Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth!, starring Pedro Pascal, will close the 27th Newport Beach Film Festival, set to run from October 15-22, 2026.
“Behemoth!,” follows Alex Serian (Pascal), a gifted cellist who returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music — the constant, all-consuming river that has carried Alex his entire life — pulls him into an adventure that will change him forever. Utilizing an unprecedented nine composers, Behemoth! is a love letter to movie scoring and the dizzying power music holds on our memories and imaginations. Director/writer Tony Gilroy and production designer Jade Healy will attend Closing Night and take part in a conversation before the screening.
“We couldn’t have picked a better way to celebrate 27 years of Newport than closing with a filmmaker as exciting as Tony Gilroy,” said Gregg Schwenk, CEO and Executive Director of NBFF. “This film has a deeply personal story about what music demands of the people who live inside it — and having Tony and Jade here in person for Q&A is exactly the kind of up-close experience that makes Newport unlike any other festival in the country.”
Additional highlights of the festival line-up include “A Talent for Murder,” “Ink,” “Josephine,” “La Bola Negra,” “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York,” “Paper Tiger,” and “Wild Horse Nine”.
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