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WELCOME TO THE SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL By CHLOE JORY Sun Valley Film Festival

he Sun Valley Film Festival is a celebration like no other—one that integrates the art of film with our unique mountain culture over five unforgettable days of film screenings, panels and special events.

FESTIVAL 411 Festival HQ at the Warfield Presented by Nat Geo WILD. 280 North Main St., Ketchum. Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Insiders, Festival and Party passholders are treated to exclusive benefits as they relax and mingle at the HQ, located at the Warfield. Enjoy engaging panels with complimentary lunch and libations and chat with filmmakers between events and screenings. SVFF Box Office Loft 211 North Main St., Ketchum (upstairs at Café Artois). Hours: Monday-Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-noon. The Box Office is your venue to pick up passes, purchase individual tickets and ask questions about films, filmmakers and events. New this year, Sun Valley Life Real Estate operates as the official concierge.

Café Artois at SVFF 211 North Main St., Ketchum (formerly Cornerstone Bar and Grill). Hours: Thursday, 2 p.m.-noon; Friday, 2 p.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m.-noon. Adjacent to the Ford Cinetransformer, Café Artois is a unique, open-access lounge that is home to the Women in Film Celebration, private events and other special gatherings. And don’t forget to join us for Après Stella with complimentary Stella Artois and Stella Cidre and a live DJ (Thursday-Friday, 7-9 p.m.). Ford Cinetransformer Second Street between Washington and Main (next to Festival Box Office). The festival’s most unique screening venue is back! Be sure to catch a film in the Ford Cinetransformer, located next to the Box Office. Please be sure to patronize our neighbors LuluLemon and Sushi on Second, and thank them! SVFF App Presented by Cox Communications. The SVFF App is your one-stop shop for festival maps, a detailed schedule and the newest festival updates. Be sure to download free for iPhone and Android in the app store. Passes Insiders, Festival, Film and Party pass-holders receive priority access to all events over individual ticket

holders. Passes can be purchased online or in person at the Box Office. All passes must be picked up at the Box Office. Tickets Tickets can be purchased online or at the Box Office. Individual tickets purchased online can be redeemed at the venue or picked up in person at the Box Office. Limited individual tickets will be sold (cash only) at the theaters before screenings, if available. INSIDERS PASS—$1,000 The All-Inclusive Festival Experience. First Priority Admission* to: Insiders First Look Cocktail Reception (by invitation), Festival Opening Party (by invitation), unlimited films, Screenwriters Lab, the Film Lab, Coffee Talks, Current Conversations, The Pitch, The Score, Thursday night “Sorry I Like to Party” Party, Friday night Pioneer Party, Saturday night SVFF Awards Bash, and Festival HQ access to Salon Talks with industry insiders, Lunch on Your Lap, complimentary wine, beer and spirits. THE FESTIVAL PASS—$500 The Ultimate in Festival Access. First Priority Admission* to: unlimited films, Screenwriters Lab, the Film Lab, Coffee Talks, Current Conversations, The Pitch, The Score, Thursday night “Sorry I Like to Party” Party, Friday night

Teddy Grennan, executive director, and Candice Pate, director, are the leaders of the Sun Valley Film Festival. Express photo by Willy Cook

Pioneer Party, Saturday night SVFF Awards Bash, and Festival HQ access to Salon Talks with industry insiders, Lunch on Your Lap, complimentary wine, beer and spirits. THE FILM PASS—$150 The Film Lover’s Passport. Second Priority Admission** to: unlimited films, Screenwriters Lab, the Film Lab, Coffee Talks, Current Conversations, The Pitch. THE PARTY PASS—$200 *** The Social Solution. Second Priority Admission** to: Current Conversations, The Pitch, The Score, Thursday night “Sorry I Like to Party” Party, Friday night Pioneer Party, Saturday night SVFF Awards Bash, and Festival HQ access to Salon Talks with industry insiders, Lunch on Your Lap, complimentary wine, beer and spirits.

The Fine Print * Insiders and Festival pass-holders are part of the first group admitted to the venue, but must arrive 30 minutes prior to screenings, events and parties to take advantage of the priority access before all other entrants. ** Film Pass and Party passholders are part of the second group admitted into the venue, but must arrive 30 minutes prior to screenings, events and parties to take advantage of the priority access before individual ticket entrants. *** All festival parties are 21-plus events. Individual ticket pricing  Individual film screenings: $10.  The Film Lab: $10.  Screenwriters Lab: $10.  The Pitch, Coffee Talks, Current Conversations: Free. Insiders, Festival and Film pass-holders receive priority access.

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Festival lineup features special screenings, panels and parties A guide to pass-holder and free events that round out the schedule By EXPRESS STAFF

Future Filmmakers Forum Saturday, March 17, 11 a.m. at Ford Cinetransformer. Presented by Bex Wilkinson and Peter Burke. With support from Cox Communications, Lisa Holley and the Frankel Foundation. Come meet the next generation of cinematic talent as young filmmakers grades seven through 12 present their work in a festival environment. The Hot Shot and Gabriel Spirit awards will be presented by actor Ryan Spahn at the conclusion of these screenings. After the awards, join a reception for Future Filmmakers, family and friends.

The Sun Valley Film Festival offers much more than its full slate of selected films. Scheduled events include exclusive Coffee Talks, panel discussions, special screenings and exciting parties throughout the festival.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS, LABS AND PANELS Coffee Talks Friday, March 16, Saturday, March 17, and Sunday, March 18—10 a.m. at Opera House. Presented by Zions Bank. Coffee generously donated by the Konditorei. Engaging Coffee Talks are the crown jewel of the festival. The festival’s most popular series features a moderated Q&A with artists and filmmakers who have changed the cinematic landscape. Arrive early to grab breakfast at the Konditorei and reserve your spot in line! Free and open to the public with priority access for Insiders, Festival and Film pass-holders.  Friday: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Emmy-nominated actress (Basic Instinct, Big Love).  Saturday: Jay Duplass, writer and director (Cyrus, Jeff Who Lives at Home) and star of the acclaimed show Transparent.  Sunday: Gwyneth Paltrow, Academy Award-winning actress (Shakespeare in Love, Emma, Seven), author, and founder of lifestyle and wellness website goop. SVFF Salon Thursday, March 15, Friday, March 16, and Saturday, March 17—11:30 a.m. at Festival HQ. Presented by Nat Geo WILD. Join an intimate, behind-thescenes discussion with industry insiders as they share their war stories. Grab complimentary lunch before these exclusive talks begin at noon. Access for Insiders, Festival and Party pass-holders only.  Thursday: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, actor (The Greatest Showman, Aquaman) and SVFF Rising Star Award recipient.  Friday: Kate Bosworth, actress (Blue Crush, The Long Road Home) producer (NONA) and SVFF Pioneer Award recipient.  Saturday: Anand Varma, awardwinning National Geographic photographer, and Jason Jaacks, environmentalist filmmaker and photographer. Bingefest Thursday, March 15, 6 p.m. at Opera House; Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m. at Ford Cinetransformer. New this year, SVFF will screen a slate of the best and brightest in streamable television. Check the schedule for Bingefest highlights, including the series premier of National Geographic’s One Strange Rock by Darren Aronofsky, hosted by Will Smith and the Season 3 exclusive sneak peek of Netflix’s Last Chance U, followed by a Q&A with creator/director Greg Whiteley and his team. Access for Insiders, Festival, and Film pass-holders. Limited individual tickets available.

Parties give festival attendees a chance to socialize in between the film screenings, panels and workshops. Sun Valley Film Festival photo

The Score Friday, March 16, 2:30 p.m. at Festival HQ. Join legendary music guru Chris Douridas of KCRW and musician/ composer Andrew Bird (Outside In, Baskets, The Muppets Movie) as they discuss the art of scoring, composing and supervising the key ingredient to all great films: music. Access for Insiders, Festival and Party pass-holders only. The Film Lab Friday, March 16, 4 p.m. at Ford Cinetransformer. Presented by Tito’s Handmade Vodka. Take a seat in the producer’s chair as Sundance’s former Director of Programming Trevor Groth acts as host to this work-in-progress film. Filmmakers in attendance will have the opportunity to answer questions from the audience and receive feedback. Priority access for Insiders, Festival and Film passholders. Limited individual tickets available.  A Name Without a Place: After a tragedy, a sheltered young man retraces his late-brother’s footsteps to the Florida Keys. Writer/ Director: Kenny Riches. Producers: Anthony Pedone, Jesse Brown. Executive Producers: Kenny Riches, Matt Wigham. Cast: Bryan Burton, Charlotte Best, Chris Parnell, Patrick Fugit, Elizabeth McGovern, David Sullivan, Paul Chamberlain, Jennifer Del Rosario. Screenwriters Lab Saturday, March 17, 2 p.m. at Limelight Hotel. Presented by Variety. Lynn Shelton, award-winning writer and director (Mad Men, Outside In) hosts this year’s Screenwriters Lab, one of the festival’s most talked-about events. This interactive look into the process of writing for film includes a Q&A, a live table read of Shelton’s script Outside In with co-writer Jay Duplass, and the announcement of the winner of the High Scribe screenplay competition. Producer Kevin Walsh (Murder on the Orient Express, Bladerunner) joins the event as this year’s High Scribe judge. Entrance included

with Insiders, Festival and Film passes. Limited individual tickets available. Closing Film and Volunteer Thank You Sunday, March 18, 1 p.m. at Opera House. Bring your volunteer badge for front-row seating as people celebrate the close of the 2018 festival by toasting the fabulous volunteers! This year, the festival will screen Finding Your Feet. Access for Volunteers, Insiders, Festival and Film pass-holders. Limited individual tickets available.

