Sun Valley Film Festival to Celebrate ‘Yellowjackets’ Star Sophie Thatcher, Spotlight 10 Producers to Watch Panel
variety.comSun Valley Film Festival runs from March 29th to April 2nd and will feature 18 narrative and documentary titles, including opening night selection, “Fancy Dance,” which is the directorial debut of co-writer Erica Tremblay, and the world premiere of Anthony Mandler’s “Surrounded,” which will close the festival.
Award honorees include Josh Brolin (“No Country for Old Men,” “Outer Range”), who will receive the Vision Award, and Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets,” “The Book of Boba Fett”), who will be given the Rising Star Award. “Last year, people were dying to get out, and this year our ticket sales are outpacing 2022.
Once again, there’s a strong appetite for live events,” says festival founder and executive director Teddy Grennan. SVFF was launched on the backs of celebrities like Ernest Hemingway, Gary Cooper, and Marilyn Monroe, who took lavish vacations to America’s first destination ski resort.
A train, called the Snowball Express, ran from Los Angeles to Sun Valley, and it was common to see a Life Magazine photographer snapping shots of celebrities on their journey.
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