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Margaret Qualley and Ed Harris also star in director John Patton Ford’s thriller feature that hits theaters early next year.

The two-time Oscar nominee said she is “delighted and deeply honored” to be awarded the honor, presented in memory of the late ‘Harry Potter’ actor.

Fresh off a festival run that spanned Toronto to San Sebastián, the Portuguese writer-director talks BAFTA Breakthrough, her path from editor to filmmaker and the new projects she’s beginning to shape.

With his Cannes-lauded feature debut leading the BIFA nominations and representing the U.K. at the Oscars, the filmmaker reflects on the surprise of being named a BAFTA Breakthrough and why he still sees himself as “a real student of the craft.”

The regional players are cementing their partnership after collaborating on the six-part action crime series ‘Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence.’

Mike Flanagan, who previously tackled Stephen King adaptations ‘Gerald’s Game’ and ‘Doctor Sleep,’ is writing and will direct the feature film.

The ‘Hairspray’ director’s camp runaway train thriller for Bleecker Street and World of Wonder is called ‘STOP! THAT! TRAIN!’

Derek Jacobi also stars in the film about a washed-up Hollywood action hero who travels to a small British town to perform in a pantomime production of Cinderella.

He also appeared in ‘Flesh for Frankenstein,’ ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,’ ‘Melancholia,’ ‘Swan Song,’ ‘The Secret Agent’ and much more.

The acquisition happens as the second novel in the series, ‘The Strength of the Few,’ lands at the top of the New York Times best-sellers list.