PARTIES Main Street Salutes Warren Miller Thursday, March 15, 9 p.m. on Main Street between Second Street and Sun Valley Road. A collaboration between SVFF, city of Ketchum, Visit Sun Valley, SVSEF and Stellar Media. Join a celebration of legendary filmmaker Warren Miller as the festival shuts down Main Street to party Ketchum-style. Don your favorite retro ski suit and head to Main Street for an on-stage DJ and costume contest that includes prizes such as a Tito’s Handmade Vodka snowboard and Stella Artois bicycle. At 9:30 p.m., the festival presents a special screening of Miller’s Many Moods of Skiing in the Ford Cinetransformer. Free and open to the public. ‘Sorry I Like to Party’ Party Thursday, March 15, 10 p.m. at Whiskey Jacques, 21-plus. Head into Whiskey’s, onesie and all, to warm up from the evening of partying on Main Street. Party includes music from DJ Nate and local sensation El Stash and complimentary Stella Artois for Insiders, Festival, and Party pass-holders. Free and open to the public. Pioneer Party Friday, March 16, 10 p.m. at the Galleria. Presented by Nat Geo WILD. (21-plus.) Come raise a glass to this year’s Pioneer Award winner, Kate Bosworth. Join Los Angeles DJ Chris Douridas, musical tastemaker and KCRW radio host, at this open-bar

celebration. Access for Insiders, Festival, and Party pass-holders only. SVFF Awards Bash/ Sir Sly Saturday, March 17, 10 p.m. at Whiskey Jacques. Presented by Titos Handmade Vodka. (21-plus.) Finish the weekend with a bang at the SVFF Awards Bash, headlined by Indie rock group Sir Sly. SVFF’s most spectacular party is an event you don’t want to miss—more than a dozen special awards will be given to filmmakers and SVFF special guests. Make sure to arrive early to this popular event and don’t miss the midnight toast courtesy of Tito’s! Party access for Insiders, Festival and Party pass-holders only.

SVFFREEBIES Come have some fun, on the festival! This selection of free events and showings is open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, firstserved basis with pass-holders receiving priority access. Coffee Talks Friday, March 16, Saturday, March 17, and Sunday, March 18—10 a.m. at the Opera House. Presented by Zions Bank. Coffee generously donated by the Konditorei. The festival’s most popular series features a moderated Q&A with artists and filmmakers who have changed the cinematic landscape. Be sure to come early for breakfast at the Konditorei or enjoy après-talk lunch at the Village Station. Free and open to the public with priority access for Insiders, Festival and Film pass-holders. 1 Potato Screening and Reception Thursday, March 15—5:30 p.m. at Magic Lantern. Reception to follow at Café Artois. Presented by Visit Idaho. The 1 Potato Initiative is the festival’s effort to shine a spotlight on Idaho films and filmmakers. This short screenplay competition provides the winner with $5,000 to shoot their film on location in Idaho. Join us for cocktails and conversation as the festival screens last year’s winning film, The Big Burn, by Samantha Silva, before announcing the 2018 winner.

Women in Film Celebration Friday, March 16, 6 p.m. at Café Artois. Presented by Stella Artois. Join producer Cassian Elwes (Mudbound, Dallas Buyers Club) as the festival celebrates Benita Ozoude and Giselle Bonilla, the winners of the 2018 Horizon Award, at a reception in their honor. The Horizon Award was created to combat gender disparity in filmmaking by providing mentoring and grants for emerging female directors. Their awardwinner winning shorts will screen in the Ford Cinetransformer at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, before Science Fair. The Pitch Friday, March 16, 6 p.m. at HQ. Join filmmaker and pitch master Will McCormack for an SVFF session dedicated to the art of the pitch. McCormack will walk audience members through the do’s and don’ts of pitching, sharing success stories and tricks of the trade, and will try and sell his idea live to a panel of top producers. Following an audience Q&A, High Scribe finalists will have the chance to meet the producer panel, which includes Kevin Walsh of Scott Free Films, former president of Focus Features Jim Burke, and producer Jen Roskind (Animals, Unlovable). Free and open to the public with priority admission for pass-holders. Current Conversations A discussion about race, class, the #Metoo movement and the power of storytelling. Saturday, March 17, 6 p.m. at Festival HQ. In light of the #MeToo movement, we have to ask ourselves: If we are dismantling an aged system, then what are we putting in its place? How do we create new culture in our working environments and society? How do women, men and all genders find balance in power? Join award-winning journalist Sarah Sunshine Manning, producer and change-maker Effie Brown, Bentonville Fest president Wendy Guerrero and producer Heather Rae for a conversation about the power of storytelling and systemic change. Free and open to the public with priority admission for pass-holders. Film Freebies SVFF offers free admission to select films with priority entrance for pass-holders. Complimentary films include: See LINEUP, Page 16

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While some might say seeing a variety of interesting films—some being screened for the first time— is the highlight of the Sun Valley Film Festival, others—filmmakers in particular—might argue that the best part of the festival involves films that haven’t yet finished, or perhaps even begun, production. Both the festival’s Screenwriters Lab and Film Lab offer aspiring and established filmmakers invaluable opportunities to have their work evaluated by seasoned professionals, their peers and audiences—and the networking possibilities don’t hurt, either.

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Any screenwriter who has seen a project through to the end knows one thing: What starts on the page may not end up on the screen. Or at least they should know that, says Lynn Shelton, this year’s High Scribe Award winner who also will host this year’s Screenwriters Lab on Saturday, March 17, at 2 p.m. at the Limelight Hotel. “You really have to be flexible,” said Shelton, who has penned several films, including her newest, a drama called “Outside In,” which she cowrote with Jay Duplass and which will be screened at this year’s festival. “As a screenwriter, you really have to not be so precious about every single syllable you write,” she said. “You have to let the film itself emerge. If screenwriters become servants of the film instead of their egos, the movie will be a much better product.” She said that often things will change in the script once people start performing it and reading it out loud. “An actor might say, ‘This doesn’t feel right in my mouth. Can we change it?’” Shelton said. “In my first film (“We Go Way Back,” 2006), I struggled with a long monologue. On the day we performed it, I cut it down to just ‘a meaningful look.’” The event features a live table read of Shelton’s work, as well as the

High Scribe screenwriting contest, the winner of which will receive $1,000, a Filmmakers Pass for the festival and mentoring from industry experts. This year’s judge is producer Kevin Walsh, who has overseen production of numerous films, including 2016’s “Manchester by the Sea.” Shelton said she hopes each of the lab participants will leave feeling inspired and encouraged to keep at it. Even though a lot of work goes into the making of a movie, it usually starts with a story. “Writing is just you—you don’t need anything more than a pen and paper or a laptop and you can just go,” she said. “Sometimes you won’t know what you need till you get there. I’m always blown away by how much gets left on the cuttingroom floor.” Shelton’s work has been screened at many festivals, including Sundance and SXSW, and has been honored at several of those, including the 2009 Sundance Special Jury Prize and two Independent Spirit Awards. Shelton has directed a number of television shows, including “Mad Men,” “Master of None,” “The Mindy Project,” “New Girl,” “Shameless,” “Fresh Off the Boat” and “GLOW.”

Getting a needed boost The Film Lab, to be held at 4 p.m. Friday, March 16, at the CineTransformer at Second and Main streets, is the next step in evaluating in-progress films. At the Film Lab, a film is selected from an open submission process to have a workin-progress screening in order to get feedback from an audience and from the host, Trevor Groth, film producer and former Sundance programming director. Additionally, Tito’s Handmade Vodka and the festival have teamed up to furnish the creators with $5,000 in finishing funds as they prepare to lock their film, and send it into the film festival fray. Groth noted the value of audience reaction at the Film Labs. “I have been extremely impressed

Trevor Groth will return to host the Film Lab at this year’s Sun Valley Film Festival.

with the intelligent and insightful responses from the Film Lab audiences,” he said. “The filmmakers who have participated in prior Film Labs have told me how valuable these conversations have been.” He said the Film Lab is a unique opportunity for a filmmaker to screen her or his film in a festival environment to an audience of film lovers to get crucial feedback from fresh and diverse perspectives. “In doing so, the filmmaker gets to break away from months of editing in solitude to hear reactions to the rough-cut in order to make changes before locking the picture,” he said. “The money doesn’t hurt, either!” As for audiences, they get a rare opportunity to be a part of the creative process. “Seeing a rough cut and speaking with the director about her or his vision for the film as it is being shaped is a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of movie-making,” Groth said. Almost as important as finishing and polishing a script is pitching it to producers and companies to back the film up. To that end, filmmaker and pitch master Will McCormack (“The Sopranos,” “The Shield,” “In Plain Sight”) will host a Pitch Fest on Friday, March 16, at 6 p.m. following the Film Lab at Festival HQ on Main Street.

