VAIL — The 2012 Vail Film Festival, slated for March 29 through April 1 in Vail, announced its 2012 Vanguard Award Recipient — Fred Schepisi — and Excellence in Acting Recipient — Krysten Ritter — on Thursday. Both actors will be honored for their outstanding work in the film industry during the 2012 Awards Ceremony, preceding the Film Festival’s closing night film on March 31 at the Vail Mountain School.Known for her work in film, television, and theater, Ritter has become one of the most sought after actors in Hollywood. The 2012 Vail Film Festival is honored to recognize her with this year’s Excellence in Acting Award, joining past winners Kate Bosworth, Michelle Monaghan and Jane Seymour. Starring alongside many of Hollywood’s biggest names including Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz, Isla Fisher, Kristin Bell and Alicia Silverstone, Ritter’s films include Dreamworks’ comedy “She’s Out of My League,” the Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer film “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “What Happens in Vegas,” “27 Dresses” and Amy Heckerling’s comedy, “Vamps.”
In television, Ritter has starred in “Breaking Bad,” the leading role on the Starz series “Gravity” as well as recurring roles on “Gilmore Girls” and “Veronica Mars.” Her upcoming comedy series, “Apartment 23” will debut on April 11 after Modern Family on ABC. Ritter’s most recent film, “L!fe Happens,” in which she stars and co-wrote with talented new filmmaker and Vail Film Festival Alum, Kat Coiro, will be screened following the Awards Ceremony on March 31 at 8 p.m., as the 2012 Vail Film Festival’s Official Closing Night Film.
for those in NYC ticket information can be found HERE
Amy Heckerling (FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH) recently reteamed with her CLUELESS star Alicia Silverstone for a vampire-centric romp, and it’s finally showing its fangs in April.
Screening (and it looks like world premiering) as part of a Lena Dunham*-curated series at BAM (who, as their Andrzej Zulawski retro wraps up, is killing it lately), the film will play Saturday, April 7 at 6:50 p.m., with a Q&A with Heckerling to follow.
Co-starring Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver and Malcolm McDowell, VAMPS is described as: “BFFs and vampire gal pals Goody (Silverstone) and Stacy (Ritter) have partied their way through New York nightlife and must now decide whether true love is worth the cost of eternal youth. Silverstone brings a poignancy to her role as a 19th-century girl finding her way in 21st-century life.”
Lady Gunn has posted the new feature with Krysten up HERE to check out
