denis Villeneuve and Christopher Nolan have taken.
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