Sun Valley Film Festival Sets Honorees And Lineup For 2026 Edition

Bill Pullman, Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen, Peter Farrelly, Luke Davies and Stephen Beresford will join Jessica Lange as honorees set for this year’s Sun Valley Film Festival, which runs December 2-6

The fest revealed its kudos list as well as its lineup Wednesday, with awards-buzzy films led by I Play Rocky, All of a Sudden, The Debut, Elsinore, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, A Long Winter, The Row, Tangles, Ink, Artificial and Tenzing among those heading to the resort town.

Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut will open the festival, while Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI tale Artificial will close it. The fest also will screen 30 short films across its five-day run.

“This year’s lineup brings together artists who have shaped film and television across generations, from Jessica Lange and Bill Pullman to Peter Farrelly,” said Teddy Grennan, the festival’s executive director and co-founder. “Sun Valley is a place where audiences can get close to the craft, whether through a screening, a Coffee Talk or a conversation over dinner, and we’re thrilled to welcome these remarkable talents to the mountains this December.”

Pullman, in town along with a screening of his jazz drama Everybody Digs Bill Evans, will receive the fest’s Pioneer Award, while Rogen and Miller Rogen will be bestowed the Impact Award alongside a screening of their latest work as producers, the animated Tangled; both awards recognize contributions to film and the entertainment industry. Farrelly will participate in a Cocktail Talk on December 5 after the fest’s screening of I Play Rocky, his pic about the making of Sylvester Stallone’s 1976 boxing epic.

Deadline behind a pair of SVFF’s awards this year. Davies, who penned the script for Apple Original Films’ Mount Everest tale Tenzing, will receive the Deadline Disruptor Award, while screenwriter-playwright Beresford, who penned Focus Features’ Elsinore, will receive the High Scribe Award, co-presented by Deadline, for his contributions to screenwriting and ability to bring compelling, deeply human stories to the screen.

As Deadline previously reported, Lange will receive the SVFF’s Vision Award on December 4 at the Vision Award Dinner. Her film Long Day’s Journey Into Night, starring Lange and Ed Harris, will screen at the fest December 3.