Mill Valley Film Festival

09/14/2026

From TheWrap: James Gray to Receive Director Award From Mill Valley Film Festival | Exclusive

⭐️ Also, did we mention director Rian Johnson (KNIVES OUT series) will be the moderator for this onstage conversation with James Gray!? It'll be a night to remember...

Tix on sale to Members tomorrow, General Public on Thursday...
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The Mill Valley Film Festival will screen James Gray's new "Paper Tiger" and host a conversation moderated by Rian Johnson.

09/14/2026

⭐️ Quick one today: this year's MVFF49 Awardees, Spotlights & Trubutes, all in one place.

Spotlight: Lee Chang-dong — POSSIBLE LOVE
MVFF Auteur Award
FRI, OCT 2 • Sequoia Cinema | Mill Valley

Tribute: Sam Rockwell — WILD HORSE NINE
FRI, OCT 2 • Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael

Spotlight: Andrew Scott — ELSINORE
MVFF Award, Acting & Producing
SAT, OCT 3 • Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael

Spotlight: Virginie Efira — ALL OF A SUDDEN
MVFF Award, Screen Artistry
SUN, OCT 4 • Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael

Spotlight: LA BOLA NEGRA
SUN, OCT 4 • Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael

Spotlight: Léa Seydoux — GENTLE MONSTER
Mind the Gap Award: Marie Kreutzer — GENTLE MONSTER
MVFF Award, Fearless Performance | Mind the Gap Award, Director
MON, OCT 5 • Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael

Spotlight: James Gray — PAPER TIGER
MVFF Director Award
TUE, OCT 6 • Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael

Spotlight: Beth de Araújo — JOSEPHINE
MVFF Award, Bay Area Rising Star
TUE, OCT 6 • Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael

Tribute: Linda Perry
MVFF Award, Composer
THU, OCT 8 • Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael

Spotlight: Sophie Okonedo — MOUSE
Mind the Gap Award, Groundbreaking Work
THU, OCT 8 • Sequoia Cinema | Mill Valley

Spotlight: Rosalind Eleazar — MISTY GREEN
MVFF Award, Breakthrough Performance
FRI, OCT 9 • Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael

Tickets go on sale this week!
Members can access tickets on Tue 9/15 and general public on Thu 9/17.

Please note: seats are filling quickly for these Big Night Events...

🔎 Explore Big Nights: bit.ly/3SXl0vX
Photos: Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi (LA BOLA NEGRA), Rosalind Eleazar (MISTY GREEN), Beth de Araújo (JOSEPHINE), Linda Perry

09/13/2026

Big Nights Announcement: Virginie Efira will receive the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) Award for Screen Artistry —along with the screening of ALL OF A SUDDEN.

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Get tickets on Tue 9/15 for CAFILM Members & Thu 9/17 for everyone else!

Variety Exclusive:

Virginie Efira will receive the Mill Valley Film Festival's Award for Screen Artistry for her Cannes-winning role in 'All of a Sudden.'

09/12/2026

🎬 GENTLE MONSTER comes to MVFF49 with two of its most celebrated forces in person: star Léa Seydoux, honored with the MVFF Award for Fearless Performance, and director Marie Kreutzer (CORSAGE), receiving the Mind the Gap Award for Director.

Don't miss this rare chance to hear directly from the team behind one of the year's most talked-about films.

📍 MON, OCT 5 | Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael
🎟️ Tickets go on sale TUE, SEP 15 to members & THU, SEP 17 to the General Public

More about this Big Night: bit.ly/4AbVaoI

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09/12/2026

Thanks, SFGATE! It is a stacked lineup indeed...

🔎 See this year's program of 100+ features and more — mvff.com

Stars like Sam Rockwell will be in attendance.

09/11/2026

Join us October 1–11 for 11 days of contemporary cinema and a stacked lineup of over 100 feature-length films, including Big Nights — Awards, Tributes, and Spotlights — plus can't-miss panels, parties, and special guests from far and wide!

Films will play at the Smith Rafael Film Center (San Rafael), Sequoia Cinema (Mill Valley), and Lark Theater (Larkspur) to BAMPFA in Berkeley.

🎟️ Explore the program now → mvff.com

Tickets go on sale to CAFILM Members TUE, SEP 15 and to the public THU, SEP 17.

Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Lark Theater

09/10/2026

San Francisco Chronicle's coverage of MVFF's lineup, including the Elon Musk doc, a Tribute to Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes, and Closing Night Film 'The Debut' with Jesse Eisenberg in person!

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Alex Gibney brings his four-hour Elon Musk documentary to the 49th Mill Valley Film Festival, while Jesse Eisenberg’s “The Debut” arrives fresh from its Telluride premiere.

09/10/2026

🎬 Tonight was the Mill Valley Film Festival Member Preview!

Thank you members for your year-round support of CAFILM. We 💛 you!

PS- The program goes live tomorrow.

09/10/2026

MVFF49 presents I PLAY ROCKY, the behind-the-scenes drama charting the making of ROCKY.

Producers embrace journeyman actor-turned-screenwriter Sylvester Stallone's boxing story — but no studio wants to invest in a film without a star, and Stallone wrote the part of Rocky Balboa for himself.

With Director Peter Farrelly (Green Book) and Actor Anthony Ippolito (The Offer) expected to attend.

📍 WED, OCT 7 | Sequoia Cinema, Mill Valley
🎟️ The full program will go live tomorrow, Thursday! mvff.com

09/08/2026

🎬 MVFF49's CLOSING NIGHT film is...

THE DEBUT, with director Jesse Eisenberg (A REAL PAIN, THE SOCIAL NETWORK) expected to attend.

Starring Julianne Moore as a suburban housewife yearning to perform in her New Jersey hometown's latest theater production, and Paul Giamatti as the director who must coax out her inner diva, in Eisenberg's sharp, funny musical comedy.

📍 SUN, OCT 11, 5PM | Smith Rafael Film Center & Sequoia Cinema
🎟️ The full program will go live this Thursday! mvff.com

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