SCENEAROUND  08.24

Kevin Costner

11-Minute Standing Ovation at Cannes

Actor and filmmaker Kevin Costner was monumentally rewarded for his efforts as an independent filmmaker when an appreciative 2024 Cannes Film Festival audience gave him a rousing 11-minute 40-second standing ovation for his new movie ‘Horizon: An American Saga’ at the Grande Theatre Lumiere.

The epic Western movie is a personal project that has been sacred to Costner, and it’s been in the works for over three decades. The three-hour movie is the first chapter of a planned four-part series directed by and starring Costner, who soaked in the applause along his fellow stars including Sienna Miller, Alejandro Edda, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Georgia MacPhail, Ella Hunt, Isabelle Fuhrman, Wasé Chief, Luke Wilson and Costner’s son Hayes Logan Costner.

Rumor has it that Costner mortgaged his Santa Barbara estate to fund his epic film project. Regardless, the visibly emotional ‘Yellowstone’ star said that the ovation was a moment he will never forget.