Category: Festival Archives

We’re honored to celebrate the career of Judith Light, whose has the uncanny ability to reveal new depths to her talents with each new project. Two-time Tony winner and Emmy winner Judith Light is known for her extensive body of film, television, and stage work. An artist whose talent is as big as her heart… Continue reading 2019 – JUDITH LIGHT

Molly has forged an amazing career starting with her six-season run on “Saturday Night Live,” where she created a host of indelible characters. In the years since leaving SNL she has become one of the most sought-after actors working in the business. Last year, Molly was awarded the Independent Spirit Award for “Best Supporting Actress”… Continue reading 2018 – MOLLY SHANNON

In some ways Chloë Sevigny already feels like family. Massachusetts-born and Connecticut-raised, her films have been a fixture at PIFF for years, and she’s worked with four past Filmmaker on the Edge honorees (Christine Vachon, Jim Jarmusch, Mary Harron and Harmony Korine). Sevigny burst onto the screen in Kids, playing Jennie, the film’s tragic heroine—a… Continue reading 2017 – CHLOË SEVIGNY

Tilda Swinton started making films with the director Derek Jarman in 1985 with Caravaggio. Her second film was Peter Wollen’s Friendship’s Death. She and Jarman made seven more films together, including The Last of England, The Garden, War Requiem, Edward II (for which she won the Best Actress award at the 1991 Venice International Film… Continue reading 2010 – TILDA SWINTON

Alessandro Nivola has established himself as one of the most versatile actors of his generation with an array of emotionally searing and complex roles defining his body of work.  He is currently in production on THE BIG CIGAR, Apple TV+’s limited series which chronicles Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton (André Holland) and his best friend, Bert Schneider… Continue reading 2009 – ALESSANDRO NIVOLA