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Future Filmmakers Forum prepares the next generation Ryan Spahn joins program as celebrity guest By TONY TEKARONIAKE EVANS Express Staff Writer

Getting started as a filmmaker can be a daunting task. The Sun Valley Film Festival’s Future Filmmakers Forum showcases student-made films and encourages students in their craft, storytelling and self-expression. The forum will be hosted at the Ford CineTransformer on Second Street, on Saturday, March 17, at 11 a.m. It is free and open to the public. This year’s forum celebrity guest will be actor and writer Ryan Spahn, whose screenwriting credits include the feature films “Woven,” “He’s Way More Famous Than You” and “Grantham & Rose.” He is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and The Juilliard School. Spahn co-created the digital series “What’s Your Emergency” and has written and produced for Logo’s “Cocktails & Classics.” He co-created the original pilot “When I Was Your Age.” His play “Blessed and Highly Favored” received development workshops with the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Athena Theatre, Hangar Theatre and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Spahn will appear in the upcoming revival of Tennessee Williams’ “Summer and Smoke” with the Transport Group. The Future Filmmakers Forum event includes a screening of student short films, a filmmaker reception and an awards ceremony. It provides a chance for participants to meet other filmmakers, learn from industry experts and show off their work. Two awards will be presented, the Hotshot Award for $1,000 and the Gabriel Spirit Award for $250. Actor and writer Ryan Spahn will be the celebrity Former Commu- guest of the Future Filmmaker’s Forum. Courtesy nity School video pro- photo duction specialist Peter Burke helps produce the forum. “For me, this project was spawned from a love of filmmaking and a passion for teaching,” Burke said. “I had the opportunity to engage students of all ages in video production and the art of filmmaking. During that time, I witnessed the ways in which filmmaking enforced the fundamentals of storytelling, which I personally feel is the purpose of art.” Burke said the forum acts as a boost toward professional filmmaking. “Students whose films are accepted are encouraged to attend the festival, network with fellow filmmakers and industry professionals, see and discuss each other’s work and live the festival life. It’s an incredible opportunity,” Burke said. The forum is sponsored by valley resident Bex Wilkinson and the Marshall Frankel Foundation. Wilkinson, former chairwoman of the film festival board, enlisted Burke five years ago. “Film has become an accessible medium to almost all adolescents and teenagers through the invention of iPhones,” she said. “When the SVFF first started, they were “It’s an showcasing local student films. I saw this and thought that perhaps I could help out in creatincredible ing a formal platform for students to submit, be opportunity.” judged and show their films. Peter Burke and his work with students helped to bring the FFF to a Peter Burke new professional level.” Organizer Burke said most, if not all, the previous Future Filmmakers Forum award winners are interacting with the art of filmmaking in one capacity or another. “Several have resubmitted and been selected to present at this year’s forum, including Jack and Will Nordstrom, while others have passed the age range allotted and are now studying film, in New York, Canada, California and elsewhere,” he said.

Future Filmmakers Awards Hot Shot Award: Presented to the best film helmed by a student filmmaker in grades seven through 12; $1,000 cash award, sponsored by the Marshall Frankel Foundation. Gabriel Vision Award: Presented to second-place student film; $250 cash award, given by Mary Clare Griffin.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 Science Fair (90 min)

2018 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE 1:00PM

1:15PM

Q&A

11:30AM

THURSDAY, MARCH 15 Salon: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Happening

3:00PM

Angst

4:00PM

Jane

5:00PM 5:30PM

(150 min)

Festival HQ at the Warﬁeld

1:00PM

(71 min) (SVFFreebie) Q&A Ford Cinetransformer (56 min) (SVFFreebie) Q&A Ford Cinetransformer

(90 min) (SVFFreebie) Opera House

Encore Screening: Science Fair (90 min) Q&A Preceded by Horizon Award winning shorts Ford Cinetransformer 1 Potato: The Big Burn Magic Lantern Cinema

Chasing The Thunder

(20 min) (SVFFreebie) Q&A

1:30PM

Nona

2:30PM

The Score

(96 min) Q&A

(91min) *U.S. Premiere Q&A Ford Cinetransformer (60 min) Festival HQ at the Warﬁeld

On Her Shoulders

4:00PM

The Film Lab: A Name Without a Place

Preceded by Short Film Lab winner “Who Decides” Ford Cinetransformer

6:00PM

The Pitch: Will McCormack (60 min) Festival HQ at the Warﬁeld (SVFFreebie)

6:00PM

Women in Film Celebration Cafe Artois (+21) (SVFFreebie)

Apres Stella (120 min) *Complimentary Stella Artois & Stella Cidre Cafe Artois (+21)

Apres Stella

7:15PM

Shorts Block 1

(80 min) Q&A Ford Cinetransformer

8:30PM

Beirut (109 min)

7:45PM

American Animals

9:00PM

The Unicorn (88 min)

7:00PM

9:00PM 9:30PM 10:00PM

Opera House

(65 min)

(116 min)

Main Street Salutes Warren Miller

10:00PM

Whiskey Jacques (+21)

Warren Miller: Many Moods Of Skiing

Whiskey Jacques (+21)

10:00AM

FRIDAY, MARCH 16 Opera House (SVFFreebie)

11:30AM

Salon: Kate Bosworth (150 min) Festival HQ at the Warﬁeld

Outside In (109 min)

6:00PM

Current Conversations

7:30PM

Bingefest: Last Chance U (65 min)

Preceded by Wild to Inspire Ford Cinetransformer

(SVFFreebie) Q&A

Q&A

Opera House

(2hrs) (SVFFreebie)

Festival HQ at the Warﬁeld

Q&A Ford Cinetransformer *Season Three Sneak Peek

Leave No Trace (108 min)

Opera House

Madeline’s Madeline

(94 min)

Ford Cinetransformer

10:00PM

(120 min) *Complimentary Stella Artois & Stella Cidre Cafe Artois (+21)

DAY

Opera House

10:00AM

Q&A

SVFF Awards Bash: Sir Sly

Whiskey Jacques (+21)

SUNDAY, MARCH 18 Coﬀee Talk: Gwyneth Paltrow

(60 min)

Opera House (SVFFreebie)

Ford Cinetransformer

1:00PM

Pioneer Award Party

Idaho Film Block (80 min) Ford Cinetransformer

Galleria (+21)

SATURDAY, MARCH 17 Coﬀee Talk: Jay Duplass

(60 min) (SVFFreebie)

Opera House

Coﬀee Talks: Jeanne Tripplehorn

5:15PM

Opera House

(SVFFreebie) Q&A

Finding Your Feet (111 min)

Opera House *Volunteer Appreciation Screening

3:30PM

The Devil We Know (88 min) Ford Cinetransformer

10:00AM

DAY

Giant Carnivorous Bats (45 min)

1:00PM

DAY

‘Sorry I Like To Party’ Party

5:00PM

9:00PM

(104 min)

Ford Cinetransformer (SVFFreebie)

Q&A

Of Fathers and Sons (99 min)

8:00PM

Opera House

7:00PM

Opera House *Series Premiere

(60 min)

The Guilty (Den Skyldige) (85 min) Minding the Gap (98 min)

Bingefest: One Strange Rock

(113 min) Q&A

All The Wild Horses (90 min)

Ford Cinetransformer

3:00PM

(94min)

Opera House

7:00PM

6:00PM

2:45PM

3:30PM

6:30PM

Screenwriters Lab: Lynn Shelton and Kevin Walsh (120 min)

Limelight Hotel

Opera House (SVFFreebie)

Opera House

DAY

2:00PM

Shorts Block 2 (80 min) Q&A Magic Lantern Cinema

Q&A: FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE

(60 min)

A Midsummer Night’s DREAM (104 min) Opera House

11:00AM

Future Filmmakers Forum

11:30AM

Salon: Anand Varma & Jason Jaacks

1:00PM

3:30PM

(68 min) (SVFFreebie) Q&A

Ford Cinetransformer

Festival HQ at the Warﬁeld

(150 min)

Nat Geo WILD Kids - Party Animals! (45 min) Opera House *World Premiere (SVFFreebie)

6:00PM

The Amaranth (80 min) *A Private Sneak Peek Screening Opera House

Q&A

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Narratives

A Midsummer Night’s DREAM (104 min.)

American Animals

Director/Writer: Casey Wilder Mott Producers: Casey Wilder Mott, Joshua Skurla, Fran Kranz Cinematographer: Daniel Katz Original Music by: Mia Doi Todd, Saul Williams Cast: Lily Rabe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Hamish Linklater, Finn Wittrock, Fran Kranz In this sexy retelling of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, four young lovers are stranded in the woods outside Los Angeles. Woodland hippies, bumbling wannabe filmmakers, magic and mischief combine on this fantastical moonlit journey. Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A

(116 min.)

Beirut (109 min.)

Finding Your Feet (111 min.)

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

Leave No Trace (108 min.)

Madeline’s Madeline (94 min.)

Nona (91 min.)

U.S. PREMIERE

Outside In (109 min.)

SCREENING: Sunday, 3:30 │ Opera House Director/Writer: Bart Layton Producers: Derrin Schlesinger, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Mary Jane Skalski Director of Photography: Ole Bratt Birkeland Composer: Anne Nikitin Cast: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd, Udo Kier Mortified that they may never escape their suburban existence, Spencer and Warren attempt one of the most audacious art thefts in recent history in the special collections section of their University library. SCREENING: Thursday, 7:45 │ Opera House With Patron Support from John and Jenny Dupré Director: Brad Anderson Writer: Tony Gilroy Producers: Mike Weber, Tony Gilroy, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson Cinematographer: Björn Charpentier Cast: Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Dean Norris, Mark Pellegrino, Larry Pine A U.S. diplomat (Jon Hamm) flees Lebanon in 1972 after a tragic incident at his home. Ten years later, he is called back to war-torn Beirut by a CIA operative (Rosamund Pike) to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind. SCREENING: Friday, 8:30 │ Opera House Director: Richard Loncraine Writers: Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft Producers: Andrew Berg, John Sachs Cast: Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, David Haymen, John Sessions, Joanna Lumley On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate. *Volunteer Appreciation Screening

The Guilty [Den Skyldige] (85 min.)

Director/Writer: Gustave Möller Producer: Lina Flint Cinematographer: Jasper J. Spanning Cast: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Johan Olsen Alarm dispatcher and former police officer, Asger Holm, answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman. When the call is suddenly disconnected, the search for the woman and her kidnapper begins. With the phone as his only tool, Asger enters a race against time to save the endangered woman. But soon he realizes that he is dealing with a crime that is far bigger than he first thought.

The Unicorn (88 min.)

