Honorees at the fest will include Kevin Bacon, Ava DuVernay, and Emerald Fennell.
Starring four-time Oscar nomineeAnnette Beningin the title role, the film is directed byElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiandJimmy Chin.
A screening ofAva DuVernay’sOriginwill conclude the festival on Oct. 28.
Annette Bening and Jodie Foster in ‘Nyad’.Kimberley French/Netflix
Tickets and passes are for the SCAD Savannah Film Festival areon sale now.
Read on for this year’s full lineup.
Gala ScreeningsAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt(dir.
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in ‘Origin’.Neon / Courtesy Everett Collection
Raven Jackson)All of Us Strangers(dir.
Andrew Haigh)American Fiction(dir.
Cord Jefferson)The Bikeriders(dir.
Fantasia Barrino in ‘The Color Purple’.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Jeff Nichols)The Boy and the Heron(dir.
Hayao Miyazaki)Eileen(dir.
William Oldroyd)Day of the Fight(dir.
Jack Huston)Dream Scenario(dir.
Kristoffer Borgli)Finestkind(dir.
Brian Helgeland)Foe(dir.
Garth Davis)The Holdovers(dir.
Alexander Payne)La Chimera(dir.
Alice Rohrwacher)A Little Prayer(dir.
Angus MacLachalan)May December(dir.
Todd Haynes)Maestro(dir.
Bradley Cooper)Memory(dir.
Michel Franco)Nyad(dir.
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin)Origin(dir.
Ava DuVernay)Perfect Days(dir.
Wim Wenders)The Persian Version(dir.
Maryam Keshavarz)Priscilla(dir.
Sofia Coppola)Poor Things(dir.
Yorgos Lanthimos)Robot Dreams(dir.
Pablo Berger)Rustin(dir.
George C. Wolfe)Saltburn(dir.
Emerald Fennell)The Taste of Things(dir.
Tran Anh Hung)The Teachers' Lounge(dir.
Ilker Catak)The Zone of Interest(dir.
Jonathan Glazer)
Signature ScreeningsBarbie(dir.
Greta Gerwig)BS High(dir.
Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe)Expats(dir.
Lulu Wang)Isle of Hope(dir.
Damian Romay)First Look: The Color Purple(dir.
Blitz Bazawule)La La Land(dir.
Damien Chazelle)Oppenheimer(dir.
Christopher Nolan)Past Lives(dir.
Celine Song)Shadow Men: Inside Russia’s Secret War Company(dir.
Candace Rondeaux)War Pony(dir.
Obinna Robert Onyeri)Breakup Text(dir.
Elizabeth Baudouin)Fanatic(dir.
Taran Killam)I Thought the Earth Remembered Me(dir.
Prem Santana)Relighting Candles: The Tim Sullivan Story(dir.
Zeberiah Newman, Michiel Thomas)100% USDA Certified Organic Homemade Tofu(dir.
Gbenga Komolafe)
Docs to WatchAmerican Symphony(dir.
Matthew Heineman)Beyond Utopia(dir.
Madeleine Gavin)Kokomo City(dir.
D. Smith)Silver Dollar Road(dir.
Raoul Peck)Stamped from the Beginning(dir.
Roger Ross Williams)Still(dir.
Davis Guggenheim)The Eternal Memory(dir.
Maite Alberdi)The Deepest Breath(dir.
Laura McGann)The Mission(dir.
Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss)20 Days in Mariupol(dir.
Mstyslav Chernov)
Sketch to Screen: Top Animated ContendersElemental(dir.
Peter Sohn)Nimona(dir.
Nick Bruno, Troy Quane)Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse(dir.
Jeff Rowe)Trolls Band Together(dir.
Walt Dohrn)
After DarkThe Phantom of the Opera(dir.
Augustus Meleo Bernstein)Breakwater(dir.
James Rowe)Hard Miles(dir.
R.J. Daniel Hanna)Intermedium(dir.
Erik Bloomquist)Smoking Tigers(dir.
So Young Shelly Yo)
Documentary FeaturesArt for Everybody(dir.
Miranda Yousef)Bad Press(dir.
Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler)Nathan-ism(dir.
Elan Golod)The Only Doctor(dir.
Matthew Hashiguchi)Story & Pictures By(dir.
Suki)Astoria(dir.
Franck Dion)Feather(dir.
Sadegh Javadi)Four Chambers to the Heart(dir.
Kostas Ioannidis, Johan Grimonprez)Holy Men(dir.
David Lovric)Menagerie(dir.
Jack Gray)Slow Light(dir.
Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysaw Adamski)
Student ShortsA Snake Called Perseus(dir.
Yara Elfouly)Afterimage(dir.
Robyn MacIntosh and Serin Chun)Blood Drive(dir.
Gurinder Jeet Singh)Blue Hour(dir.
Shields)Close Your Eyes(dir.
Mackenzie Rosario)Flipping Off(dir.
Kylie Fishman)Freeze Frame(dir.
Katie Smith)Galibot(dir.
Ryotaro Sawada, Agatha Tiara Christa)Hellscape(dir.
Majiye Uchibeke)Just Jacob.(dir.
Halle Lynn Losordo)Midnight Hotel(dir.
Jordan Vescio)Primogeniture(dir.Savanna Nicole Menzel)Raising Hell(dir.
Michelle Bult)Reunion Dinner(dir.
Zheng Ren)Samara Op.4(dir.
Maxime Wattrelos, Jeremy Trochet, Louis Cocquet, Marie Heribel, and Francois Mainguet)Sunless(dir.
Boris Vesselinov)Tempo(dir.
Raphael Chiapparin)The Fuse(dir.
Kevin Haefelin)Those Who Guide Us(dir.
Mitchell Hemmer)When We Sleep(dir.
Alanna Johnson)Radio Silence(dir.
Colleen Busch)The Last Dungeon(dir.
Alexandra Young)The Sun is Bad(dir.
Rachel Mow)We All Fall(dir.
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