Topic - Sean Penn

“I don’t get very excited about what we’ll call the Academy Awards,” he said, noting exceptions when certain films grace the ceremony, including Sean Baker's “ The Florida Project,” Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” and Jacques Audiard's “ Emilia Perez.

Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of extraordinary cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival →

“There’s a lot of new concepts being tossed about including the use of AI It strikes me as a human obscenity for there to be pushback on that from the producers,” said Penn, a veteran writer-director in addition to being an actor.

Sean Penn calls AI dispute is 'a human obscenity,' backs WGA strike at Cannes Film Festival →