Documentaries

All the Wild Horses (90 min.)

Minding the Gap (98 min.)

SCREENING: Sunday, 1:00 │ Opera House Director: Debra Granik Writers: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini Based on the book My Abandonment by Peter Rock Producers: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini Cinematographer: Michael McDonough Cast: Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey For years Will and his teenage daughter, Tom, have lived off-grid. When a chance encounter blows their cover, they’re removed from isolation and forced to confront their conflicting desires—a longing for community versus a fierce need to live apart.

Of Fathers and Sons (99 min.)

SCREENING: Saturday, 8:00 │ Opera House

Director/Writer: Josephine Decker Producers: Krista Parris, Elizabeth Rao Executive Producers: Michael Sherman, Matthew Perniciaro, Michael Decker, Peter Gilbert, Eddie Pinker, Joe Swanberg Cinematographer: Ashley Connor Cast: Helena Howard, Molly Parker, Miranda July, Okwui Okpokwasili Much to the worry of her protective mother (Miranda July), Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious, progressive, and experimental theatre troupe in the city. When the workshop’s ambitious director (Molly Parker) pushes teenage Madeline to weave her troubled history into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur in surprising and potentially destructive ways.

On Her Shoulders (94 min.)

SCREENING: Saturday, 9:00 │ Cinetransformer

With Patron Support from Dr. Jacob and Rosabeth DeLaRosa Director/Writer: Michael Polish Production Co: Make Pictures Executive Producers: Kate Bosworth, Michael Polish, Jennifer Sulkess Cinematographer: Michael Polish Cast: Sulem Calderon, Jesy McKinney, Kate Bosworth NONA is the story of a girl from Honduras who meets a charming boy, Hecho. Hecho promises to get her safely to America to reunite with her mother, but instead, Nona faces a perilous journey when he doesn’t deliver on that promise. NONA -- short for No Name -- will deliver a message to change the way the world is dealing with sex trafficking. Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A SCREENING: Friday, 1:30 │ Cinetransformer With Patron Support from Blue Farm Wines Director: Lynn Shelton Writers: Jay Duplass, Lynn Shelton Producers: Mel Eslyn, Lacey Leavitt Executive Producers: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass Original Score: Andrew Bird Cast: Jay Duplass, Edie Falco, Kaitlyn Denver, Ben Schwartz After 20 years in prison, Chris (Duplass) is granted an early release thanks to the tireless advocacy of Carol (Falco), his former high-school teacher. As he struggles to adapt to the outside world, Chris confesses his romantic love for Carol. Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A SCREENING: Saturday, 5:15 │ Opera House

Science Fair (90 min.)

OPENING NIGHT FILM

The Devil We Know (88 min.)

SCREENING: Friday, 6:30 │ Opera House Director: Robert Schwartzman Writers: Nick Rutherford, Kirk C. Johnson, Will Elliott Producers: Russell Wayne Groves, Robert Schwartzman Cast: Lauren Lapkus, Nick Rutherford, Lucy Hale, Beck Bennett, Dree Hemingway, Beverly D’Angelo, John Kapelos, Maya Kazan, Darrell BrittGibson, Kyle Mooney Facing the fourth year of their engagement, an indecisive couple is thrust into the most uncomfortable night of their lives by intentionally and unintentionally involving a third party in their relationship. Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A SCREENING: Friday, 9:00 │ Cinetransformer

With Patron Support from Ted and Mary Navarre Moore and Will and McNair Bailey in honor of Maeve Bailey’s 13th birthday Director/Producer: Ivo Marloh Director of Photography: Michael J. Sanderson Sound: Kevin Augello Music: Tengger Cavalry, Chris Barnett International riders compete in the longest and toughest horse race in the world, The Mongol Derby—1000 kilometres of Mongolian steppe, harsh wilderness, and wild horses. This is their epic story. Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A SCREENING: Saturday, 2:45 │ Cinetransformer Director: Bing Liu Producers: Bing Liu, Diane Quon Editors: Joshua Altman, Bing Liu Original Music: Nathan Halpern, Chris Ruggiero Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they grow up, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.

SCREENING: Friday, 7:00 │ Cinetransformer Director: Talal Derki Producers: Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert, Hans Robert Eisenhauer Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous Editor: Anne Fabini In northern Syria, young boys are taught the Koran, attend military camp, and listen to bedtime stories of martyrdom. With unparalleled intimacy, Of Fathers and Sons captures that chilling moment when childhood dies and jihadism is born. SCREENING: Saturday, 3:00 │ Opera House Director: Alexandria Bombach Producers: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams Executive Producers: Bryn Mooser, Matt Ippolito, Marie Therese Guirgis, Adam Bardach, Alison Klayman Director of Photography: Alexandria Bombach Composer: Patrick Jonsson Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people. Away from the podium, she must navigate bureaucracy, fame and people’s good intentions. SCREENING: Friday, 3:30 │ Opera House With Patron Support from Dick and Susie Granville Directors: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster Producers: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster, Jeffrey Plunkett Writers: Jeffrey Plunkett, Darren Foster, Cristina Costantini Co Producer: Kristopher Rios Production Companies: Fusion Media Group, Muck Media, Inc. Science Fair follows one mentor and nine students from around the world as they prepare their projects and team for the 2017 ISEF event in Los Angeles in hopes of changing the world through science. Filmmaker in Attendance for Q&A SCREENING: Wednesday, 6:00 │ Opera House SCREENING: Thursday, 5:00 │ Cinetransformer Director: Stephanie Soechtig Producers: Kristin Lazure, Stephanie Soechtig, Joshua Kunau, Carly Parlmour Co-Director: Jeremy Seifert Writers: Mark Monroe, Stephanie Soechtig Unraveling one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, a group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical - now found in the blood of 99.7% of Americans - into the drinking water supply. SCREENING: Sunday, 3:30 │ Cinetransformer

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Bingefest

Last Chance U (65 min.)

Season Three Sneak Peek A Netflix Documentary Series Director: Greg Whiteley Producers: Adam Ridley, Adam Leibowitz “Last Chance U” follows a group of young men training to become the future stars of the NFL. The third season of the award winning Netflix series opens at a new school: Independence Community College, in rural Kansas. Watch a team of players and coaches with difficult pasts try to overcome challenges on and off the field to reach their dreams. Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A

SNEAK PEEK

SCREENING: Saturday, 7:30 │ Cinetransformer

One Strange Rock (65 min.)

With Patron Support from Dan, Pattie, Kristina and Daniel Frandson National Geographic presents a Nutopia and Protozoa Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment Production Executive Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Jane Root, Ari Handel, Peter Lovering, Scott Franklin, Tim Pastore, Matt Renner Co-Executive Producer: Arif Nurmohamed Music by: Daniel Pemberton Host: Will Smith Viewers will travel through our vulnerable, speck of a planet among the vast, harsh cosmic arena, revealing the magical twists of fate that have allowed life to emerge, survive and thrive on Earth.

SERIES PREMIERE

Sneak Peek

The Amaranth

SCREENING: Thursday, 6:00 │ Opera House

With Patron Support from Eileen Shields Director: Albert Chi Writer: Eileen Shields Producers: Mollye Asher, Deanna Barillari Executive Producers: Eileen Shields, Kevin Shields, Jordana Mollick, Sara Murphy Cast: Melora Walters, Jeffrey DeMunn, Christopher Denham, Shiva Negar, Susan Sullivan, Harley Jane Kozak Shot almost entirely on location in the Wood River Valley, The Amaranth is an isolated, luxury retirement village where the privileged and powerful live out their twilight years with amazing vitality.

PRI ATE SNEAK PEEK

Filmmakers in Attendance SCREENING: Sunday, 6:00 Opera House

*Private screening by invite only

The Film Lab, Hosted by Trevor Groth

Presented by Tito’s Handmade Vodka

A Name Without a Place (113 min.)

SCREENING: Friday, 4:00 │ Cinetransformer

Temp To Perm

Hair Wolf (12 min.)

Shorts Block 2

Director/Writer: Miriama Diallo Producer: Valerie Steinberg Cinematographer: Charlotte Hornsby Music: Ariel Marx Cast: Kara Young, Taliah Webster, Madeline Weinstein, Trae Harris, Jermaine Crawford In a black hair salon in gentrifying Brooklyn, the local residents fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture. Winner of Sundance Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction

80min

U ma the Greatest (7 min.)

One Small Step (13 min.)

A Craftsman (14 min.)

80min

Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A (6 min.)

(16 min.)

Director/Writer/Producer: Joseph Marconi Cinematographer: Kenneth Bauer Music: Jason Lowrie Cast: Amy Huckabay, Tara Karsian, Caroline Gottlieb, Tim Peper

(30 min.)

Director/Writer: Christopher Hawthorne Producer: Miriam Naggar Cinematographer: Bob Blankemeier Cast: Salem Murphy After a heated argument with her husband, a Middle Eastern woman ventures into New York City to replace her broken television.

Director: Aqsa Altaf Writer: Travis Rush Producers: Derek Tonks, Alexandra Christensson Cinematographer: Dakota Adney Cast: Charlie Reddix, Destiny Toliver, Avanna King, Anbela Iranna Perkins A story about an eleven-year old girl from California, who dreams of being an astronaut as she juggles the realities of her circumstances.

Director: Sanford Jenkins Writer: Joel David Santner Producers: Elise Brown, Cydney Fisher Cinematographer: Tanmay Chowdhary, Madeline Leach Cast: Marvin Gay, Shirley Jordan, Leonard R. Garner Jr. Overcome with grief, a rural woodworker builds a coffin to join his wife.

Last Dance at ohnson’s Barn (18 min.)

