SPOTLIGHT SIMON REX | MVFF AWARD Mill Valley Film Festival is delighted to honor San Francisco native Simon Rex with the MVFF Award for his breakthrough, career-defining moment as an actor. His work can be seen at MVFF both in Red Rocket and in a supporting role in Fabio Frey’s My Dead Dad, confirming that Simon Rex continues to captivate audiences through dynamic and unconventional roles across the multimedia landscape. Rex’s performance in filmmaker Sean Baker’s Red Rocket is breathtaking. His high energy, audacious, tour de force rendition of a unique American hustler leaves an indelible impression, bringing the part a charisma that is nigh-on irresistible. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year to a rapturous response, followed by the US Premiere at theTelluride Film Festival.
RED ROCKET US 2021, 128 min Director Sean Baker The Florida Project auteur Sean Baker returns with an engrossing tragicomedy about a washed-up former porn star who returns to his Texas hometown. Simon Rex gives a revelatory performance, and he’s matched by electric newcomer Suzanna Son as a flirtatious local teen. Red Rocket is a brilliantly unflinching portrait of a hustler you’ll never forget.. –Tim Grierson
In Person: SIMON REX SPONSORED BY GRUBER FAMILY FOUNDATION Party sponsored by
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