FILM INDEPENDENT & THE WALLIS PRESENT
LIVE READ: CONCLAVE
DIRECTED BY ED BERGER
Feb 10, 2025
7:30 PM
Lies, betrayal, power plays, backstabbing, mystery, intrigue, scandal—sounds like a Bravo reality show, right? But this is no television drama. This is the papal conclave: a shadowy, high-stakes assembly of the Catholic College of Cardinals, summoned when the pope dies to elect the next Pope. Who could’ve imagined that so much drama lurks beneath the Vatican’s gilded ceilings?
Now, experience the tension firsthand as Edward Berger, director of Academy Award Winner All Quiet on the Western Front brings his award-winning film Conclave to life with a one-night-only Live Read at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 10th. New cast (coming soon!), same drama.
Winner of Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes, Conclave has captivated critics and audiences alike, earning 8 Oscar nominations—including Best Picture—12 BAFTA nominations, 11 Critics' Choice Awards nominations, and taking home the 2024 National Board of Review’s Best Ensemble award, as well as the 2025 AFI Award for Movie of the Year. Don’t miss your chance to witness this unforgettable drama unfold, live on stage, as a new cast brings the power struggles and secrets to life.
Special thanks to Focus Features for making this event possible.
Cast Listing: TBA
Tickets
Tickets will go on sale exclusively to Film Independent Members / Wallis Subscribers on Thursday, January 30th at noon PST.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, February 3rd at noon PST.
$38.50 for Wallis Subscribers and Film Independent Members
$49.50 for General Public
$38.50 for Wallis Subscribers and Film Independent Members
$49.50 for General Public
ABOUT EDWARD BERGER
Edward Berger was Oscar®-nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for his modern retelling of the 1930 German classic All Quiet on the Western Front, which he also directed and produced. The film won seven BAFTAs and four Academy Awards®, including an Oscar® for Berger for Best International Feature Film, en route to becoming one of the most honored international films ever.
Previously, Berger directed all five episodes of Showtime’s limited series “Patrick Melrose,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving. The show won four BAFTAs (including Berger’s BAFTA for Best Limited Series) and was nominated for five Emmy Awards, including Best Limited Series and Best Directing, in addition to a Golden Globe for Best Actor.
Up next for the filmmaker is the mystery The Ballad of a Small Player, starring Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton and Fala Chen. The film is currently in production.
Berger graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1994 with a degree in directing. He gained his first professional experience working for the U.S. independent production company Good Machine, including working on films helmed by Ang Lee and Todd Haynes.
Berger’s film Jack was invited into the competition of the Berlin International Film Festival and nominated in three categories for the German Academy Award (Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay). It went on to win the German Academy Award in Silver for Best Picture, as well as Best Director and Best Picture at the German Directors Guild Awards.
In 2015 Berger’s eight-part television series “Deutschland 83” premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and aired to rave reviews on Sundance TV as the first German television show ever to be released in the U.S. It won an International Emmy, the Peabody Award, the Goldene Kamera and the award for Best International Drama Series at the renowned Séries Mania Festival in Paris. It also sold to Canal+ in France and Channel 4 in England, as well as to Scandinavia, Russia and many other territories around the world.
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