Director: Clay Haskell Writers: Clay Haskell, Dylan Nelson Producer: Dylan Nelson Cinematographer: Clay Haskell Music: Wes Braver Since 1952, generations of North Dakota families have attended dances at Johnson’s Barn. The barn is an icon on the prairie - so integral to the community fabric that scarcely a family in the region can’t trace a courtship or marriage back to the barn. But when the farm’s owner, Brian Johnson, falls ill, he and his family face a heartbreaking decision.

Director: Laura Moss Writers: Laura Moss, Brendan O’Brien Producer: Valerie Steinberg Cinematographer: Greta Zozula Cast: Jordyn DiNatale, Jimi Stanton, Elizabeth Ashley

End of the Line (15 min.)

An adolescent girl comes of age against the backdrop of Ted Bundy’s execution in 1989.

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What begins as a seemingly benign interview for the position of “temp-to-perm,” Jane is subjected to an increasingly bizarre series of questions as we learn just how far she’s willing to go for gainful employment in this 5-minute meditation on the bizarre behavior of the corporate culture.

Fry Day

Director/Writer: Linhan Zhang Producer: Clifford Miu Cinematographer: Yuming Ke Cast: Hedwig Tam, Tin Yau Yung Next in line to take over the family Dai Pai Dong (open-air food stall) business, young waiter Ah Wing finds himself falling in love with a regular customer and having to choose between her and his family’s traditions.

WORLD PREMIERE

Director/Writer: Kenny Riches Producers: Jesse R. Brown, Anthony Pedone, Ian Peterson Executive Producers: Kenny Riches, Matt Wigham Cast: Bryan Burton, Charlotte Best, Chris Parnell, Patrick Fugit, Elizabeth Mc Govern, David Sullivan, Paul Chamberlain, Jennifer Del Rosario Having never left his small island hometown, Gordon sets forth on an adventure to retrace his dead brother’s travels, taking him to the Florida Keys, where he stumbles across a narcissistic recluse and his fountain of youth. Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A

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Dinner with Stranger (15 min.)

Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A

(80 min.)

WORK IN PROGRESS

Shorts Block 1 Continued...

Director/Writer: Konstantina Kotzamani Producers: Maria Drandaki, Ron Dyens Cinematographer: Giorgos Karvelas Music: Lawrence English Cast: Felix Margenfeld, Aggelos Ntanos, Lucjano Cani, Haris Fountas, Hristos Psihramis, David Szymczak, Nikos Kassavetis, Thomas Dimitropoulos, Constantinos Pattakos, Nikos Gouvelis, Angelos Kaldanis, Dimitris Xiros, Panagiotis Rapousis, Effie Rabsilber The leopard shall lie down with the goat, the wolves shall live with the lambs. And the young boy will lead them. 12 + 1 kids and the carcass of a whale washed ashore.

Director/Producer: Jessica Sanders Writer: Joanne Giger Producer: Louise Shore Cinematographer: Brett Pawlak Cast: Simon Helberg, Brett Gelman, Kate Micucci, Vivian Bang A lonely man goes to the pet store and buys a tiny man in a cage.

YOYO

(16 min.)

Director/Writer/Producer: Nicole Delaney Producers: Sophie von Haselberg, Julia Rother Cinematographer: John Wakayama Carey Music: Jean Grae Cast: Martin Starr, Sophie von Haselberg Caroline can’t stand that she is a virgin, and then the world ends. In post-apocalyptic LA, after a dust storm has wiped out the planet, she is convinced that Francis was sent as the man to pop her cherry. YOYO is a heartfelt, dark comedy about finding meaning in life, even when life ceases to exist.

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Idaho Film Block

80min

Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A

Fromage

(3 min.) 2017 i48 Winner

(SCREENING: Sunday, 1:00 Cinetransformer ) Director/Writer: Jeston Cole Lewis Producer: Erica Designer Cornwall Cinematographer: Keely Mills Cast: Laura Hampikian, Jess Shocklee, Dusty Aunan, Alex Syiek, Mickey Ryan Adrian is young woman who travels frequently. Over the years, she has received requests for foreign delicacies that are illegal in her home town of Boise, Idaho. During a seemingly normal lunch with her friend Jess, she is visited by 3 buyers of the most pungent, delicious, cheese.

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SVFFreebies Continued...

Chasing The Thunder (96 min.)

Directors: Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin Executive Producers: Paul G. Allen, Carole Tomko, Rocky Collins, Jody Gottlieb Producer: Katie Carpenter Editor: Dan Coda Director of Photography: Sam Sielen Chasing the Thunder is a high-seas feature documentary about the Sea Shepherd’s epic 110-day, 10,000-mile chase of the Thunder, considered the world’s most notorious poaching vessel. Filmmaker in Attendance for Q&A

Finn’s Whistle

(12 min.)

WORLD PREMIERE

Haymaker

(50 min.)

Director/Writer: Kelsey Selby Producers: Joseph Itaya, Eric Cardona Cinematographer: Ben Molyneaux Cast: Lily Ottinger, Ashton Fairman, Tony Barriatua, Elizabeth Carter Finn Ellis, a spunky, imaginative, and confident ten year old, lives in a small suburb with her father and sick mother. Finn only wants one thing, for her mom to recover. Finn’s mother has told stories of a ‘magic whistle’ that was a childhood keepsake, something that always made things better. Finn embarks on a journey to find the magic whistle in hope to save her mom before it’s too late.

Director: Robert Moncrief Producers: Autumn Moncrief, Reed Simonsen Executive Producer: Toni Moncrief Editor: Mike Wolfe Composer: Nathan Matthew David Featuring: Colton Jones A kid from a small town in Idaho strives for self-respect as he prepares for the rematch of a boxing match he lost the previous year while battling the legal system for his freedom at the same time.

Giant Carnivorous Bats (45 min.)

Happening (71 min.)

WORLD PREMIERE

Hero

(14 min.)

Directors/Writers/Producers: Andrew Garcia, Nate Garcia Cinematographer: Andrew Garcia Music: Robin Hoffmann Cast: Matt O’Meara, Nikolas Thiede, Sean Sarantos, Austin Von Johnson, Joaquin Ruby, Robert Kazadi Two quarreling brothers set out on an adventure in their neighborhood and discover what it means to be a hero.

1 Potato Film Event

(20 min.) (SVFFreebie)

WORLD PREMIERE

Director: Samantha Silva Writer: Samantha Silva, Gregory Bayne Producer: Derek Tonks, Alexandra Christensson Cinematographer: Gregory Bayne Music: Steve Fulton, Lindsey Hunt Cast: Lisa King Hawkes, Neil Brookshire, Ellen Campbell Caught between the rugged beauty of the Idaho wilderness, and the reality of her failing marriage, Helen Turner counts the days till she can leave it all behind, when she’s pulled into the orbit of a young woman whose own life is about to change forever. SCREENING: Thursday, 5:30 Magic Lantern

Short Film Lab Winner, 2017

Who Decides

(8 min.)

WORLD PREMIERE

Director/Writer: Mylissa Fitzsimmons Producers: Mylissa Fitzsimmons, Kristen Murtha, Brenden Hubbard Cinematographer: Katharine White Cast: Jenny O’Hara, Addison Eckert, Leonora Pitts Death can no longer be denied. A sick woman and a young girl engage in a discussion about who decides when it’s your time to die. PLAYS BEFORE: The Film La

SCREENING: Friday, 4:00 Cinetransformer

SVFFreebies

Preceded by Wild to Inspire Finalists Director and Cinematographer: Jason Jaacks Writer: Katie Bauer Producer: Katie Bauer Editor: Penny Trams Executive Producers: Christine Weber and Pamela Caragol Deep in the Mexican jungle, National Geographic photographer Anand Varma is on a mission to find two of the continent’s rarest creatures: carnivorous bats. For centuries, their lives have remained a mystery, but now Varma and a world-renowned biologist are teaming up to uncover their secrets. Filmmaker in Attendance for Q&A SCREENING: Saturday, 5:00 │ Cinetransformer Director: James Redford Producers: James Redford, Jill Tidman Executive for HBO: Sheila Nevins Music by: Sean Hayes Featuring: James Redford, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Nordan, Dave Ramm, Ray Maybus, Lisa Jackson, Dale Ross, Emily Kirsch, Gia Schneider Filmmaker James Redford embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US. social justice, embracing the future, and finding hope for our survival. Filmmaker in Attendance for Q&A SCREENING: Thursday, 1:00 │ Cinetransformer National Geographic Documentary Films presents A National Geographic Studios Production In Association With Public Road Productions. Director/Writer: Brett Morgen Producers: Brett Morgen, Bryan Burk, James Smith, Tony Gerber Executive Producers: Tim Pastore, Jeff Hasler Music by: Philip Glass Drawing from over 100 hours of never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives for over 50 years, award-winning director Brett Morgen tells the story of JANE. SCREENING: Thursday, 4:00 │ Opera House

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The Big Burn

ane (90 min.)

SCREENING: Friday, 1:15 │ Opera House

Angst an iety isn’t cool ut talking a out it is (56 min.)

Sponsored by St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center and St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation An IndieFlix Original in association with IndieFlix Foundation Executive Producers: Scilla Andreen, Karin Gornick Director: Matt Skerritt Featuring: Michael Phelps Angst is the most important, eye-opening documentary you will see this year. Through first-hand accounts and expert commentary, the film leads you with great care through the many facets of teen anxiety, a massive, misunderstood and rapidly growing cultural epidemic. Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A

SCREENING: Thursday, 3:00 │ Cinetransformer

Many Moods of Skiing 1961 (104 min.)

