Mill Valley Film Festival

10/13/2026

🏆 Here are the MVFF49 Audience Award winners in the Narrative, Documentary, and New Directors categories!

Thank you to everyone who watched, voted, and helped choose this year’s festival favorites. ❤️

Audience Award | Narrative
ELSINORE • Dir. Simon Stone

Audience Award | Documentary
WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS • Dir. Dawn Porter
Encore screening THU, OCT 15 | Rafael

Audience Award | New Directors
WICKER • Dirs. Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson
Opens FRI, OCT 30 | Sequoia

10/13/2026

🏆 The MVFF49 Overall Audience Award goes to… TENZING!

Thank you to everyone who watched and voted. Jennifer Peedom’s sweeping true story of Tenzing Norgay, the Himalayan climber who summited Everest alongside Edmund Hillary, was your festival favorite.

Missed it at the festival? TENZING opens at the Smith Rafael Film Center on WED, OCT 14, with more chances to catch it on the big screen!

Opens tomorrow, WED OCT 14! | Smith Rafael Film Center
🎟️ bit.ly/47dCBmV

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Based on true events, TENZING chronicles the little-known story of Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), a gifted Himalayan climber who, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston), became the first to summit Mount Everest. Encouraged by his wife Dawa (Thinley Lhamo), Tenzing finds...

10/13/2026

Thank you to our amazing staff for 11 unforgettable days. We couldn’t do it without you. ❤️

And grazie to Piatti’s Mill Valley for hosting our celebration!

10/12/2026

That’s a wrap on MVFF49! 🎬

What a way to close out the festival. Thank you to everyone who danced, toasted, and celebrated with us under the stars at the San Rafael Elks Lodge for our Closing Night Party. 🎉

To our filmmakers, guests, sponsors, volunteers, and audiences, thank you for an unforgettable 11 days of film.

See you at MVFF50, OCT 14–24, 2027!

10/12/2026

🎬 Jesse Eisenberg has arrived for THE DEBUT—our Closing Night Film!

Mill Valley Film Festival

10/11/2026

🎈 Great to see families out at MVFF49 for Family Film Day! Thank you for joining us at the Outdoor Art Club for crafts, activities, and Family Films at Sequoia Cinema.

Fiorello's Artisan Gelato
Buki the Clown

10/11/2026

🎬 Closing Night just got bigger! More tickets are now available for THE DEBUT tonight at Sequoia Cinema. ⭐️

🎤 Sequoia 2: Catch the live intro with director Jesse Eisenberg!
🎉 Party-only tickets: Celebrate under the stars at the Closing Night Party at the San Rafael Elks Lodge

One last night of MVFF49. It's gonna be a good one!

📍 SUN, OCT 11, 5PM | Sequoia Cinema, Mill Valley
🎟️ bit.ly/3VBp9GU

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10/11/2026

We couldn't capture every great moment, but we tried! 📷

- Rian Johnson showing some love at the PAPER TIGER screening with James Gray
- GIANTS DO FALL crew
- JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, Quinn Whitney Wilson
- BRAVE CAT X KIDDO EVENT

Find more Mill Valley Film Festival moments in the gallery. 🔗 in profile

1. & 4. Tommy Lau, 2. All Natural Images, 3. Westside Studio

10/10/2026

Based on these reactions I’d say the kids approve. 💛

Thank you to these filmmakers for joining is for this CAFILM EDU screening of SHORTS: COLLEGE ANIMATION SHOWCASE 2!

Catch the program again SUN, OCT 11, 1:30PM at Sequoia Cinema—part of FAMILY FILM DAY, paired with free activities across the way at the Outdoor Art Club. Ages 6+.

10/10/2026

🏆 The winners are in! A jury of film professionals has selected the six winning films of the Redbreast Unhidden Shorts Awards. See this collection on the big screen tomorrow!

ARE WE STILL MARRIED? • Kit Steinkellner
ROOM OF THE ABSOLUTE • Natalie Shirinian & Elizabeth Baudouin
GRAVITY • Dalya Keleş
A TOWN CALLED NEEDVILLE • Audrey Lane
ITALIANO • Mehdi Davachi
THE RIGHT FIT • Nicolas Collins & Max Mollring

📍 SUN, OCT 11, 12:30PM | Smith Rafael Film Center
🎟️ bit.ly/4rW9ttI