Sophia Scorziello editor Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival, now in its 11th year, is set to open this October with Netflix’s Bayard Rustin biopic “Rustin” starring Colman Domingo.
Director George C. Wolfe will receive the festival’s Impact Award for his work in bringing the vital civil and LGBTQ rights story to the screen.
Also coming to the festival is Alexander Payne’s much-anticipated Christmas (break) film “The Holdovers” as the Saturday night Centerpiece film.
Payne will be honored with the MFF Director Spotlight Award for his eighth feature film following his previous projects which include “Nebraska,” “The Descendants” and “Election.” Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” will also screen at MFF while the director receives this year’s Agnès Varda Trailblazing Film Artist award and grant. “Saltburn” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in August and stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Ewan Mitchell and Rosamund Pike.
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