Director: Warren Miller Featuring: Stein Ericksen, Trigby Berby, Cal Cantral Join Warren Miller and other legendary skiers like Stein Eriksen, Don Powers, and Othmar Schneider as they travel around the world and take you to some of the earliest known ski resorts and destinations. *Preceded by “The Fire That Saved Sun Valley” teaser

SCREENING: Thursday, 9:30 │ Cinetransformer

Nat Geo WILD Kids Party Animals

(45 min.) Executive Producer: Sara Keller Executive Producer/Writer: Aneka Hylton-Donelson Editor: Diana Engle Narrator: Brandon Williams Hey kids, Sun Valley Film Festival has a screening just for you. Tell your parents to book some cute and cuddly time with Nat Geo WILD to meet some Party Animals! First up is a cute nocturnal primate; then we head to an animal hospital in Florida with some loveable baby sea turtles; go on a road trip with a family of silly ducks; and spark your creativity by putting your imagination to the test on Brain Games!

SCREENING: Saturday, 1:00 │ Opera House

Future Filmmakers Forum - SVFFreebie 1. Education ustice 2. eni idi Larpi 3. Dieu Merci 4. Aftershock 5. Believe: the story of Gofarr Fund 6. In The Trees 7. Old Bloo 8. The Big Day 9. The Teal Chair 10. Contact 11. e ne veu pas Partir 12. A Matter of Time

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Teddy Grennan Executive Director Candice Pate Director Laura Mehlhaff Director of Programming Emily Granville Screenwriters Lab Heather LaMonica Deckard Operations Celeste Matika Sponsorship Michael Tetro Creative Services Chloe ory Communications Steven Wilson Public Relations Carol Waller Public Relations enny Dupre Development Erica Talley Guest Services Bennett Krishock Programmer Olivia Tripp Festival Assistant Pear Phongsawad Social Media Bradley Geist Food & Beverage Kari Rasmussen Event Design Kate Dumke Carmen Hargis illanueva eanette Hinton Aruna League anessa andenworm

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Advisory Council

Emily Granville Teddy Grennan Tracy Groll Howard Owens Jonas Pate Joshua Pate Heather Rae Jack Sullivan Caspar von Winterfeldt Justin Williams

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Ruth & Jake Bloom Susan & Jonathan Dolgen Stephen Gaghan Carol & Scott Glenn Nicole Kohn Joshua Leonard William McCormack Minnie Mortimer Kim & Rick Selby Lauren Selig Allyn Stewart Bex Wilkinson

PATRONS

Kim & Rick Selby Bex Wilkinson & the Marshall Frankel Foundation

Platinum:

Dr Jacob and Rosabeth DeLaRosa John and Jenny Dupre Dan, Pattie, Kristina and Daniel Frandson Dick & Susie Granville Ted and Mary Navarre Moore & McNair and Will Bailey Eileen Shields Blue Farm Wines

Gold:

Sue Dumke Scott Harris Jennifer Hoey Interior Design Augusta and Gill Holland, Jr Elizabeth and William Kahane L & H Foundation Katherine Milias Sam Mitchell and Andrea Miller John and Jennifer Nordstrom Marc and Sally Onetto Timi and John Sobrato Alexa Woodward Zenergy

Silver:

Amber Busuttil Mullen and JoAnn Busuttil Carey and John Dondero The Nalen Foundation Lizz Lockette Suzie and Garry Pearson The Thomas Family Foundation Todd and Katie Traina

Bron e:

Artist Capital Cyd Bernard Susan and Jonathon Dolgen Patti Felton Julie and Richard Harrah Karl and Greet Hostetler The Smart Family Charitable Foundation David Perdue Bob and Beth Rohe Mint Locations

Patron: Todd & Julie Baur Allison & Rick Benners Toni & Matt Bogue Kia & Christian Brown Kathy Heiner Wendy & Jim Jaquet Kaye & Gerald Kearns Jane & Steve Mitchell Gina & Bob Poole Mimi & Warren Techentin

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Idaho connections abound at festival 1 Potato 2017 winner returns with short film By TONY TEKARONIAKE EVANS Express Staff Writer

The 2018 Sun Valley Film Festival program includes plenty of movies made in Idaho or by Idahoans or featuring Idaho talent. The cinematic locales range from Redfish Lake to Mongolia, and many places in between. Sun Valley local Casey Mott produced and directed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” promoted as a “brassy, sexy retelling of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedy.” Sun Valley local Dree Hemingway has Samantha Silva won last year’s 1 a role in “The Unicorn,” a feature Potato screenwriting award. She film about an indecisive couple. “All returns this year with her directorial the Wild Horses” features Sun Val- debut of “The Big Burn.” Courtesy photo ley local Julie Youngblood. Several short films made in Idaho locations, everything,” she said. will have faces and places familiar The 1 Potato Award comes with to those lucky enough to live here, $5,000 for the screenplay’s producincluding “Fromage,” directed by tion. Silva raised about $25,000 Jeston Cole Lewis (winner of the (including in-kind donations) from 2017 i48 Film Contest); “Hay- public readings at the Ming Studios maker,” about a young boxer try- in Boise and from a few generous ing to redeem himself; and “Finn’s private donors. Whistle,” a story about a plucky “It has been a great privilege to youngster trying to save her mother. make this film, and such a fine colLong before an Idaho film gets to laboration with a great group of the big screen, the festival is looking people,” she said. “Every person for a good story. The winner of the 1 involved improved the story. GregPotato short script competition will ory Bayne shot it beautifully.” be announced Thursday, March 15, “The Big Burn” features Neil at 5:30 p.m. at the Magic Lantern Brookshire, an actor who has Cinema. appeared on the Idaho Shakespeare Last year’s Sun Festival stage and is Valley Film Festinow based in Wis“It has been a consin; Lisa King val 1 Potato Award for short screenplay based in great privilege to Hawkes, went to Samantha Boise; and up-andSilva, of Boise. She make this film.” comer Ellen Campreturns this year with bell, also from Idaho. Samantha Silva “The Big Burn,” a “Lisa is such a Writer and director of short film she wrote natural actor. She “The Big Burn” and directed. grounds the whole Shot on locamovie,” Silva said. tion in Stanley and at Redfish Lake “Ellen is a younger actor who we Lodge, north of Sun Valley, “The will be seeing much more of in the Big Burn” follows Helen Turner years to come.” (played by Lisa King Hawkes), Turning from writer to director whose failing marriage leads her to brought out a new skill set for Silva. the rugged beauty of the Idaho wil“I was taken with how collabderness, where she is pulled into the orative the directing experience is,” orbit of a young woman whose own she said. “Writing is such a solitary life is about to change forever. experience. As a writer, you creSilva was born in St. Louis. Her ate the whole world in your story. father was a journalist. She wrote Directing means having a group and pitched 15 screenplays before of people working with you to do quitting the form and writing a this. They bring their own talent novel four years ago. She said she and esprit de corps. The actors and had many “heart-breaking near- crew helped me find and bring out misses” with the big screen before what I wanted for the film. I was submitting a short screenplay last thrilled by the experience of it.” year in Sun Valley. Silva said she’s proud to have During that time, her stepmother made a film about a woman, writand mother died, yet she managed ten and directed by a woman, and to complete her novel, “Mr. Dick- with a predominantly female staff ens and His Carol,” which was pub- and crew. lished in October, based on an ear“That is a significant accomlier screenplay that was sold four plishment in the world today,” she times but never produced. said. “It was a strange time for me, but Will Silva the writer continue to I submitted what I wrote and won direct? the 1 Potato Award. That meant I “I certainly hope so,” she said. had to make the film within one “Making a film sure gets under year, casting, fundraising, scouting your skin.”

1 Potato 2018 short script competition finalists “Codex” by Patrick Gatov. “First Tracks” by Lauren Smitelli and Suzi Barrett. “High River” by Kevin Nielsen. “The Hole Truth” by Irish Johnston.

