Kristen will receive a debut feature award at the Kodak Film Awards in LA on 2 March 2026

 

Kodak has captured a roster of honorees for the 8th annual Kodak Film Awards.

Set to be held at the American Society of Cinematographers clubhouse in Hollywood on March 2, the event will honor Kristen Stewart, Sentimental Value filmmaker Joachim Trier, Sinners director of photography Autumn Durald Arkapaw, IMAX’s Patricia Keighley, director Salomon Ligthelm and the TV series Fallout.

Stewart has booked a spin in the spotlight for her work on The Chronology of Water, for which she will be feted with a debut feature award. Past recipients of the prize include Céline Song, Michael Morris and Melina Matsoukas.

Trier will take home the Auteur Award, a trophy designed to recognize “motion picture artists who have created critically acclaimed work and remain steadfast in their artistic process.” His Sentimental Value earned nine Academy Award nominations including best picture, director, original screenplay and best international feature.

Cinematographer Arkapaw will be honored with a Lumière Award for “contributions to the art of cinematography.” It’s a homecoming as Kodak has supported and collaborated with Arkapaw on recent projects like Sinners and The Last Showgirl. She’s currently nominated for an Oscar for her work on the former.

Meanwhile Ligthelm will be honored with a music and commercial film director award, a trophy presented “in recognition of extraordinary talent and trailblazing creativity in the field of music and commercial films.” He’s worked on videos for The Weeknd, Giveon, Skrillex, Ford, Kia, Puma and more.

Fallout, the critically acclaimed Amazon Prime Video series and creators Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, will be honored as television series of the year for its’ “cinematic scope, visual craftsmanship and contribution to episodic storytelling.” The show’s first two seasons are currently streaming.

Lastly, IMAX’s Keighley will be presented with an award called the Keighley Award in honor of her and late husband David Keighley. Per Kodak, their shared “dedication to the theatrical experience has played a significant role in advancing the art and technology of filmmaking.” And they’ve found a marquee presenter to hand it over that night in Christopher Nolan, who is confirmed to be making a special appearance. In future awards presentations, Keighley and Kodak will work together to select the recipients.

“From first-time directors to large-scale television series, filmmakers continue to intentionally choose film as an unparalleled creative tool,” said Kodak’s head of motion picture and entertainment Vanessa Bendetti. “In 2026, we’re proud to recognize artists and partners whose work demonstrates both creative ambition and a lasting commitment to the cinematic experience.”

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“Making films is a political act,” says actor-director Kristen Stewart. “You have to decide how you want to wield your presence and your voice.” These days she is making hers heard at Highland Theatre—the 1925 Highland Park movie palace and onetime vaudeville performance space, designed by noted architect Lewis Arthur Smith, whose resume also includes the Vista theater in Los Feliz, the El Portal in North Hollywood, and the Rialto in Pasadena, all from the mid-1920s. Stewart recently purchased the noble yet dilapidated building, which closed its doors and dimmed its marquee in 2024.

“I didn’t realize I was looking for a theater until this place came to my attention. Then it was like a gunshot went off and the race was on. I ran toward it with everything I had,” she recalls. “I’m fascinated by broken-down old theaters. I always want to see what mysteries they hold.”

Stewart’s vision for the Highland goes beyond a straightforward restoration. “It’s an opportunity to make a space to gather and scheme and dream together. This project is about creating a new school and restructuring our processes, finding a better way forward. We want to make it a family affair, something for the community. It's not just for pretentious Hollywood cinephiles,” she explains. “I see it as an antidote to all the corporate bullshit, a place that takes movie culture away from just buying and selling. I think there’s a huge desire and craving for what this kind of space can offer.”

The original bones of the theater, including an extraordinary mezzanine and stage, remain partially intact, but the resurrection of the space will require a herculean effort. Nevertheless, Stewart is determined to recapture the glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age while positing a new kind of social cinema experience: “There are so many beautiful details that need to be restored. I think there’s a way to bring the building back to life in a way that embraces its history but also brings something new to the neighborhood and something new to the whole LA film community. That’s the point—new ideas.”

A native Angeleno, Stewart grew up in the San Fernando Valley and moved to LA’s Eastside when she was 20. “I absolutely f**king love this city,” she insists. “There’s a kind of unified dissonance because it’s not really a city as much as a cluster of neighborhoods, but there’s unity in that. I like the spaciousness. You can decide how you want to fill it.” Asked if she’d ever consider abandoning Tinseltown for the mean streets of New York City, the actor demurs. “LA gets a bad rap for being unserious, but there’s so much art and culture here. I find something a little heavy about the East Coast. When I come back to LA, I can breathe.”

Still, Stewart has no illusions about the problems facing Los Angeles and indeed most major cities in our country. She is indefatigable in her championing of the Downtown Women’s Center, an organization founded in 1978 that was the first in the U.S. to provide permanent supportive housing to homeless women—a mission it continues to pursue to this day, in addition to a health clinic that exclusively serves women in LA’s Skid Row community and a drop-in day center, where women can receive three daily meals and access to showers, restrooms, mail, laundry, and telephones. “LA is drowning in inadequacy in our response to homelessness. The city is at odds with itself,” Stewart laments. “There has to be a way to unearth a tender, empathetic approach to getting people off the streets. I wanted to align myself with an organization and people who’ve been doing this work for decades at a grass roots level. Amy [Turk, Chief Executive Officer of DWC] spends every waking hour helping these women. I’ll do anything for her.”

Reflecting on the future of the Highland Theatre, the film industry, and the city at large, Stewart remains optimistic yet emphatic: “The narrow path that’s been forged has to be broadened, not by tokenized diversity but by doing things really differently. We can’t keep making the same movie over and over again. And we can’t turn our backs on the people who are most in need.”

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