Adam McKay will receive the Volta Award from the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) in recognition of his contribution to film.The filmmaker will travel to Dublin to pick up the prize during an out-of-festival screening of his latest pic, the Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up, on December 16 ahead of its Netflix launch on December 24.
The film is opening in select theaters from December 10. It tells the story of two low-level astronomers who go on a giant media tour to warn of an approaching comet that will destroy Earth.Previous winners of the Volta at DIFF include Daniel Day Lewis, Al Pacino, Kristin Scott Thomas and Thierry Frémaux.
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