The Newport Beach Film Festival is having quite the year.
The Festival’s second annual TV Fest in June featured sold-out panels featuring Seth McFarland, Sebastian Maniscalco, Andy Cohen, and the casts of “Landman” and “Shrinking.”
Then last month the Festival launched “The Process Unlocked,” a new SoCal PBS television conversation series...
So many films, so little time.
With over 300 films (many of them short subjects) in the 2026 Newport Beach Film Festival, it’s impossible to watch them all over the eight days of the Festival, which runs October 15-22. Here are a few that stand out.
Featuring The Houston Ballet, “The...
By Aya El-Djoundi | Special to the NB Indy
Life is a passing moment. We are all passing moments. We live through life’s moments.
I like to think of us as passing moments who bring something unique and special to the scene. Then suddenly everything becomes a memory. We obviously know...
By Faith Luevanos | Special to the NB Indy
From director Šimon Holý comes “Chica Checa,” a heartwarming film that steals the show at the 2026 Newport Beach Film Festival.
The film follows Zdena, a widow who lives a quiet, solitary life in a small Czech village. When her son Lukas...
By Sandra M. Borges | Special to the NB Indy
“I’m interested in ordinary people, doing extraordinary things,” said Yaniv Rokah, director of “Follow Me,” which screens October 18 and 20 at the Newport Beach Film Festival
The feature documentary offers an inside look into Gidon Lev’s life as a Holocaust...
By Camden Tucker | Special to the NB Indy
Christy Wegner’s feature documentary “All American Girls” tells the story of how American Girl creator Pleasant Rowland’s brand centered around messages of empowerment and encouraging girls to voice their opinions, later exploding into a phenomenon that has shaped the lives of...
The documentaries that focus on music run the gamut from smooth jazz to rock and roll to an intimate look at a musical songstress.
“Smooth World,” which has its World Premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival, is described as an exploration of the critically loathed world of Smooth Jazz...
The Lido Theater is the place to be this month. From concerts to classic movies, there is truly something for everyone.
On Sunday, Oct. 11, multi-Platinum rock band Hinder brings their decades-spanning career and latest album Back To Life to The Lido at 7:30 p.m. After their 2005 debut album,...
The Newport Beach Film Festival is continually seeking ways to create innovative programming. The Newport Beach TV Festival, which presented its second annual festival last June, is one prime example of expanding into another visual medium.
Now, in association with PBS SoCal, the Newport Beach Film Festival has launched “The...
Breathe in. Breathe out. Now experience “Wild Child,” created by The Breathe Project.
As noted in the Laguna Playhouse program for “Wild Child,” which runs through October 4, The Breathe Project is an independent creative studio developing original stories and intellectual properties across theatre, music, visual narrative and other forms...
