The Savannah College of Art and Design’s 26th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, which will run from Oct. 21-28, has announced its film lineup.
“Nyad,” a film based on the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad, will open the festival on Oct. 21. Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are making their narrative directorial debut with the film. Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening portrays Nyad.
Closing out the SCAD Savannah film festival is “Origin,” directed by Oscar nominee Ava DuVernay. The film will tell the story of how Isabel Wilkerson, played by Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, crafted her New York Times bestseller “Caste.”
“We are excited for this year’s line-up at the 26th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival which features ‘Origin’, ‘May December’ and ‘The Color Purple,’ which were filmed in Savannah and the coastal Georgia area,” said SCAD Savannah Film Festival executive and artistic director Christina Routhier in a statement. “The programming for this year’s festival is stronger than ever celebrating outstanding cinema and the filmmakers and artisans behind the art with over 160 films to screen for SCAD students and our audiences.”
Other notable screenings include Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” and Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn.”
The festival will screen 165 films, including 49 narrative feature films, 17 documentary feature films and 100 shorts, with 11 world premieres and four U.S. premieres. The schedule includes Gala and Signature Screenings, as well as professional and student competition films.
The SCAD Savannah film festival will also host various panels. PvNew will recognize the honorees of its second annual 10 Artisans to Watch list on Oct. 18. The artisans will be spotlighted in a panel conversation moderated by PvNew‘s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay. Clayton Davis, senior awards editor forPvNew,will host the second annual “Sketch to Screen: Top Animated Contenders” panel on Oct. 24.
