Celebrated as one of the leading lifestyle film festivals in the United States, the annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) attracts 58,000 film and food fans to over 100 feature films, 30 short film programs, and a dozen public parties featuring more than 60 culinary partners with their finest tastings.

Film Schedule:

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Big Newport   

7:30 The Absence Of Eden

Fashion Island:

10:00 Opening Night Party

Friday, October 13, 2023

Big Newport 4

5:00 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
8:30 Brave the Dark

Big Newport 5

7:30 Topper

Big Newport 6

5:30 The Mattachine Family
7:45 AMERICAN STAR

The Lot 2

6:00 Quirky and Twisted Shorts
8:15 Foreign and Dramatic Shorts

The Lot 7

5:30 monica
8:30 The Corners of the Earth - Kamchatka

The New Port Theater

6:00 Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain's Journey
8:00 Day of the Fight

Triangle 3

7:45 Silent Thunder

Triangle 4

8:00 Vincent Must Die / VINCENT DOIT MOURIR

Triangle 5

7:45 Unbroken

Triangle 6

8:30 Advent

VEA:

5:30 Sunset Series: Mayor's Reception

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Big Newport 4

11:15 Shorts for Shorties
1:00 Teens & Short Tweens
3:00 Williams & Mansell: Red 5
7:30 The Man With The Silver Case

Big Newport 5

10:30 Biola
12:30 Short Sweet and Queer
5:15 Sugar and Stars / A LA BELLE ETOILE
7:30 Waiting For Dali / ESPERANDO A DALI

Big Newport 6

11:15 OCC Shorts
1:00 Young Filmmakers Showcase
4:30 The Michoacan File
7:00 Gentleman

Fashion Island

12:00 Hollywood Reporter Awards Chatter
3:00 Author Talk With Rainn Wilson

The Lot 2

10:30 People Docs to Watch Shortly
12:45 Action Sports Shorts
3:00 Art, Architecture + Design Shorts
5:30 Femme Factor Shorts
8:00 Thrills & Short Chills

The Lot 7

1:45 John Behan: Odyssey
3:30 Irish A-Short-ment
6:00 Sunlight
8:15 Asog

The New Port Theater

11:00 Understanding Autism
2:45 Remembering Gene Wilder
5:15 Clawfoot
8:00 EILEEN

Triangle 3

1:00 Immediate Family
3:30 Trilogy: New Wave
7:30 The Man In The White Van

Triangle 4

1:30 Australia's Open
4:00 Brown vs. Brown
7:00 FREELANCE

Triangle 5

2:00 Green City Life
4:30 This is Brighton
7:15 NYAD

Triangle 6

11:30 Beyond Tomorrow
1:30 Silent Thunder
5:00 A Kind of Kidnapping
7:45 Fingernails

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Big Newport 4:

10:30 CSU Fullerton
2:00 Egghead & Twinkie
5:30 In The Name of The Father

Big Newport 5:

11:00 CSU Long Beach
1:00 JessZilla
3:15 The Canterville Ghost
6:00 Double Blind

Big Newport 6

11:30 Saddleback College
1:30 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE
6:15 WOKEN

The Lot 2

10:30 Healing Water & Short Fire
1:00 Coming of Age Shortly
3:30 Shorts Lives Through Food
5:45 Around the World in Shorty Days
8:00 Nightmare on Short Street

The Lot 7

11:30 Irish Living in a Shorts World
5:00 Billie Blue / Coeur de slush

The New Port Theater

1:30 RIDE: A Brutal Fairytale
5:00 William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill
7:30 May December

Triangle 3

12:00 SEASICK
3:30 American Fiction
6:30 Finestkind

Triangle 4

11:00 Brief Tender Light
1:15 Food & Design
4:15 On The Line
7:00 I Used to Be Funny

Triangle 5

11:30 Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain's Journey
3:45 Williams & Mansell: Red 5
6:45 Brave the Dark

Triangle 6

1:00 Understanding Autism
4:00 A Kind of Kidnapping
7:45 Geoff McFetridge: Drawing A Life

