Yesterday saw the 2022 edition of the Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) play host to its Honors event as well as Variety’s announcement of the 10 Actors to Watch for 2022.
Celebrated as one of the leading lifestyle film festivals in the United States, the annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) attracts 58,000 film and food fans to over 100 feature films, 30 short film programs, and a dozen public parties featuring more than 60 culinary partners with their finest tastings.
Taking place at the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, this year’s NBFF honorees included Ron Howard (Variety Legend and Groundbreaker Award); Jonathan Majors, Patton Oswalt, Keke Palmer and Aubrey Plaza (Artist of Distinction Awards); Colson Baker (Spotlight Award); Anna Diop (Spotlight Award); Cooper Raiff (Maverick Award); and Aimee Carrero (Breakout Performance Award).
In addition, Variety feted its “10 Actors to Watch” for 2022, all of whom were also featured in the Oct. 12 issue of Variety and in attendance yesterday:
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Ximena Lamadrid (Bardo), Christina Jackson (Devotion), Thuso Mbedu (The Woman King), Zen McGrath (The Son), Amber Midthunder (Prey), Sam Nivola (White Noise), Jeremy Pope (The Inspection), and Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things).
You can follow the Newport Beach Film Festival on social media: @newportbeachfilmfestival on Instagram and @nbff on Twitter.
