Playing the Sun Valley Film Festival’s Saturday night award bash at Whiskey Jacques is Long Island band The Lemon Twigs. The duo, fronted by brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario (ages 19 and 17), has only just released a debut album, Do Hollywood, in October of 2016 but is already receiving […]
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Locally Grown: Sun Valley Filmmakers Shine by Kim Frank
This year’s Sun Valley Film Festival features several selected films that have locally connected actors, filmmakers, and/or producers. To honor the local talent and these spectacular films, SVPN sat down with a handful of the filmmakers to discuss the making of their films and the ways the Sun Valley area […]
A League of Her Own: Honoring Geena Davis by Kim Frank
Geena Davis, Academy Award-winning actress and gender-rights advocate, is this year’s recipient of the Sun Valley Film Festival’s Vision Award and Zions Bank-sponsored Grand Dame Award. With a career that includes decades of films that push the envelope for women’s roles, including her most recent virtual reality film, Dear Angelica, […]
Welcome to the 5th Annual Sun Valley Film Festival! by Teddy Grennan and Candice Pate
Since its inception, movie lovers, the film industry, this local community, and our many supportive partners have embraced the Sun Valley Film Festival as a rising star among destination film festivals. The Festival has quickly become known nationally as a filmmaker’s festival with a proven knack for drawing industry heavyweights […]
Thunderpussy by Hayden Seder
“Not only will Thunderpussy make you question your life choices, they will teach you life lessons like, ‘A hard man is good to find.’ This opening of the band Thunderpussy’s bio, both on their website as well as in many publications, gives you a good sense of how humor and […]
Visionary Filmmaking: An Interview with Oliver Stone by Kim Frank
Midnight Express, Salvador, Platoon, W, Wall Street, Talk Radio, JFK, Heaven on Earth, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, Scarface, Evita, People vs Larry Flynt, The Joy Luck Club, The Untold History of the United States, Snowden…. When spoken aloud to almost any adult, virtually every movie on this list elicits some […]
The London Souls: Bringing Soul to the Sun Valley Film Festival by Hayden Seder
The reinterpretation of classic rock bands like Cream and Led Zeppelin in the form of hard-hitting rock and roll is the best way to describe the unique sound of band The London Souls. After meeting for the first time on stage having only rehearsed via cell phone (really. Read […]
The Weeks by Hayden Seder
The Weeks, born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi are sure to fuel you with their injection of down south-style indie, soul rock. After forming the band as 14-year-olds in 2006, the band has been on a straight up-swing. And their attitude is certainly one of confidence. Their website proudly declares, […]