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Unwind from films with social events Parties and concerts to be held Thursday through Saturday iTunes music store, and he later oversaw further music curation for Apple After packing their iTunes. He continues to days with films, interhost a weekly program views and panel discusat KCRW. sions, Sun Valley Film According to the fesFestival-goers can switch tival, Douridas is “best to concerts and parties known in film circles as on Thursday, Friday and a music supervisor and Saturday nights, plus consultant for major a music-themed panel motion pictures and telemidday Friday. vision series,” including Festivities begin at “Northern Exposure,” 9 p.m. Thursday—the the “Austin Powers” first full day of the festiseries of films and some val—with a street-party of the “Shrek” films. tribute to the late WarBird, whom the ren Miller, a legend of festival described as ski and snowboard film“an internationally making who died in Janacclaimed multi-instruuary at 93. Miller began mentalist, vocalist, whisfilming in Sun Valley in tler and songwriter,” the late 1940s, and has will appear opposite ever since been associDouridas in The Score ated with the area. panel. Bird has released Sir Sly will headline the Sun Valley Film Festival Awards Party “There could be no on Saturday, March 17. Courtesy photo 13 albums and toured more fitting way for worldwide since he the community where began recording in 1997. ski film icon WarAccording to the festiren Miller started his val, Bird has also scored inspired career to celetelevision series and brate him and our origrecorded with renowned inal mountain town ski jazz bands, performed in culture,” stated festival movies and worked as organizers. an advocate for EveryThe evening begins town for Gun Safety; with an “Après Stella” he has also written opat a pop-up cafe sponeds for The New York sored by Stella Artois in Times and appeared in the former Cornerstone TED Talks. Bar & Grill on Main “Bird is currently Street in Ketchum from working on a series of 7-9 p.m. At 9 p.m., Main site-specific improvisaStreet will transform into tional short films and a full-blown street party recordings called Echohonoring the ski legend, locations, recorded in complete with a DJ and remote and acoustiscreenings of Warren cally interesting spaces: Miller’s footage from a remote Utah canyon, Sun Valley, curated by an abandoned seaside Warren Miller film edibunker, the middle of tor Kim Schneider and the Los Angeles River Stellar Media. and a reverberant tileFirepits will warm covered aqueduct in Lispartygoers—who are bon,” according to the encouraged to wear vinfestival, which described tage ski gear—through Bird’s music as “a unique the party’s conclusion DJ Chris Douridas will play at the Pioneer Party on Friday, brand of pop” inspired at midnight. The Ford March 16. by early jazz, blues and Cinetransformer mobile folk. theater will screen MillLater Friday night, er’s 1961 film “Many “There could be no more fitting way Douridas will curate the Moods of Skiing” next musical selection for the for the community where ski film to the pop-up cafe, called Pioneer Award Party, Café Artois, at 9:30 p.m. icon Warren Miller started his inspired beginning at 10 p.m. on Thursday, March 15. at the Galleria Buildcareer to celebrate him and our The screening is free, ing at 351 N. Leadville but seating is first-come, in Ketchum. This original mountain town ski culture.” Ave. first-served. year’s winner of the PioSun Valley Film Festival At 10 p.m., an indoor neer Award, given to “an party kicks off at Whisindividual whose unique supervising the key ingredient to all key Jacques’ saloon on contribution to the arts Main Street. Though it’s deemed great films: music,” according to the is reflective of a true trailblazer,” “Sorry, I Like To Party,” partygoers festival. will go to 35-year-old American Douridas rose to prominence actress and model Kate Bosworth. at this free bash likely won’t have to explain their partying to fellow rev- in the music industry as the music At 10 p.m. on Saturday night, elers as they enjoy music from local director of KCRW-FM in Santa 24 hours after the awarding of the band El Stash. Festival and Party Monica, Calif.—a position in which Pioneer Award, festivalgoers will Pass holders will have access to free he became the first to play demos again fill Whiskey Jacques’, this from then-unsigned artists includ- time for the Film Festival’s Awards beer, to boot. Thursday’s parties, the festival ing Beck and Kara’s Flowers, which Bash. Films will be honored, and promised, “will surely be legend- later became Maroon 5. As vice- attendees will be kept moving with president of AOL Music, he cre- music from the band Sir Sly, a trio of ary, just like Miller himself.” Festivalgoers who can’t wait ated, produced and hosted the pop- multi-instrumentalists from Orange until Friday evening for their next ular AOL Sessions program, which County, Calif. music fix can attend The Score, featured artists that included Paul Coming to Ketchum on the heels a panel discussion with DJ Chris McCartney, U2, Madonna, Radio- of the June 2017 release of its secDouridas and musician, singer and head, Peter Gabriel, John Mayer ond full-length album, “Don’t You songwriter Andrew Bird. The panel, and Avril Lavigne. Worry, Honey,” Sir Sly is comIn 2001, the late Steve Jobs, then posed of lead singer Landon Jacobs scheduled for 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16, at Festival HQ, Apple’s CEO, hired Douridas as a and multi-instrumentalists Hayden “explores the art of scoring and consultant for the launch of Apple’s See PARTIES, next page By JOSHUA MURDOCK Express Staff Writer

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Fest like a local Tips on getting the most out of the Sun Valley Film Festival By EXPRESS STAFF

Your unforgettable Sun Valley Film Festival weekend starts here, and with these tips and tricks to guide you, you’ll soon be festing like a pro. Ticket and pass pick-up—All passes must be picked up at the SVFF Box Office Loft, upstairs at Café Artois (located at 211 N. Main St., in Ketchum). Online ticket purchases can be either redeemed at the door with receipt or picked up at the SVFF Box Office starting Monday, March 12. Limited individual tickets will be released five minutes prior to showtime for purchase at the door if a film is not already sold out. Showtime—Attendees should arrive at least 30 minutes early to secure their spot at each screening. Just like mom told you, it’s vital to bundle up and dress in layers to make your line-time as comfortable as possible. The order of admittance is as follows: Insiders and Festival Passholders, Film Passholders OR Party Passholders, individual ticket holders. SVFF App—In the event of unanticipated schedule changes, the SVFF App is the definitive source for festival updates. Available free in the app store for iPhone and Android, you can use it to track changes, get updated film information, check maps and find answers to other questions you may have. Alternatively, you can stop by the

Box Office to talk to one of the festival’s knowledgeable volunteers. Wait-listed? No problem!—A select number of empty seats will be sold prior to start time at the theater for $10 (cash only). The earlier you arrive, the better chances you have of getting a seat. If you still can’t get tickets, don’t despair! Check out the festival schedule on the SVFF App or head to HQ (Insiders, Festival and Party passholders only) for other fantastic festival events.

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Sip and Savor—Climate, altitude and lunchtime schooners at Grumpy’s … need we say more? It may seem obvious, but at this altitude, it’s important to drink more water than usual. If you’re craving something a little stronger, stop by Café Artois, located in the heart of the festival, to put your feet up while enjoying a cold Stella or Stella Cidre.

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Coplen and Jason Suwito. The group “forged their singular sound by drawing upon each member’s long-honed musical talents: Jacobs’ introspective yet infinitely searching lyricism, Suwito’s in-studio ingenuity and Coplen’s sophisticated musicianship and sense of songcraft,” according to the festival. Their sophomore effort “matches their delicately inventive alt-pop with a more granular approach to

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Parties, socials and concerts Thursday, March 15 • 7 p.m.: Après Stella. Café Artois. Free. • 9 p.m.: Warren Miller Street Party. Main Street, Ketchum. Free. • 9:30 p.m.: Cinetransformer screening of “Many Moods of Skiing.” Outside Café Artois. Free. • 10 p.m.: ‘Sorry, I Like To Party’ Party. Whiskey Jacques’, Ketchum. Concert featuring El Stash. Free.

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Friday, March 16 • 2:30 p.m.: The Score. Festival HQ, Ketchum. Panel with DJ Chris Douridas, moderator, and guest musician Andrew Bird. • 10 p.m.: Pioneer Party. The Galleria, Ketchum. Party featuring DJ Chris Douridas.

Saturday, March 17 • 10 p.m.: Sun Valley Film Festival Awards Bash. Whiskey Jacques’, Ketchum. Concert featuring Sir Sly.

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Vision Award The festival’s top honor, the Vision Award, pays tribute to industry icons who have provided the keen insight, influence and initiative needed to see their creative visions come to fruition. Past honorees were Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone and Gina Davis. This year’s honoree is Gwyneth Paltrow, who will be presented the award at a private Vision Dinner at the Roundhouse restaurant on Bald Mountain on Saturday, March 17. She also will participate in the festival’s final Coffee Talk on Sunday, March 18, at the Sun Valley Opera House at Sun Valley Resort at 10 a.m. The talk is a free and informal gathering in which Paltrow will discuss her career and answer questions from the audience. “We started the Vison Award with Clint Eastwood, because he’s an icon of the industry we really wanted to celebrate,” said festival Director Candice Pate. “Since then, we’ve built quite a tradition of honoring heavy hitters whose contributions will stand the test of time.” The festival chose to honor Paltrow this year in part because her career has expanded into media other than film, which Pate said dovetailed nicely with the festival’s widening media horizons. “I think the work she’s done across many spectrums is really emblematic of how we want to expand the festival,” Pate said. “We want to celebrate those accomplishments. Given how media landscape is shifting to include more formats, we are broadening our own offerings at this year’s festival. That we get to celebrate this woman who has this long list of achievements in and out of cinemas is really great.” Paltrow, whose 1998 performance in “Shakespeare in Love” garnered her Best Actress honors at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Academy Awards, is also a decorated author, singer and entrepreneur. In 2011, she won an Emmy for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for playing substitute teacher Holly Holiday on “Glee,” and her song “Coming Home,” from the soundtrack for “Country Strong,” was nominated for an Oscar. She also has written three New York Times best-selling cookbooks, “My Father’s Daughter” (2011), “It’s All Good” (2013) and “It’s All Easy” (2016), the latter two No. 1. She also co-wrote “Spain, A Culinary Road Trip” with chef Mario Batali after their PBS documentary, “Spain … on the Road Again,” which was about Spanish food and culture. Additionally, in 2008, Paltrow launched goop, an online store and newsletter providing lifestyle advice and information. goop’s recent ventures include goop magazine in

collaboration with Condé Nast and goop Lab, its first permanent store, in Brentwood, Calif. Some of her other film credits include “Proof,” Wes Anderson’s “The Royal Tenenbaums,” Anthony Minghella’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Douglas McGrath’s “Emma” and Marvel’s “Iron Man” franchise.

Pioneer Award The Sun Valley Film Festival gives its Pioneer Award to filmmakers who use their knowledge and resources to make a difference in the world. This year’s Pioneer Award is going to 35-year-old actress and producer Kate Bosworth for the work she and her husband and cofilmmaker Michael Polish have done on their drama “Nona,” which will be screened at the festival. “Nona” is a feature film that sheds light on the brutality of Central America’s sex-trafficking industry through the story of one girl as she comes of age and travels to America. Polish wrote the screenplay and directed the film. Bosworth also starred recently in National Geographic’s “The Long Road Home” and is leading MGM’s upcoming post-apocalyptic drama “The Domestics.” Other film credits include “Black Rock,” “Blue Crush,” “Big Sur,” “Homefront,” “The Horse Whisperer,” “Still Alice,” “Straw Dogs” and “Superman Returns.” Bosworth said she and Polish got the idea for the film after hearing about real-life stories of girls caught up in sex trafficking. “We had heard about a sex house in California that had been busted and a couple of girls who were retrieved. There are 44 known houses in Los Angeles alone,” she said. “We wanted to know more about it, and after we started researching it, we felt like we wanted to put a face to the statistics.” Bosworth said part of the reason the couple went with a drama instead of a documentary is to help audiences be able to process the information about Central American sex trafficking. She said it can be tough in today’s desensitized culture for people to understand the statistics in a human way. “We feel that falls on the shoulders of artists,” she said. “There are a lot of really good documentaries about it, but there hasn’t been a film that has taken a more cinematic approach.” She said she felt their approach to the subject seemed a bit like a Trojan horse. “We didn’t want the audience to feel so brutalized that they would turn away from the subject matter,” she said. Bosworth said Polish has a knack for telling stories about women, and this subject was close to his heart— originally from Mexico, his mother crossed the border into the U.S. for the first time at age 12. “It was very important for Michael to follow where these guys would have come from and what they would have gone through,” Bosworth said. “We wanted to deal with these issues through the eyes of one individual.” The couple produced the film See AWARDS, next page

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under their new production company, Make Pictures Productions. It’s the company’s first feature film. “We want to make pictures that matter,” Bosworth said. This is the first time the award has gone to a woman. Bosworth will be presented the award at a private function on March 16, and she will participate in Nat Geo’s Salon Talk at the Festival HQ on Friday, March 16.

