Diane Lane from Unfaithful gets awarded

Academy Award-nominated actors Matt Dillon ("Crash") and Diane Lane ("Unfaithful") will be honored with Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Awards at the 15^th annual Savannah Film Festival, Oct. 27 - Nov. 3. The film festival, presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design, will also honor actress Michelle Monaghan ("Gone Baby Gone") with a "Spotlight Award" for her performance in "Tomorrow You're Gone" and Academy Award-winning writer and director Geoffrey Fletcher ("Precious") will receive the "SCAD Cinevation Award," which is given to one director for imagination, inspiration and innovation in cinema.

Celebrating 15 years of cinematic creativity, the 2012 Savannah Film Festival will open with David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," which recently won the top prize at the TorontoInternational Film Festival, and close with DreamWorks Animation's "Rise of the Guardian" directed by Peter Ramsey. By partnering with RealD Inc., a leading global licensor of 3-D technologies, the festival will screen films in 3-D for the first time. RealD will be the exclusive 3-D cinema provider at the Savannah Film Festival and provide the company's patented 3-D lens and glasses for permanent use.