QPORIT: THE 2025 MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL

Friday, October 17, 2025

THE 2025 MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL

The Montclair Film Festival is getting more interesting every year!

The 2025 Montclair Film Festival runs from Oct 17 to Oct 26.

Opening night, tonight! will include an Opening Night Party after the Opening Night Feature, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly and a Q&A with composer Nicholas Britell.

Additional centerpiece films include

Ryan White’s intimate documentary, Come See Me in the Good Light; and
HIKARI’s Tokyo-set Rental Family with Brendan Fraser, who will participate in a Q & A moderated by Stephen Colbert.

Additional highlights of the ten day event include:

Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,
Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet ,
Rebecca Miller’s two-part portrait Mr. Scorsese and
Closing night’s Christy with Sydney Sweeney and Ben Foster.

In addition to many genres of full-length films and short films, the festival features conversations with Pamela Abdy; and another with Spike Lee moderated by Stephen Colbert. AND…

Montclair Film’s signature onstage series returns on December 7 with Stephen Colbert in conversation with Conan O’Brien at NJPAC.

The Film Festival is the annual highlight event of Montclair Film, an organization that provides multiple, excellent film opportunities for high school students (and others). I've been following them ever since I posted in QPORIT about the 2019 event with Stephen Colbert interviewing Julia-Louis Dreyfus.

SOME LINKS

OPENING NIGHT EVENT

https://montclairfilm.org/events/jay-kelly/

MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE - BY DATE

https://montclairfilm.org/

MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE GUIDE - BY GENRE, VENUE, DATE

https://montclairfilm.org/ (SELECT “BROWSE AND BUY TICKETS”)

TICKET INFO

https://montclairfilm.org/festival-information/tickets/

MONTCLAIR FILM

https://montclairfilm.org/about/mission/

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