Join us for eight days of extraordinary cinema, red carpet premieres, culinary tastings and compelling conversations with filmmakers.

Festival Schedule:

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Big Newport:

7:30 Opening Night Film and Party - Old Guy

Aging contract killer Terry Eubanks (Christoph Waltz) still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end, Terry is thrilled when The Company pulls him back in the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate top members of a competing crime syndicate and, in the process, uncover their employer’s true motive: removing the old guard in a full takeover. However, The Company didn’t anticipate that Terry’s experience coupled with the kid’s brilliance would create such an unlikely bond between the two, enabling them to turn it all back on The Company.

Fashion Island:

10:00 Opening Night Party Only

The Newport Beach Film Festival’s Opening Night at Fashion Island.

Guests will be treated to music, entertainment and hor d'oeuvres prepared by award-winning Orange County restaurants Enjoy our hosted bar by Tito’s Handmade Vodka.

Age: 21 and over for Gala

Dress: Cocktail attire strongly encouraged. Outdoor event - coat or jacket recommended.

Friday, October 18, 2024

Big Newport 4:

6:00 The Cigarette Surfboard
8:30 Nightbitch

Big Newport 5:

6:30 Women of Carbon
8:15 Reawakening

Big Newport 6:

5:45 Just a Bit Outside: The Story of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers
8:15 Saturn

Lido Theater:

7:00 SoCal Snowy Owl
8:45 The Wedge

Pendry:

5:30 Sunset Series - Friday

The Lot 3:

6:00 Sharko
8:30 St. Denis Medical

The Lot 4:

5:45 Prepare to be Thrilled Shorts
8:00 The Ins and Outs of Love Shorts

The New Port Theater:

5:30 Thirsty
8:30 Automotive Short Film Competition

Triangle 1:

6:30 The Trouble with Mr Doodle
8:30 Séance

Triangle 2:

5:45 ******** Of Soul
8:00 Kiss of the Con Queen

Triangle 3:

6:00 Bound
8:15 Blitz

Triangle 4:

6:30 Korean Short Film Showcase
8:15 Dead Man's Money

Triangle 5:

6:00 Trigger Happy
8:00 Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero

Saturday, October 19, 2024

59th & Lex at Bloomingdales:

5:30 Sunset Series - Saturday

Big Newport 4:

11:30 Cal State University at Long Beach
1:30 Short, Sweet and Queer
4:00 Butterfly Tale
6:00 The Strangers' Case
8:30 Sew Torn

Big Newport 5:

12:00 Cal State University at Fullerton
2:30 American Cats: The Good, The Bad, and The Cuddly
5:00 The G
7:30 Lost & Found In Cleveland

Big Newport 6:

11:00 Biola
3:30 Lost Nation
6:15 Takin' Care of Business
8:30 Weekend in Taipei

Lido Theater:

12:30 Cinematographer Celebration - Masters of the Frame & Variety 10 Cinematographers to Watch
3:30 "Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross"
5:30 Queen of the Ring
8:30 Stealing Pulp Fiction

The Lot 3:

11:00 Made in California Shorts
1:30 Irish A-Short-Ment
4:00 Sono Lino
6:00 Irish Shorts to Charm Ye
8:30 Bread and Roses

The Lot 4:

10:30 Enviro Short Docs
12:45 Moving On Shortly Docs
3:15 Outdoor Short Mix
5:30 All Kinds of Short Families
8:15 Nightmare on Short Street

Triangle 1:

10:30 Shorts For Shorties
2:00 Art and Life: The Story of Jim Phillips
4:30 Bull Run
7:30 Bull Run

Triangle 2:

11:30 Hwayang Yeonhwa: Granny the High Schooler
2:00 7 Beats Per Minute
4:15 Renee Gracie - Fireproof
6:15 UK SPOTLIGHT - THE WISE GUY
8:30 Love Me

Triangle 3:

1:00 Young Filmmakers Showcase
3:15 Tracing the Divide
5:30 Mistura
8:00 Bob Trevino Likes It

Triangle 4:

12:00 Teens & Short Tweens
2:00 Hvaldimir, Conversation with a spy whale / Hvaldimir, la fabuleuse histoire du béluga espion
4:00 Life's A ***** / Chiennes De Vies
6:00 Ronnie O'Sullivan; The Edge of Everything
8:30 Kathleen Is Here

Triangle 5:

1:00 Luther: Never Too Much
3:30 Jazzy
5:30 Hunting Matthew Nichols
8:15 An Taibhse (The Ghost) / An Taibhse

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Big Newport 4:

11:15 Saddleback College
1:30 Newport and Me: Seymour Beek
4:00 Arze
6:30 IRISH SPOTLIGHT - Housewife of the Year

Big Newport 5:

12:00 OCC Shorts
2:30 Porcelain War
4:30 Daughters of Ghafouri
6:15 IRISH SPOTLIGHT - Blue Fiddle

Big Newport 6:

1:00 Finding Happy
3:00 For The Living
6:45 IRISH SPOTLIGHT - Four Mothers

Lido Theater:

1:00 Dune: Part Two
5:00 My Dead Friend Zoe
7:30 The Last Showgirl

Muldoons Irish Pub:

8:00 Irish Party

The Lot 3:

12:00 76 Days Adrift
2:30 Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
5:00 Hard Truths
7:30 Thelma

The Lot 4:

10:30 People of the World in Short Docs
1:00 Unexpected Short Bravery
3:00 Action Sports Shorts
5:30 Hearts & Short Healing
8:00 Made in California Shorts

The New Port Theater:

12:30 Shaping the Future
2:00 Schindler Space Architect
5:00 The End
8:30 The Piano Lesson

Triangle 1:

1:00 The Best of the Best: Jazz From Detroit
3:30 Bonjour Switzerland
6:00 Another German Tank Story
8:15 Bigger Than Art

Triangle 2:

12:30 Sitting Still / SITTING STILL
3:15 The Blind Sea
5:30 Paper Flowers
8:00 Poison

Triangle 3:

12:00 The Wonder and the Worry
2:30 Sidelined: The QB and Me
5:00 Space Cowboy

Triangle 4:

12:15 Modernism, Inc.
2:00 The Short Game
4:30 The Short Game
6:45 The Last of the Sea Women

Triangle 5:

12:45 Unega | Tales of the Guardians
3:00 Why Dinosaurs?
5:15 Peace for Armenia: The Plot to Destroy the First Christian Nation

Monday, October 21, 2024

Big Newport 4:

3:00 Sharko
5:00 7 Beats Per Minute
8:00 Amongst the Wolves

Big Newport 5:

1:00 Blue Fiddle / Fidil Ghorm
3:30 Porcelain War
5:45 Tracing the Divide
8:15 Max Dagan

Big Newport 6:

1:15 Bonjour Switzerland
3:45 Housewife of the Year
5:30 Schindler Space Architect
8:00 The Glaciers

Lido Marina Village:

5:30 Sunset Series

Lido Theater:

7:00 Composer Spotlight - Honoring Finneas

The Lot 3:

1:00 Sono Lino
3:00 Champions of the Golden Valley
5:30 Counted Out
7:30 The Paper Bag Plan

The Lot 4:

3:30 Art, Architecture + Design Shorts
5:45 Dramatic Foreign Shorts
8:00 Blood is Shorter Than Water

The New Port Theater:

5:30 The Donn of Tiki
8:00 Shaping the Future

Time Night Club:

9:30 Latin Party

Triangle 1:

5:00 Poultry Farm Chelladurai / Kozhipannai Chelladurai
7:45 BRAZILIAN SPOTLIGHT - SILVIO

Triangle 2:

5:15 The Wise Guy
7:30 Breakup Season

Triangle 3:

5:30 Our Blue World
8:00 Atypical Pirate

Triangle 4:

5:45 The Ins and Outs of Love Shorts
8:10 Atypical Pirate

Triangle 5:

5:00 The Short Game
7:15 Mexican Spotlight - Jenni

Triangle 6:

7:15 Mexican Spotlight - Jenni

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Big Newport 4:

2:45 76 Days Adrift
5:00 Saturn
7:30 Brooklyn, Minnesota

Big Newport 5:

3:00 Women of Carbon
5:15 American Cats: The Good, The Bad, and The Cuddly
7:15 The Cigarette Surfboard

Big Newport 6:

2:30 Kiss of the Con Queen
5:30 Just a Bit Outside: The Story of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers
8:30 Laws of Man

Lido Theater:

5:30 Ice Maiden
7:30 I Need You: 53 Years of the Band America

Resort at Pelican Hill:

5:30 Sunset Series

The Lot 3:

12:00 Hvaldimir, Conversation with a spy whale / Hvaldimir, la fabuleuse histoire du béluga espion
2:00 Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion
4:30 New England Modernism: Revolutionary Architecture in the 20th Century
7:30 Small Things Like These

The Lot 4:

1:00 Older, not Shorter
3:15 Laugh Out Loud Shorts
5:45 American History Short Docs
8:00 It's a Women's World Shortly

The New Port Theater:

8:00 Only Murders in the Building

Three strangers – who live in the same New York City apartment building and share an obsession with true crime – suddenly find themselves embroiled in a murder.

