Honorees

SVFF honors the industry’s best and brightest 

Winter Screening Series Honorees

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The SVFF pays tribute to industry icons whose contributions to the art of cinema have changed the industry for the better.

2024 vision award honoree

DEMI MOORE

Actress, producer, and New York Times bestselling author Demi Moore can currently be seen starring in Coralie Fargeat’s critically acclaimed body horror feature, The Substance, alongside Margaret Qualley. The film premiered in-competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it garnered rave reviews and among the longest standing ovations out of the festival. It released in theaters September 20 from MUBI. She most recently starred in the second season of “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,” and can soon be seen in Paramount+’s upcoming drama “Landman” from Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, in which she stars alongside Jon Hamm and Billy Bob Thornton. It was also recently announced that Moore will star in Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters  alongside Keke Palmer, LaKeith Stanfield and Naomi Ackie.

 

The actress set a record in 1995 when she became the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, known for her work in St. Elmo’s Fire, About Las Night…, Ghost, A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal, The Scarlet Letter, Disclosure, G.I. Jane, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Bobby, and Margin Call among many others.

2024 pioneer award honoree

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PAMELA ANDERSON

Pamela Anderson and Gia Coppola will receive the Pioneer Award presented by Variety, which recognizes trailblazers in front of and behind the camera. 

 

Anderson is well known for her role on the blockbuster television series Baywatch, as well as her bestselling memoir, Love, Pamela, and her Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary Pamela, a Love Story. For her role in The Last Showgirl, Anderson received the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival and was nominated for Outstanding Lead Performance by the Gotham Awards. Coppola, acclaimed for her directorial debut Palo Alto and the visionary Mainstream, brings her distinctive voice to The Last Showgirl, cementing her place as a leading creative force in the industry.

2024 pioneer award honoree

PRESENTED BY VARIETY

GIA COPPOLA

Gia Coppola and Pamela Anderson will receive the Pioneer Award presented by Variety, which recognizes trailblazers in front of and behind the camera. 

 

Coppola, acclaimed for her directorial debut Palo Alto and the visionary Mainstream, brings her distinctive voice to The Last Showgirl, cementing her place as a leading creative force in the industry.

2024 IMPACT award honoree

PORCELAIN WAR

Porcelain War – which has received more than 40 honors and recognitions since winning the 2024 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary, including a finalist for the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award – will receive a special Impact Award for its stunning tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, embodying the enduring hope and passion of ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances.

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Annette Bening

Annette Bening is a Tony Award and four-time Academy Award nominee, and two-time Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award winner. Most recently, she starred in NYAD, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, and JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE on Paramount+, opposite Bryan Cranston. Upcoming, she will be seen in POOLMAN, alongside Danny DeVito and directed by/co-starring Chris Pine. 

 

Additional film credits include DEATH ON THE NILE, HOPE GAP, THE REPORT, GEORGETOWN, LIFE ITSELF, THE SEAGULL, CAPTAIN MARVEL, FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL,  20TH CENTURY WOMEN, RULES DON’T APPLY, DANNY COLLINS, THE SEARCH, THE FACE OF LOVE, RUBY SPARKS, GIRL MOST LIKELY, GINGER & ROSA, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, MOTHER AND CHILD, BEING JULIA, AMERICAN BEAUTY, IN DREAMS, THE SIEGE, THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, MARS ATTACKS!, RICHARD III, LOVE AFFAIR, BUGSY, REGARDING HENRY,  THE GRIFTERS,  GUILTY BY SUSPICION, VALMONT, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, and THE GREAT OUTDOORS. 

 

On stage, Bening was last seen in Jack O’Brian’s Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s classic ALL MY SONS alongside Tracy Letts, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination. Previous stage credits include: Public Theater’s 2014 Shakespeare in the Park production of KING LEAR; RUTH DRAPER MONOLOGUES at Geffen Playhouse; Anton Chekhov’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD at Mark Taper Forum; Alan Bennett’s TALKING HEADS at Tiffany Theater; Henrik Ibsen’s HEDDA GABLER at Geffen Playhouse; and MEDEA at UCLA. 

 

Bening also received a Tony Award nomination and won the Clarence Derwent Award for Outstanding Debut Performance of the Season for her role in COASTAL DISTURBANCES.  

 

Bening graduated from San Francisco State University and trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco until she joined the acting company.