Valerie Wu Intern The 2023 annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF), hosted from Oct. 12 to Oct. 19, has announced its slate of awards winners.
The 24th annual NBFF showcased over 300 films. Over eight days, the festival was home to a range of film-related programming, including a special conversation with Judy Blume, author of the book behind “Are You There, God?
It’s Me Margaret?;” movie screenings of Irish film “Woken” and Chinese film “Only the River Flows,” among others; and red carpet premieres. “American Fiction,” starring Jeffrey Wright and Issa Rae, and Japanese film “Monster” were the top-awarded films at the festival, each taking home three awards.
Written and directed by Cord Jefferson and based on the novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett, “American Fiction” has picked up several festival awards this season, including the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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