Stars of “Carrie”, “Primetime”, “Off Campus”, and more to be “Entertainment Weekly”’s Breaking Big honorees at 2026 SCAD Film Festival

Key Points

• Entertainment Weekly will celebrate six actors as our Breaking Big honorees at the 2026 SCAD Film Festival.

• Actors from Carrie, Primetime, Off Campus, Clayface, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, and Clarissa are honored this year.

• The 2026 SCAD Film Festival takes place Oct. 24-31 in Savannah, Ga.

It’s our favorite season of the year: awards season. And Entertainment Weekly is getting in on the action, celebrating six stars as our Breaking Big honorees at Savannah College of Art and Design’s 2026 SCAD Film Festival.

This year’s honorees are Adia (Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother), India Amarteifio (Clarissa), Jalen Thomas Brooks (Off Campus), Skyler Gisondo (Primetime), Tom Rhys Harries (Clayface), and Summer H. Howell (Carrie). They will participate in an awards presentation before sitting down for a panel discussion moderated by EW’s Editor-in-Chief Patrick Gomez on Thurs., Oct. 29.

This year’s SCAD Film Festival takes place Oct. 24-Oct. 31, in Savannah, Ga., and will also include dozens of screenings of recent and upcoming movie releases — including festival opener A Talent for Murder, for which star Helen Mirren will receive the Legend of Entertainment Award, joined later for a Q&A by director Anton Corbijn.

Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut is the Centerpiece Gala Presentation on Tues., Oct. 27 — and its star, Julianne Moore, will receive the Icon Award. The festival closes on Oct. 31 with Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, and more.

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Receiving honors alongside the aforementioned talent are…

• John Cho (Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother)

• Rosalind Eleazar (Misty Green)

• Meghann Fahy (The Good Daughter)

• Guitarricadelafuente (La Bola Negra)

• Ethan Hawke and Sterlin Harjo (The Lowdown) — Outstanding Collaboration in Television Award

• Anthony Ippolito (I Play Rocky)

• Jessica Lange (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)

• Emmy Rossum (Furious) — Outstanding Achievement in Television Award

• Patrice Vermette (Dune: Part Three) — Variety Creative Impact in Production Design Award

The full lineup and tickets for the 2026 SCAD Film Festival are available on SCAD’s website.

The heart of the SCAD School of Film and Acting is the newly completed 11-acre SCAD Film Studios in Savannah, the largest and most comprehensive university film studio complex in higher education. Designed for professional and student productions, the complex includes purpose-built soundstages and an expansive Hollywood-style backlot with more than 50 façades and practical interiors.

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