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is the recipient of the second annual Rising Star Award.

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Last year, he performed opposite Dwayne Johnson in Paramount’s “Baywatch.” In August 2016, he originated the role of Cadillac, the prince of disco, in Baz Luhrmann’s television series “The Get Down.” The series was a musical drama about the rise of hip-hop in the 1970s. The first six episodes debuted on Netflix in August 2016, with the latter six episodes following in April 2017. He also has had supporting roles in feature films “Boundaries,” opposite Vera Farmiga and Christopher Plummer; and “Sidney Hall,” alongside Logan Lerman and Elle Fanning. Abdul-Mateen was born in New

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The festival gives its Rising Star Award to someone in the industry whose career is burgeoning. This year’s honoree is Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. “Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is one of the industry’s fastest-rising talents, with a multitude of diverse projects on the horizon,” Pate said. Abdul-Mateen will star next as the lead villain role of Black Manta in James Wan’s “Aquaman.” Other upcoming projects also include “First Match,” based on an award-winning script by Olivia Newman that was workshopped in both the Sundance writer’s and director’s labs, with Netflix distributing in 2018. Most recently he was seen in Michael Gracey’s “The Greatest Showman” opposite Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Zendaya for 20th Century Fox. Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, the film is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Remember “Must-See TV”? The TV Guide? How about the increasingly obsolete question, “When does it air?” Better yet, remember when, to watch “Saturday Night Live,” you needed to stay in, stay up and watch it, live, on Saturday night? To children of the internet age, those questions sound downright quaint. Since Netflix introduced its streaming service in 2007, digital technologies have exploded the media landscape, changing not only how and where we watch, but also the types of things we see when we get there. Now, you can take almost any program from your smart TV at home to your phone on the bus into work, to your desktop at, say, the Idaho Mountain Express. (Shhh …) Recently, the streams have picked up speed: According to Nielsen’s most recent Total Audience Report, 58.7 percent of U.S. households with televisions use some sort of on-demand streaming device. That tallies to 68.5 million in all. While cable still dominates the raw numbers, adults 18-29 are about twice as likely to look to online streaming before broadcast TV, according to a 2017 study by Pew Research. No wonder Netflix has a market capitalization approaching $140 billion—more than double that of 21st Century Fox, and gaining on the roughly $170 billion of Comcast, the world’s largest broadcast company. Backed by money and momentum, streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Video and Hulu have grown beyond buying up rights to the orphans and castoffs of other companies. Now, they’re legit producers themselves, with serious resources capable of putting out programming equal to any network or studio that Hollywood has to offer. It’s especially true of their “TV” shows. Once upon the early-2000s, something would air for an hour each week over the course of months; on Netflix, they’re all batched and waiting to devour your entire weekend in a single sitting. Need proof of product? Five of the 10 shows nominated for “Best Drama” and “Best Comedy or Musical” were only available streaming—including both winners, Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”

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None of this is news to the Sun Valley Film Festival. Festival Director Candice Pate and Program Director Laura Mehlhaff have tracked the trend for years, thinking up ways to give these new forms the full, festival treatment. “We’ve been dancing around it for a while,” Pate said. “We’re both steeped in film, but all of these shifts mandate us broadening our scope. There’s so much going on in television and streaming that we need to get our stake in the ground.” Enter Bingefest, SVFF’s first foray away from films. The new program is set to screen the premiers of two documentary series: “One Strange Rock,” the National Geographic Channel’s 10-part look at life on earth (at the Sun Valley Opera House, Thursday, March 15, at 6 p.m.); and, the third season of “Last Chance U,” Netflix’s deep dive into the players and coaches of junior college football (Cinetransformer theater, Saturday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m.). “We live in an age with so many choices,” Pate said. “Without a theatrical release, it gets harder and harder to actually decide what to watch. You pull up Netflix, and, wow, it’s overwhelming. I want to create a buzzworthy event to launch these things.” For documentarian Greg Whiteley, who directs “Last

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Chance U,” it’s also a rare oppurtunity to show his series before a live crowd, on the big screen. “It’s exciting, to see it in front of an audience,” said Whiteley, who chose to follow Independence Community College in rural Kansas for the show’s third season. “Usually, the only way I can get a sense of how people are reacting is to go on Twitter when it launches.” Netflix rarely previews content before it goes online; to get the first episode prepped for its premier at the Sun Valley Film Festival, Whiteley’s been working nonstop. “We’re still shooting the season,” he said. “We’re going to get the episode done the day we fly to Sun Valley.” Then, Netflix will have it under lock and key until the company releases it in late July. If the in-person screening gives Whiteley a glimpse into his audience, Pate hopes the sneak-peak will expand it. While streaming platforms can be democratizing—you can watch whatever you want, whenever—they can also limit a project’s reach. “People tend to self-select,” Whiteley said. “They think that if they don’t like football, they won’t like “Last Chance U.” So, maybe they watch something else. When they see it, though, they love it like they love ‘Friday Night Lights.’ The set piece is football, but we’re telling human stories.” “Friday Night Lights,” in all its forms, is an interesting comparison. In the 30 years since Buzz Bissinger followed the Permian High Panthers, the title has graced a book, a magazine article,

a Hollywood film and a fictionalized TV show—the latter a huge streaming hit. But, when Bissinger wrote his book, no one would have thought to tell the story any other way. If they did, they’d have to compress all 350-plus pages into a neat hour and a half, the type of work Whiteley produced to acclaim prior to his recent series. Distribution through Netflix allowed Whiteley to stretch his legs, and tell the story in a different way. “Traditional TV tends to follow a traditional format—four act breaks, cliffhangers for commercials, etc.,” Pate said. “Imagine trying to write ‘Harry Potter,’ but every chapter has to be 100 pages. With streaming, there’s more flexibility, and more nuance.” Over the past decade, it’s become something of the service’s stock and trade. “When I first started, you were hard-pressed to find a platform [for documentaries],” Whiteley said. “If you were lucky enough to get into a festival, maybe you’d get a theatrical release, but then what? For a long time, the only place you could find a documentary would be PBS, or Netflix. It was hungry for content—and documentaries were inexpensive content.” That’s how Pate first found “Last Chance U”—as a viewer, looking for something to watch. Her husband fired up a smart TV, and picked a show. “We watched the first episode,” Pate said. “Then the first episode turned into the second, and, well, you know how the rest goes from there.”

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Many Moods of Skiing—Thursday, March 15, 9:30 p.m. at Ford Cinetransformer. Following the Main Street Salute, get cozy in the Cinetransformer for an exclusive screening of one of Warren Miller’s oldest films. New to the modern screen, Many Moods of Skiing documents Miller’s journey to the world’s oldest ski resorts, including, of course, Sun Valley. Preceding the film will be an SVFF exclusive sneak peek promo of The Fire That Saved Sun Valley. Free and open to the public with priority admission for Insiders, Festival and Film pass-holders. 

Happening—Thursday, March 15, 1 p.m. at Ford Cinetransformer. Filmmaker James Redford embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean-energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits and makes communities stronger and healthier across the U.S. Producer Jill Tidman will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. 

Jane—Thursday, March 15, 2 p.m. at Opera House. National Geographic’s unprecedented and intimate portrait of conservation icon Jane Goodall. 

Angst: Anxiety isn’t Cool, But Talking About it is—Thursday, March 15, 3 p.m. at Ford Cinetransformer. Presented by St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center and St. Luke’s Wood River Foundation. A cathartic and eye-opening 

documentary that explores the many facets of teen anxiety. Filmmakers will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. Chasing the Thunder—Friday, March 16, 1:15 p.m. at Opera House. A thrilling documentary that follows the Sea Shepherd’s epic 10,000 mile chase of the Thunder, the world’s most notorious poaching vessel. Filmmakers will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. 

SVFF Family: Creature Feature— Saturday, March 17, 1 p.m. at Opera House. Calling all kids! Join Nat Geo WILD Kids for Party Animals, a film that brings you up close to the cutest animals from all over the world! Feature also includes a giveaway from Nat Geo WILD. 

Wild to Inspire—Saturday, March 17, 5 p.m. at Ford Cinetransformer. Nat Geo WILD hosts its fourth annual Wild to Inspire short-film competition, encouraging filmmakers to capture stories of individuals in their community and the animals who influence their lives. Finalists will have their works screened before the world premiere of Nat Geo WILD’s documentary, Giant Carnivorous Bats, by Salon speaker Anand Varma. The winner is awarded a coveted apprenticeship with a world-renowned National Geographic wildlife cinematographer. Free and open to the public with priority access for Festival and Film pass-holders. 