Monday, October 16, 2023

Big Newport 4

7:00 Live / Phát Tr?c Ti?p

Big Newport 5

5:15 Gabriele Münter, Pioneer of Modern Art / Gabriele Münter, pionnière de l'art moderne
7:15 Verdigris

Big Newport 6

5:00 Crawdaddy
7:30 Parachute

Lido Marina Village

5:30 Sunset Series - Arts Champion

The Lot 2

4:00 Animation Short Fascination
6:15 Against All Short Odds / Against all Short Odds
8:30 A Short Trip to the Twilight Zone

The Lot 7

5:00 I Dream In Photos
7:15 Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

The New Port Theater

7:30 Rustin

Time Night Club

9:30 Pacific Rim After Party

Triangle 3

5:00 The Corners of the Earth - Kamchatka
7:30 HONEYSWEET / DAL-JJAK-JI-GEUN-HE

Triangle 4

7:15 Monster

Triangle 5

5:30 The Michoacan File
7:45 Food Roots

Triangle 6

5:15 The Hidden Power of Purpose
7:45 Only The River Flows / HE BIAN DE CUO WU

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Big Newport 4

5:30 High Class
7:45 Jailhouse To Milhouse

Big Newport 5

7:15 Exposure

Big Newport 6

5:00 The Genius of the Place: The Life and Work of Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka's Premier Architect
7:00 The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

The Lot 2

1:30 Older Not Shorter
3:45 Short of the Border
6:00 Grief and Healing Shortly
8:15 Never Short on Community

The Lot 7

5:15 Unbroken
7:45 I'll Be Right There

The New Port Theater

8:00 Susan Feniger. Forked / Susan Feniger. FORKED

The Resort at Pelican Hill

5:30 Sunset Series: Culinary Spotlight

Time Night Club   

9:30 European Showcase Party

Triangle 3

7:30 A Whole Life / EIN GANZES LEBEN

Triangle 4

7:15 The First Day Of My Life / IL PRIMO GIORNO DELLA MIA VITA

Triangle 5

5:30 Let The Party Begin
7:45 Mr. Blake At Your Service! / COMPLÈTEMENT CRAMÉ !

Triangle 6

5:00 With Peter Bradley
7:45 Second Act / ANDRA AKTEN

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Big Newport 4

3:00 Jailhouse To Milhouse
5:30 This is Brighton
7:30 Indelible Memories / Kesenai Kioku

Big Newport 5

7:00 Hard Miles

Big Newport 6

3:00 The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
5:30 The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murry

Sherman Library & Gardens

5:30 Sunset Series: Garden Party

The Lot 2

3:45 Light at the End of a Short Tunnel
6:00 Unexpected Friendship, Shortly
8:30 Global Short Families

The Lot 7

5:00 Stolen
7:30 Tarrac!

The New Port Theater

7:30 William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill

Time Night Club

9:30 Mexico Showcase Party

Triangle 3

7:00 Radical

Triangle 4

7:30 Without Her / Bi Roya

Triangle 5

5:30 The Man With The Silver Case
8:00 Final Vow

Triangle 6

4:45 Copyright Infringement
7:30 Frontiers / FRONTIÈRES

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Balboa Bay Resort

5:30 Sunset Series: Closing Night

Big Newport 4

7:30 Tokyo Cowboy

Big Newport 5

8:00 A Revolution On Canvas

Big Newport 6

7:00 The Man In The White Van

The Lot 2

3:45 Made in California Shorts
6:00 Totally Real Short Docs
8:15 Put on Your Dancing Shorts

The Lot 7

3:00 Light at the End of a Short Tunnel (Repeat)
5:30 Fioretta
8:30 Music Videos

The New Port Theater

7:30 The Holdovers

Triangle 4

4:00 Hard Miles
7:00 On The Line

Triangle 5

8:00 "One Way Ticket" The Story of Greg Lutzka

Triangle 6

5:00 Beyond Tomorrow
7:45 Hot Potato: The Story of the Wiggles

Fest Date: October 12 - 19, 2023

Location: Various Locations in Newport Beach, CA

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