The 26th Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) has announced the lineup for this year’s festival. This is scheduled to take place from October 16th to October 23rd. This year’s event will feature over 100 feature films and 250 shorts from 32 countries.
The festival will open with a screening of “Blue Moon” by Richard Linklater, starring Ethan Hawk, Margaret Qualey, Bobby Canaval and Andrew Scott. The closing night film includes a screening of “Frankenstein” by Giggel Model Toro, starring Jacobu Elordi, Miagos and Oscar Isaac and Christoph Waltz.
The most talked-about titles in this year’s lineup include Near Da Costa’s “Header,” starring Tessa Thompson, Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vage,” Joachimtrier’s “Sentimental Value,” and Lean Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man: Knife Out Mystery,” Jeremy Renner, Kelly Washington, Andrew Scott, Kayley Spaney, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Hayden Church.
In addition to the screening, the Newport Beach Film Festival will partner with Fashion Island and StyleWeekoc to celebrate fashion and film across Southern California. On Saturday, October 18th, Sophie Ansari, Pembadogley and Navacabelline will be holding exclusive conversations and book signing for the latest release, entitled “Clashmore: The occurrence of love, loss, and age regarding essays.”
“Celebrating the 26th year, this lineup brings together visionary filmmakers from around the world with the season’s most exciting films. Newport continues its tradition of highlighting films that will be nominees for large awards throughout the season.” “We are delighted to share this dynamic program with our loyal Orange County audience. We can’t wait to uncover even more special events as the festival approaches.”
Read the complete festival lineup below.
Centerpiece
“Adult Children” (premiere in California, USA)
Director: Rich Newy
“Arco” (France)
Director: Ugo Bienne
“Bad Hair Cut” (USA)
Director: Kyle Missack
“Billy Night” (US, West Coast premiere)
Directed by: Alec Griffen Ross
“Cutting the Rock” (premiere in the US, Iran, Germany, Chile, Qatar and Southern California)
Director: Sarah Khaki, Mohammadreza Aini
“Furcy” (France, North America premiere)
Director: Abd Al Malik
“Header” (US)
Director: Nia Dacosta
“King Ivory” (US, US premiere)
Director: John Swab
“Master” (USA)
Director: Kelly Reihardt
“There are no other options” (Republic of Korea)
Director: Park Chan Wook
“Nouvelle Vague” (France, United States)
Director: Richard Linklater
“Renoir” (premiere of the West Coast, Japan)
Director: Hayashikawa Kiyoshi
“Sentimental Value” (Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France)
Director: Joachim Trier
“She dances” (USA)
Director: Rick Gomez
“Sir” (Spain)
Director Olivier Lacuse
“Walking a Dead Man” (USA)
Director Leanne Johnson
“Part-to-Part-to-Part-to-Door” (Ireland), Director Luang Magan (North American Premier)
International spotlight
“Burning Fist” (premiere of Japan, West Coast),
Director: Miike Takahashi
“The Broken Voice” (premiere of the West Coast, Czech Republic, Slovakia, West Coast),
Director: Ondzeej Provazník
“Christie” (Ireland, UK, North American Premier),
Director: Brendan Chianty
“Frida’s Case” (Switzerland)
Director: Maria Brendle
“If He Dies, He Dies: Dolph Landgren” (Sweden, North American premiere),
Director: Andrew Holmes
“Cologne 75” (premiere of the West Coast, Germany, Belgium, Poland),
Director: IDO Fluk
The Man Who Saw the Bear (France, West Coast Premiere)
Director: Pierre Richard
“Peg o’My Heart” (Hong Kong)
Director: Nick Chong
“Roughtsman” (Australia, West Coast premiere)
Director: Chadden Hunter
“Rocks, weeds, wheels” (Mexico)
Director: JM Cravioto
“Secret Agent” (France, Brazil)
Director Kluber Mendonza Phillo
・”A bite of Ireland” (premiere of Ireland, UK, France, USA, North America)
Director: Frank Mannion
“Song of the Fireflies” (Philippines, West Coast premiere),
Director: King Parisoc
“The Unsinkable Entrepreneur” (Ireland, World Premiere),
Directed by: Craig Stuart Garfinkle
“When Mom is Away… With In-laws” (Mana, United States premiere)
Director: Alessandro Genovesi
Additional movies
“25 cats from Qatar” (USA, Qatar),
Director: Mai Hoang (California Premier)
“Akris: Fashion with a Heritage” (Germany)
Director: Reiner Holzemer (West Coast Premier)
“American Clown” (USA)
Directors: Guilford Adams, Kase Pinkston
“Antarctic – Domain 1” (Argentina)
Director: Joaquin Azulay, Julian Azulay (North American Premier)
“Bird Boy” (South Africa, USA),
Director: Joel Soysen (Southern California Premiere)
“Blue Zeus” (USA)
Director: Rocky Romano, Miranda Winters (California Premier)
“Bob Girl: Living by Design” (USA)
Director: Frank H. Woodward
“The Obsession of Kabari and Tikimug” (USA)
Directed by Josh Dragotta (world premiere)
“Chaplin | The Spirit of Trump” (France, Netherlands, Spain, UK)
