The Montclair Film Festival has announced the centerpiece and closing films for the 11th edition of the event, with the 2022 lineup including a Q&A with Brendan Fraser after a special screening of Darren Aronofsky’s The whale.
Maria Schrader’s She saidthe film based on the book of the same name about the New York Times‘ Milestone Harvey Weinstein exposé, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe KazanLakewill serve as the closing film this year.
Tobias Lindholm’s Crime Drama The good nursebased on the 2013 book by Charles Graeber and starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastainwill serve as the centerpiece of the film, as will Mark Fletcher’s Patrick and the whalea naval doc who follows Patrick Dykstra into the underwater world of whales.
A24 movie The inspectionwhich serves as director Elegance Bratton’s narrative debut and stars Jeremy Pope, Gabrielle Union, Raúl Castillo, and Bokeem Woodbine in a story about the United States military during the era of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the Breakthrough of 2022 movie.
Bratton receives the festival’s Breakthrough Director and Writer Award, while The good nurse‘s Redmayne is honored with the Performance of the Year Award. She said‘s Schrader is the 2022 recipient of the David Carr Award For Truth.
The news follows an earlier announcement that the New Jersey-based festival would open with an October 21 screening of Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knife Mystery prior to a special tribute to Daniel Craig presented by Stephen Colbert on October 28.
“We are incredibly honored to welcome these artists and their films to the Montclair Film Festival,” Montclair Film Co-Head and Artistic Director Tom Hall said in a statement. “This year’s lineup is a reminder of the vitality and urgency of cinema as a way forward, a way for us to come together and celebrate the reach and diversity of the human experience. We can’t wait to share these powerful stories with our community.”
The full festival schedule, including this year’s competition films and the Audible storyteller series, will be announced on September 30. The 11th Annual Montclair Film Festival takes place October 21-30 in Montclair, New Jersey.