After selecting up some huge accolades means again in January on the Sundance Movie Pageant, actor Dylan O’Brien continues to journey a significant wave of consideration for his newest work in James Sweeney’s “Twinless.” Subsequent month, he’ll convey the movie to Miami Dade School’s (MDC) Miami Movie Pageant GEMS (MFF), which is able to honor him with their Vanguard Award.
The fest’s Vanguard Award is, per the pageant, “introduced to artists whose work displays depth, originality, and a daring, distinctive imaginative and prescient for modern cinema.” He’ll obtain the award throughout a Q&A about his profession instantly following a screening of “Twinless” in entrance of a pageant viewers. The occasion will probably be held on Saturday, November 1, at Cosford Cinema.
GEMS will happen October 29 – November 5, 2025, and proceed its custom of celebrating this yr’s prime movies and award contenders. Miami Dade School celebrates cinema with two annual occasions, together with Miami Movie Pageant GEMS within the fall and the Miami Movie Pageant within the spring (the forty third annual version will roll out April 9-19, 2026).
“We’re honored to current Dylan O’Brien with our prestigious Vanguard Award for his highly effective work in ‘Twinless,’” mentioned Lauren Cohen, Miami Movie Pageant director of rrogramming. “His uncooked and deeply affecting efficiency showcases his outstanding vary and solidifies him as one of the compelling actors of his technology.”
“Twinless” premiered on the Sundance Movie Pageant, the place it gained the U.S. Dramatic Viewers Award. O’Brien, who can also be an govt producer on the movie, gained the U.S. Dramatic Particular Jury Award for Appearing. The movie, Sweeney’s second directorial effort after “Straight Up,” follows a pair of seeming strangers (O’Brien and Sweeney) who’re introduced collectively by tragedy: each are similar twins who’ve misplaced their siblings.
In his evaluation, IndieWire’s David Ehrlich wrote that the movie “hinges on the suppleness of the tales we inform about ourselves (amongst a number of different issues), and this assured, intelligent, and cuttingly darkish comedy virtually by no means misses an opportunity to indulge within the braveness of its convictions, particularly when these convictions really feel oh so unsuitable.” He additionally hailed O’Brien’s work as signaling that he’s a “main expertise.”
O’Brien’s different current movie credit embrace his critically acclaimed efficiency as a younger Dan Aykroyd in Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night time” for Sony and his Gotham Award-nominated flip within the HBO Max streaming hit “Caddo Lake.” His upcoming schedule is packed, together with new movies just like the Lionsgate drama “Anniversary,” the Sam Raimi-directed horror-thriller “Ship Assist” from twentieth Century, and the Apple drama “Being Heumann,” primarily based on the memoir of incapacity rights activist Judy Heumann.
O’Brien will be part of beforehand introduced honoree Ethan Hawke, who will obtain the Selection Virtuoso Award. The whole Miami Movie Pageant GEMS 2025 lineup and schedule will probably be introduced on Tuesday, October 1.