The 47th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) taking place October 3–13, 2024 revealed this year’s lineup featuring 129 films from 40 countries, including 77 premieres, with 51% of the films directed or co-directed by women or non-binary filmmakers..
Mill Valley Film Festival
Since founding the Mill Valley Film Festival in 1977, Mark Fishkin has shepherded this once small, three-day showcase into an eleven-day, internationally acclaimed cinema event presenting a wide variety of new films from around the world in an engaged, community setting. The festival has an impressive track record of launching new films and new filmmakers, and has earned a reputation as a filmmakers’ festival by celebrating the best in American independent and foreign films, along side high-profile and prestigious award contenders.
Mill Valley Film Festival started in 1977 and takes place in Mill Valley, California, United States
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Conclave, Nightbitch, and ‘Better Man’ Headline 47th Mill Valley Film Festival Lineup
Conclave (Focus Features)
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47th Mill Valley Film Festival Confirms Local Bay Area, California Films Debuting at Fest
Democracy Noir directed by Connie Field (courtesy CAFILM) The 47th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF), returning to Marin County October 3-13, 2024, revealed the initial lineup of local films set to debut at this year’s Festival,.
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‘The Piano Lesson’ Danielle Deadwyler to Receive Acting Award Honors at Mill Valley Film Festival
Danielle Deadwyler in The Piano Lesson (Netflix) Actress Danielle Deadwyler (Till) will receive the MVFF Award for acting at the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF). The festival will host a Spotlight presentation of Netflix’s The Piano Lesson, starring Deadwyler along with Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu,.
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‘Conclave’ Starring Ralph Fiennes Premieres as Closing Film of Mill Valley Film Festival
Conclave (Focus Features) The Vatican-set psychological thriller film Conclave, directed by Edward Berger, and starring Ralph Fiennes will make its West Coast premiere as the opening film of the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival on Thursday, October 3.
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Jude Law to Receive Special Tribute at Mill Valley Film Festival
Jude Law (courtesy California Film Institute / Mill Valley Film Festival) The California Film Institute (CAFILM) will honor BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated actor Jude Law with a prestigious tribute at the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) scheduled to run from October 3rd through 13th, 2024.
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Radical, American Fiction, Rustin Win Audience Awards at 46th Mill Valley Film Festival
Radical directed by Christopher Zalla The 46th Mill Valley Film Festival capped 11 days of films, panels, parties, and musical performances and with Radical directed by Christopher Zalla winning MVFF Overall Audience Favorite prize. American Fiction directed by Cord Jefferson and Rustin directed by George C. Wolfe tied for Audience Favorite – US Cinema; with The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) directed by Trân Ang Húng winning for World Cinema and Water for Life directed by Will Parrinello took the prize for Audience Favorite – Documentary.
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‘May December’ Director Todd Haynes and Producer Christine Vachon to be Honored at Mill Valley Film Festival
Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon Longtime collaborators Director Todd Haynes (Carol, MVFF 2015) and Producer Christine Vachon will be honored at the 46th Mill Valley Film Festival with the Lifetime Achievement for Collaboration Award along with a special onstage conversation, and the West Coast Premiere of their latest film May December.
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Saltburn Director Emerald Fennell to Receive Mill Valley Film Festival’s Mind the Gap Award for Filmmaker of the Year
Emerald Fennell Oscar® winning writer/director Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, MVFF43) is the recipient of the MVFF Mind the Gap Award for Filmmaker of the Year at the 2023 Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF).
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Patrol, Mùsica!, A Double Life Among Confirmed Documentaries for 46th Mill Valley Film Festival
Patrol The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) revealed the documentary films that have been officially confirmed to screen at the 46th edition of the festival returning to Marin County October 5-15, 2023.
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Maureen Gosling’s ‘The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane’ to World Premiere at Mill Valley Film Festival
Photo: Anti-Vietnam War march in San Francisco 1964 ©Erik Weber Maureen Gosling’s The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane, a documentary tribute celebrating the life of a powerhouse blues/jazz/folk singer, activist, feminist, record producer, and committed troublemaker, Barbara Dane will World Premiere at the 2023 Mill Valley Film Festival.
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Mill Valley Film Festival 2023 Reveals Dates + Official Poster
The California Film Institute announced the 2023 Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) will take place Thursday, October 5 – Sunday, October 15, 2023.
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TÁR, THE WHALE,’OUR FATHER,THE DEVIL’ Win Audience Favorite Awards at 2022 Mill Valley Film Festival
Tár starring Cate Blanchett Tár, Todd Field’s drama starring Cate Blanchett as the fictional renowned musician Lydia Tár, won the Overall Audience Favorite award at the 45th Mill Valley Film Festival. Other audience awards went to The Whale for Audience Favorite | US Cinema; Our Father, The Devil for Audience Favorite | US Indie; The Banshees of Inisherin for Audience Favorite | World Cinema; Close for Audience Favorite | World Cinema (foreign language); and The Grab for Audience Favorite | Documentary.