The Sun Valley Film Festival running from December 3-7, 2025 unveiled the lineup of 16 narrative and documentary features and 32 shorts.
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‘The Brotherhood’ Docu to Open Sun Valley Film Festival, Fest to Honor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gus Van Sant
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency)
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Tiger Stripes, ‘Maya and the Wave’, Ezra, Bobby Cannavale Win 13th Sun Valley Film Festival Awards
Ezra (John Baer | Bleecker Street) Opening night film Ezra directed by Tony Goldwyn won the Audience Award for best feature film at the 13th Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) which took place from February 28 – March 3, 2024, screening 20 narrative and documentary features, 37 shorts, and three episodics. Bobby Cannavale won the inaugural Best Performance in a Film Award for his role in the film.
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Ezra Starring Bobby Cannavale, Robert DeNiro Headline 2024 Sun Valley Film Festival Lineup
Ezra (John Baer | Bleecker Street) The Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF), running from February 28 – March 3, 2024 will screen 20 narrative and documentary features, 37 shorts, and three episodics. The festival will kick off with opening night film Ezra directed by Tony Goldwyn and starring Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne and Robert DeNiro; and closing night film is the documentary Sugarcane directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie.
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Annette Bening and David O. Russell to be Honored at Sun Valley Film Festival
Annette Bening in Nyad. (Netflix | Kimberley French) Actress Annette Bening and filmmaker David O. Russell will be honored with Vision Award at the 13th annual Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) taking places February 28 – March 3, 2024.
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‘We Feed People’ ‘Linoleum’ ‘Mama Bears’ Win Top Awards at 2022 Sun Valley Film Festival
We Feed People directed by Ron Howard The 2022 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF), announced this year’s award winners with We Feed People, directed by Ron Howard winning the Audience Award; and top juried prizes going to Linoleum, directed by Colin West for Best Narrative Feature Film and Mama Bears, directed by Daresha Kyi for Best Documentary Feature Film.
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FIRE OF LOVE to Open, NAVALNY to Close 2022 Sun Valley Film Festival
Fire of Love by Sara Dosa 2022 Sun Valley Film Festival will open with the National Geographic Documentary Films’ Fire of Love, directed by Sara Dosa and close with the CNN documentary Navalny, directed by Daniel Roher, who is expected to attend with the film.
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2022 Sun Valley Film Festival Announces First Films and Award Honorees – Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler
2022 Sun Valley Film Festival Award Honorees – Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler Sun Valley Film Festival, returning as an in-person event from March 30-April 3, 2022, announced this year’s award honors and initial film lineup for the 11th annual event. This year’s award honorees include Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler, who will receive Vision Awards, and Dr. Nathalie Dougé, who is the recipient of National Geographic’s Further Award. The festival will screen more than 25 narrative and documentary features.
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‘Playing With Sharks’ ‘Everything in the End’ ‘See You Then’ Among Winners of 2021 Sun Valley Film Festival
Playing with Sharks by Sally Aitken. | photo by Ron & Valerie Taylor. The 2021 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) announced this year’s award winners with Playing with Sharks and Everything in the End tie for Audience Award. Jury awards went to See You Then for Best Narrative and Searchers for Best Documentary feature films.
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10th Sun Valley Film Festival Announces Lineup + Honors for Gal Gadot, Ethan Hawke and Shaka King1
(l to r) Gal Gadot, Ethan Hawke and Shaka King to be honored at 10th Sun Valley Film Festival The 2021 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) announced the film lineup for its 10th annual event, SVFF Streaming, an all-virtual festival taking place April 14-18. SVFF celebrates the art of storytelling with a curated slate of films, moderated Q&As featuring emerging voices and inspiring visionaries, Sun Valley Screenwriters Lab, Future Filmmakers Forum and the return of the Ford Producers Grant with its $25,000 grand prize.
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Filmmaker Jessica Sanders’ Picking Cotton Wins Sun Valley Film Festival Pitch Fest
Picking Cotton Producer Jessica Sanders is the winner of the Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) $25,000 Ford Producers Grant prize for her project titled Picking Cotton, based off the New York Times bestseller, and will now have the opportunity to take her in-development film one big step closer to reality.
