General
Thomas Vinterberg dedicates Oscar to daughter Ida who was killed by distracted driver
Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg has dedicated his Oscar for Best International Feature Film to his teenage daughter, who died in a car crash four days into shooting.
Key points:
- Another Round won the Oscar for Best International Feature film
- Director Thomas Vinterberg dedicated the award to his daughter, Ida
- Ida was killed in a crash by a driver who was looking at a mobile phone
Vinterberg, who won the award for the film Another Round, teared up as he recalled how Ida, 19, was killed in 2019 when a distracted driver struck the car his wife Helene Reingaard Neumann was driving.
“We wanted to make a film that celebrates life and four days into shooting, the impossible happened,” Vinterberg said from the stage at Union Station in Los…
-
General21 hours agoAshes engulfed by fresh DRS controversy as TV umpire gives Jamie Smith out despite RTS ‘murmur’
-
Noosa News5 hours agoTwo teenagers and two adults rushed to hospital in life-threatening conditions after shocking Lawnton house fire
-
General24 hours ago‘Mother’s Day’ solar storm squeezed Earth’s plasmasphere to one-fifth its size
-
Noosa News21 hours agoBrisbane widow’s $6 million prize home win comes with unexpected luxury