Camp Miasma Wins Cannes Queer Palm as Hannah Einbinder Eyes August Release
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Updated · The Cut · Jul 20
Camp Miasma Wins Cannes Queer Palm as Hannah Einbinder Eyes August Release
3 articles · Updated · The Cut · Jul 20
Summary
A few weeks before this interview, Camp Miasma took the Queer Palm at Cannes, giving Hannah Einbinder’s latest film a high-profile LGBTQ+ prize ahead of its rollout.
August is set for the film’s wide release after strong festival receptions in Cannes, New York and London, where Einbinder said audiences laughed in the right places and embraced its message.
Jane Schoenbrun’s horror film casts Einbinder as Kris, a queer filmmaker rebooting a dormant slasher franchise, with Gillian Anderson playing the original star at the center of her obsession.
31-year-old Einbinder described the role as emotionally exposing, saying it forced her to confront dissociation and shame around sex while delivering a blood-soaked climax Schoenbrun called technically and emotionally demanding.
The Cannes win lands as Einbinder’s profile keeps rising beyond Hacks: she has a fifth Emmy nomination, another SXSW-premiered film this year, and several new writing and acting projects in development.