The 2023 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) announced this year’s film award winners and the National Geographic Documentary film Wild Life, directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, which opened the festival, was voted Audience Award Winner. Wild Life follows conservationist Kris Tompkins and her husband, entrepreneur Douglas Tompkins, on an epic, decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting.
The 12th annual Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) runs from March 29-April 2, 2023, screening 19 narrative and documentary features including the opening night film Fancy Dance and closing night film Surrounded.
Aftersun, Charlotte Wells’ poignant portrait of a father and daughter’s complex relationship leads the nominations for the 2022 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), receiving 16 nominations, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, the Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) and Best Debut Screenwriter for Wells, a Best Joint Lead Performance nomination for stars Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio, who also received a Breakthrough Performance nomination, alongside a Best British Independent Film nod.
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) 2022 announced the longlists for Best International Independent Film, Best Feature Documentary and Raindance Discovery Award.
