The Giver
| Year | 2014 |
| Starring | Alexander Skarsgård, Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes, Meryl Streep, Odeya Rush, Taylor Swift |
| Director(s) | Phillip Noyce |
| Rating | PG-13 |
| Genre(s) | Drama, Sci-Fi |
| Producer(s) | Genevieve Hofmeyr, Jeff Bridges, Neil Koenigsberg, Nikki Silver |
| Editor(s) | Barry Alexander Brown |
| Writer(s) | Lois Lowry, Michael Mitnick, Robert B. Weide |
“The Truly Moving Picture Award jury felt ‘The Giver’ was a strong film filled with interesting messages,” says Heartland Film’s Artistic Director, Tim Irwin. “A provoking conversation starter, the film was a powerful adaptation of Lois Lowry’s classic novel. Jeff Bridges and Brenton Thwaites give excellent performances as The Giver and Jonas.”
The haunting story of “The Giver” centers on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the community’s memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community’s secret past. With this newfound power of knowledge, he realizes that the stakes are higher than imagined – a matter of life and death for himself and those he loves most. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all – a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before. “The Giver” is based on Lois Lowry’s beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.