THE ZONE OF INTEREST
THE HOLDOVERS
ROBOTDREAMS
MAYDECEMBER
EILEEN
DREAM SCENARIO
BREAKING THE NEWS
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
ALL DIRTROADS TASTE OFSALT
MARTIN SCORSESE INTERVIEW
THE MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL
HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS
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THE ZONE OF INTEREST
On Sunday , October 29 at 3:45 p . m . at The Montclair Kimberley Academy Upper School , Christian Friedel will be honored with the Montclair Film Festival ’ s 2023 Breakthrough Performer Award after a screening of the new film The Zone of Interest , in which he stars .
THE HOLDOVERS
On Sunday , October 22 at 7:30 p . m . at The Wellmont Theater , Alexander Payne ’ s The Holdovers screens as the Montclair Film Festival ’ s 2023 Fiction Centerpiece . The film stars Paul Giamatti .
ROBOTDREAMS
On Saturday , October 28 , at 4:00 p . m . at The Montclair Kimberley Academy Upper School , Pablo Berger ’ s Robot Dreams screens as the Montclair Film Festival ’ s Family Centerpiece .
MAYDECEMBER
On Saturday , October 21 at 7:30 p . m . at The Wellmont Theater , director Todd Haynes will be honored with the Montclair Film Festival ’ s 2023 Director Award after a screening of his new film May December . The film features Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore .
EILEEN
On Sunday , October 29 at 7:30 p . m . at The Montclair Kimberley Academy Upper School , William Oldroyd ’ s Eileen screens as the Montclair Film Festivals ’ 2023 Closing Night Film .
DREAM SCENARIO
On Friday , October 20 at 7:00 p . m . at The Wellmont Theater , the Montclair Film Festival opens with Dream Scenario , written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli . The film stars Nicolas Cage .
BREAKING THE NEWS
On Sunday , October 22 at 2:30 p . m . at The Clairidge , directors Heather Courtney , Princess A . Hairston , and Chelsea Hernandez will be honored with the Montclair Film Festival ’ s 2023 David Carr Award for Truth in Filmmaking for their new film Breaking The News .
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
On Saturday , October21at3:30 p . m . atThe Wellmont , director Matthew Heineman will be honored with the Montclair Film Festival ’ s 2023 Documentary Filmmaker Award after a screening of his new film American Symphony .
ALL DIRTROADS TASTE OFSALT
On Saturday , October 21 at 8:00 p . m . at The Clairidge , writer / director Raven Jackson will be honored with the Montclair Film Festival ’ s 2023 Breakthrough Writer Director Award after a screening of her new film All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt .
MARTIN SCORSESE INTERVIEW
Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese will sit down with Stephen Colbert as part of the Montclair Film Festival . Scorsese will receive the MFF ’ s 2023 Filmmaker Tribute at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Oct . 27 at 8 p . m .
— JOHN CONNOLLY
THE HOLDOVERS
ROBOT DREAMS
MAY DECEMBER
DREAM SCENARIO
MARTIN SCORSESE
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