Ethan Hawke to KVIFF.TV: Working with Linklater gave me friendship of my life.

Actor Ethan Hawke was one of the big stars at 55th KVIFF and received the festival’s Pre­sident’s Award at the festival’s gala closing. The Hollywood star introduced his 2017 film First Reformed at the Grand Hall at Hotel Thermal after being greeted warmly on the red carpet. In an interview, he said he would have made the intense First Reformed “on a phone” and discussed his very fruitful, long-running collaboration with director Richard Linklater.