Director: Carmen Chaplin (West Coast Premier)
“Charles Grodin: The Rebel of the Cause” (USA)
Director: James L. Friedman
“Diamond Diplomacy” (US, Japan)
Director: Yuriko Gamo Romer (Southern California Premier)
“Dickens at Christmas” (USA)
Director: Gillian McCarther (world premiere)
“Everest Dark” (Canada)
Director: Jereme Watt (Southern California Premiere)
“Agriculture of Light: A Quantum Leap of Healing” (USA)
Director: Ryan Willick (West Coast Premier)
“Floater” (USA)
Director Rachel Israel (Southern California Premier)
“Forge” (USA), Director Jing Ai Ng
“Frankenstein” (USA, Mexico)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
“From that little island” (Ireland),
Director: Rachel Moriarty, Peter Murphy (North American Premier)
“The Golden Age of Skateboarding” (USA),
Director: Eddie “Elgato” Elguera, Alfredo Vicente (North American Premier)
“Harbor Chronicle: The Formation of Legacy” (USA),
Directed by: Chris Joezf Sardelis (world premiere)
“Harvard 5” (USA)
Director: Devon Chivis (West Coast Premier)
“Honey Bunch” (Canada, UK)
Director: Dusty Mancinelli, Madeleine Sims-Fewer
“We hope we can still be friends” (Ireland)
Director: Eisha Tyler (North American Premier)
“Idiotka” (USA)
Director: Nastasha Popov
“Our Blood” (USA)
Director: Pedrocos
“The Last Diving” (USA, Mexico)
Director: Cody Sheehee (California Premiere)
“I’ll leave one day” (France)
Director: Bonnin Amelie (Southern California Premiere)
“The Blessing of Lemonade” (USA)
Director: Chris Melora (West Coast Premiere)
“Let’s evoke everything” (US)
Director: Elizabeth Guest (world premiere)
“Reading Lolita in Tehran” (Israel, Italy)
Director: Eran Riklis
“The Lonely Samurai” (Indonesia, Japan, USA)
Director: Josh C. Waller
“Look up” (US)
Director: Elena Neumann (California Premier)
“Magic Hour” (USA)
Director: Katia Selton (Southern California Premier)
“Memory for Burial” (France)
Directed by: Charlotte Jalix, Maud Giramin (US premiere)
“Namul Country” (Republic of Korea)
Director: Songyi Park (West Coast Premiere)
“Negotiator” (Northern Ireland)
Director: Trevor Birney (North American Premier)
“Never be arrested!” (Australia)
Director: David Anthony NGO, Stephen McCallum (West Coast Premier)
“OC Effect: The Evolution of the Surf Skating Business” (USA)
Director: Terry Corwin, Scott Hayes (world premiere)
“Omaha” (USA)
Director: Cole Webley (West Coast Premier)
“Waves” (Germany)
Director: Peter Wolf, Axel Geldau (North American Premier)
“One stupid thing” (US)
Director: Linda Yellen (West Coast Premier)
“Ordinary view” (USA)
Director: Rosanna Shea, Daniel Straub (West Coast Premier)
“The Man of Pantone” (USA)
Director: Patrick Credon (California Premier)
“Paul and Paulette take a bath” (UK)
Director: Jethro Massey (North American Premier)
“Peacock” (Austria, Germany)
Directed by: Bernhard Wenger
“The Promise to Friends, The Story of Gale Webb” (USA)
Director: Billy Henrikle (world premiere)
“The Queen’s Jewel” (USA),
Director: Joshua Friedman (West Coast premiere)
“Queen of the Dead” (USA)
Director: Tina Romero
“Silent Love” (Ireland)
Director: Garry Keane (US premiere)
“Rawls, the Story of New York” (USA)
Director: Greg Oliver, Karim Raul (West Coast Premier)
“Resignation Plan” (Ireland)
Director: John Kelly
“Rising Phoenix: A New Revolution” (UK)
Directed by: Sheridan O’Donnell
“Rosemead” (USA)
Director: Eric Lin
“Sequoia of the Sea” (USA)
Directors: Natasha Benjamin, Anna Blanco (Southern California Premiere)
“Sicily” (Italy, USA)
Director: Colin West, Rupert Crichley (North American Premier)
“Sin City: Newport Beach” (USA)
Directed by: Ed Oren (world premiere)
“Stay together as one” (USA, Ethiopia)
Director: Chip Duncan (West Coast Premier)
“Steve Shapiro: Is everywhere” (USA)
Director: Maura Smith (Southern California Premier)
“Stronger than you think” (US)
Director: Janice C. Molinari, Melissa Forman (West Coast Premier)
“Theatre is dead” (USA)
Director: Katherine Dudas (West Coast Premier)
“Tom Brown: A Man’s Dream” (Germany, Italy),
Director: Reiner Holzemer (West Coast Premier)
“In hand” (US)
Director: Robert Istad, Marty Austin Lamar (North American Premier)
“Toquito” (Japan)
Director: Mizutani Autumn
“Travel” (USA)
Director: Stephanie Rhine (West Coast Premier)
“Trango” (USA)
Director: Leohorn (West Coast Premier)
“2 to 1” (Germany)
Director: Natja Brunckhorst
“Unusual Kindness: St. Damien of Molokai” (British),
Director: Stephanie J. Castillo, Walter Josten, Daniel Mara (world premiere)
“Undercard” (USA),
Director: Tamica Miller (West Coast Premier)
“Underland” (US, UK)
Director: Rob Petit
“Viva Verdi!” (US)
Director: Yvonne Russo (West Coast Premier)
“Volcanoes and the United States” (Republic of Korea)
Director: Byoung-Gil Park (North American Premier)
“Wealth is not spoken” (USA, Belize)
Director: Eladio Arvelo (North American Premier)
“William Wyler, Willie Forty Take” (France)
Director: Bertrand Tessier
