Independent Spirit Award-winning actress Mya Taylor (TANGERINE) will be honored with the Festival’s Next Wave Award in a special conversation with together with award-winning filmmaker, PJ Raval (CALL HER GANDA). The Next Wave Award recognizes artists who have exciting and distinctive voices, take artistic risks, and have a passionate commitment to independent film. Past honorees… Continue reading 2020 – MYA TAYLOR
Category: Festival Archives
2019 – JILLIAN BELL
Actress and producer Jillian Bell (BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, SWORD OF TRUST) will receive the festival’s third annual “Next Wave Award,” which recognizes those who have exciting and distinctive voices, take artistic risks, and have a passionate commitment to independent film. Bell will be in attendance to accept the award in conversation and in support… Continue reading 2019 – JILLIAN BELL
2018 – CHLOË GRACE MORETZ
Chloë Grace Moretz is an American actress. She began acting as a child, with early roles in the supernatural horror film The Amityville Horror, the drama series Desperate Housewives, the supernatural horror film The Eye, the drama film The Poker House, the drama series Dirty Sexy Money, the romantic comedy film 500 Days of Summer,… Continue reading 2018 – CHLOË GRACE MORETZ
2017 – AUBREY PLAZA (Inaugural Honoree)
To steal a phrase from Jerry Maguire, Aubrey Plaza had us at hello. With what must be a natural-born gift for comedy, honed by years with the Upright Citizens Brigade and stand-up, Plaza’s talent is truly one-of-a-kind. That she uses her talents for good only makes her more special. To millions, she’s the apathetic and… Continue reading 2017 – AUBREY PLAZA (Inaugural Honoree)
2011 – Albert Maysles
Two of America’s foremost non-fiction filmmakers, Albert Maysles and his brother David (1932-1987) are recognized as pioneers of “direct cinema,” the distinctly American version of French “cinema verité.” They earned their distinguished reputations by being the first to make non-fiction feature films- films in which the drama of human life unfolds as is, without scripts,… Continue reading 2011 – Albert Maysles
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2008 – Michael Childers
2007 – Kathleen Turner
Screen icon Kathleen Turner has garnered critical acclaim for her performances in movies including BODY HEAT, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe; ROMANCING THE STONE and PRIZZI’S HONOR, which earned her a Golden Globe Award for each; PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED, which brought Turner both an Academy Award nomination and a Golden… Continue reading 2007 – Kathleen Turner
