film-festivalNewport Beach Rolls Out the Red Carpet For Annual Film Festival

Orange County’s longest running film festival spotlights compelling cinema.

Featuring over 400 films from 50 countries, the 13th Newport Beach Film Festival allows a unique opportunity to view some of the finest films being made today and meet the directors, screenwriters and cinematographers behind them. Held Apr. 26-May 3 in eight venues throughout Newport Beach, the festival features series such as the Environmental Film Series; Art, Architecture + Design Film Series; Family Film Series and for the first time ever, the Action Sports Film Series showcasing films celebrating athletes, visionaries, filmmakers, environmentalists, entrepreneurs and designers who have shaped the ever-evolving action sports culture. Other cinematic highlights include  “Behind the Orange Curtain,” a full feature documentary exploring Orange County’s Rx drug problem among teens and young adults. Also noteworthy is, “A Journey with Purpose,” a documentary short film profiling a nine-year-old boy on a journey to Auschwitz with his grandfather, Martin Beck, a holocaust survivor, who was imprisoned there as a nine-year-old. Consult the film festival Website for show times and venues. newportbeachfilmfest.com

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