Reveals 2024 Lineup, Honors Roger Ross Williams, Kerry Ehrin, Meredith Scardino
The 29th edition is set to open with Thelma, close with Christopher Reeve doc Super/Man and feature ‘Skywalkers: A Love Story’ as its centerpiece film.
The Nantucket Film Festival has set the lineup for its 2024 edition and will honor The Morning Show writer-producer Kerry Ehrin, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams and Girls5Eva showrunner Meredith Scardino.
The 29th edition of the festival will open with Josh Margolin’s June Squibb-starrer Thelma.
It will close with Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui’s Christopher Reeve documentary Super/Man and Jeff Zimbalist’s documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story, about a daredevil couple who secretly filmed themselves climbing the world’s last super skyscraper.
The festival will also continue its tradition of screening Disney or Pixar film on its opening day, with a festival screening of Inside Out 2.
The festival also announced several honorees: Ehrin will receive the Excellence in Television Writing Award; Williams will receive the Career Achievement in Filmmaking Award.
Other films screening in this year’s lineup, consisting of more than 60 features and short films.
They include Sean Wang’s Didi; Susanna Fogel’s Winner; Chris Smith’s Devo; Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton’s Diane Von Furstenberg doc Woman in Charge; Nanette Burstein’s Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes; Gary Hustwit’s Eno, about visionary musician and artist Brian Eno; and Dawn Porter’s Luther Vandross film, Never Too Much.
NFF has added a NextGen Program this year, consisting of films with appeal for millennial and Gen Z audiences.
It’s bringing back, for the third year in a row, its Green Carpet Cinema Program, featuring environment-focused films.
Nantucket Film Festival executive director Mystelle Brabbée added: “Since its inception in 1996, NFF has aimed to foster a space that showcases and celebrates the work of incredible storytellers in film and television, and this year is no exception.
We are thrilled to introduce our curated lineup of films, events, and artists to our audiences on the Island come summer. As captivating as our on-screen experiences are, we are equally excited to highlight the power of storytelling off-screen through our signature programs featuring engaging live discussions and events with acclaimed screenwriters and filmmakers.”