Join us for a conversation with star Jane Lynch.

Time Night Club:

9:30 European Showcase Party

Triangle 1:

5:00 Bull Run
7:15 GERMAN SPOTLIGHT - Everything's Fifty Fifty

Triangle 2:

5:00 Ransom '79
7:30 FRENCH SPOTLIGHT - Prodigies

Triangle 3:

5:30 Sidelined: The QB and Me
7:45 ITALIAN SPOTLIGHT - The Trainers

Triangle 4:

5:00 Space Cowboy
7:45 SPANISH SPOTLIGHT - Rioja

Triangle 5:

8:00 SWEDISH SPOTLIGHT - The Last Journey

Triangle 6:

7:30 CZECH SPOTLIGHT - Waves

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Big Newport 4:

5:00 Whatever it Takes
8:00 September 5

Big Newport 5:

5:00 Sew Torn
7:30 BOB NOTO, THE WORLD'S FINEST PALATE

Big Newport 6:

3:00 The Wedge
7:00 Takin' Care of Business

Lido Theater:

7:30 Star Trek: Lower Decks

The Lot 3:

1:15 Rioja: The Land Of A Thousand Wines / RIOJA, LA TIERRA DE LOS MIL VINOS
3:30 The Donn of Tiki
5:45 Animation Fascination Shorts
8:00 The Line

The Lot 4:

3:30 No Short Answers Docs
5:45 Short & Long Effects of War
8:00 Shorts For Sports

The New Port Theater:

8:00 Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue

Time Night Club:

9:30 Pacific Rim Showcase Party

Triangle 1:

5:00 Six Inches of Soil
7:30 AUSTRALIAN SPOTLIGHT - Memoir Of A Snail

Triangle 2:

4:45 Blood is Shorter Than Water
7:00 JAPANESE SPOTLIGHT - Bushido

Triangle 3:

5:00 Bob Trevino Likes It
7:45 KOREAN SPOTLIGHT - Our Season

Triangle 4:

5:30 Ari's Theme

Triangle 5:

5:30 Peace for Armenia: The Plot to Destroy the First Christian Nation

Triangle 6:

7:30 CHINESE SPOTLIGHT - Stuntman

Vea:

5:30 Sunset Series

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Big Newport:

8:15 Music by John Williams

Big Newport 4:

7:00 SoCal Snowy Owl

Big Newport 5:

5:00 Universal Language

Big Newport 6:

4:30 The Glaciers
7:30 The Wedge

Lido Theater:

8:30 CLOSING NIGHT FILM - A Real Pain

Sherman Gardens & Library:

5:30 Sunset Series

The Lot 3:

1:30 Rioja: The Land Of A Thousand Wines / RIOJA, LA TIERRA DE LOS MIL VINOS
3:45 Sono Lino
5:30 Newport and Me: Seymour Beek
8:00 Music Videos

The Lot 4:

3:30 Short Connections
5:45 Far Out Shorts
8:00 Put on Your Dancing Shorts

The New Port Theater:

7:30 The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Triangle 1:

5:15 Bigger Than Art
7:30 Séance

Triangle 2:

5:00 Paper Flowers
7:15 Stealing Pulp Fiction

Triangle 3:

5:30 The Donn of Tiki
8:00 Trigger Happy

Triangle 4:

7:30 Luto

Triangle 5:

5:15 Why Dinosaurs?
7:15 Isabel's Garden

Fest Date: October 17 - 24, 2024

Locations:
Big Newport, 300 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Lido Theater, 3459 Via Lido, Newport Beach, CA 92663
The Lot, 999 Newport Center Dr, Newport Beach, CA 92660
New Port Theater, 2905 East Coast Highway, Corona del Mar, CA 92625
Sherman Gardens & Library, 2647 East Coast Highway, Corona del Mar, CA 92625
Starlight Triangle Square Cinemas, 1870 Harbor Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Time Night Club, 1875 Newport Blvd Unit B245, Costa Mesa, CA 92625

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