Jason Blum Set for Locarno Film Festival Best Independent Producer Award
variety.comNick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRevolutionary U.S. producer Jason Blum, known for shepherding hit horror franchises such as “Paranormal Activity” and “The Purge,” and more recently the films “Whiplash,” “Get Out,” and Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Prize for a producer who epitomizes the indie ethos.The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to international indie cinema will be celebrating Blum on its Piazza Grande square, which is Europe’s largest outdoor screening venue, on the evening of Aug.
6. The Locarno tribute comprises screenings of two stand-out titles from his producing career: Jordan Peele’s race-based horror/thriller “Get Out” and M.
Night Shyamalan’s multiple personality disorder horror hit “Split.” Locarno attendees will also be able to attend a panel discussion with Blum on Aug.
7 moderated by the fest’s genre films’ specialist Manlio Gomarasca.Jason Blum started his career as a producing director with New York’s now dissolved Malaparte theater company founded by Ethan Hawke.
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