NewportBeachFilmFest

📽️ Attention filmmakers! Submit your film to the Newport Beach Film Festival. Celebrating its 27th year, the NBFF will take place along the beautiful Southern California coast from October 15–22, 2026 🏖️ 🌊newportbeachfilmfest.com

Newport Beach TV Fest presents Mindy Kaling with the Artist of Distinction Award. Plus, the six stars who earned Breakout Awards! abc7.com/post/mindy-kal…

#ThePitt star Shabana Azeez, #Paradise star Thomas Doherty, #SNL star Ashley Padilla, #LoveStory star Paul Anthony Kelly, #Adults star Owen Thiele and #Pluribus star Karolina Wydra received Gold Derby Breakout Awards at the @nbtvfest tonight. 🏆

📺 Tune in to PBS SoCal on Thursday, June 11th at 10:00 PM for the broadcast premiere of the 9th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival UK & IE HONOURS presented by Visit Newport Beach. ✨pbssocal.org

Celebrities walked the red carpet at the 2nd Annual Newport Beach TV Fest. Read this story by Tom Johnson at stunewsnewport.com. (Photos: Ed Olen) @nbtvfest

Over the weekend, Newport Beach TV Fest honored Sebastian Maniscalco with the Standup Comedy Special of the Year Award for his "It Ain't Right" Hulu comedy special. Seth MacFarlane received the Maverick Award. 📸Getty Images/Tiffany Rose for Newport Beach TV Fest

Paul Anthony Kelly received the Breakout Artist Award during the Newport Beach TV Fest. 📷

Newport Beach TV Fest presents Mindy Kaling with the Artist of Distinction Award. Plus, the six stars who earned Breakout Awards! abc7.com/post/mindy-kal…

I love LANDMAN and get a kick out of how much people love this show. Sold-out crowd at #nbtvfest with this amazing cast yesterday - and some of the smartest audience questions I've heard in a long time.

Mindy Kaling, Paul Anthony Kelly, Thomas Doherty and Owen Thiele honored at Newport Beach TV Fest 7ny.tv/MttWtv

Six of the players from #Survivor's 50th season joined me for a panel at the Newport Beach TV Festival, where we presented an award to Jeff Probst. Was it awesome? Of course, it was. Dee Valladares Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth Rizo Velovic Rick Devens Tiffany Ervin Aubry Bracco

Earning Breakout Awards 🤝 Wearing the same outfit Thomas Doherty ("Paradise") and Paul Anthony Kelly ("Love Story") earned Breakout Awards at the Newport Beach TV Fest, and hilariously came dressed in the exact same outfit (down to the shoes)!

📺 Join Newport Beach TV Fest on June 4th at the Lido Theater for a special live taping of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast featuring Mindy Kaling moderated by @THR's Scott Feinberg. Tickets: nbtvfest.com

📺 Join Newport Beach TV Fest on June 7th for an extraordinary evening celebrating @SethMacFarlane at the Lido Theater. Enjoy live taping of @THR's @AwardsChatter podcast featuring #SethMacFarlane in conversation with Scott Feinberg. Tickets: nbtvfest.com

'Survivor' to Receive Legacy Award at Newport Beach TV Fest, Season 50 Cast to Appear variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…

See you at Newport Beach TV Fest on June 7th for a sit down conversation. Tickets available at nbtvfest.com

Newport Beach TV Fest: Mindy Kaling Set for Artist of Distinction Award, Live Episode of THR's 'Awards Chatter' Pod hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/min…

Newport Beach TV Fest: Seth MacFarlane Set for Maverick Award, Live Episode of THR's 'Awards Chatter' Pod hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/set…

Stars from 'The Pitt,' 'Pluribus' headline breakout award panel at Newport Beach TV Fest goldderby.com/tv/2026/newpor…

Today’s finalist announcement/screening was a packed house at The Lido Theater in partnership with the Newport Beach Film Festival! Down below are the 2026 EDFC finalist results. Mark your calendars and go to our YouTube channel on May 7 at 7 PM PT for our 13th Annual Awards ceremony. Congrats to everyone who made a film this year! 2026 EDFC finalists: Best Film presented by Sony Pictures:
Amor Fati - Joe Guintu 
Don’t Forget To Dance - Tim Bartow 
The Ticket - Jaylin Hodge 
ZIPTIED – Angel Giuffria 

Best Director presented by NBCUniversal: Dead Wife Montage – Wren Brooks Don’t Forget To Dance – Carmen Flood 
The Shoot – Juan Arce The Ticket – Jayla Hodge, Jaylin Hodge and Jerah Milligan
Neighborhood Watch – Vincent Rutley

Best Actor presented by IMDbPro:
Be Right Out – Colin Miller
Dead Wife Montage – Marissa Bode
Neighborhood Watch – Vincent Rutley
VIVIAN PROBZ – Jessy Yates

Best Awareness presented by Amazon MGM Studios:
Back To the Dark Ages – Anna Pakman I will be fine – Steven Ching Reclaiming – Aly Corvin
The Shoot  – Juan Arce 
Best Writer presented by Netflix: Amor Fati – John Kessler and Joe Guintu
Crip Club – Aya Obeid and Shan Hafez
Interruptions - Stephanie Castelete-Tyrrell
The Ticket – Jaylin Hodge, Jayla Hodge and Jerah Milligan 
Best Editor presented by Paramount:
Before I Die - PJ Germain
Dead Wife Montage - Janine Anne Uyanga
The Shoot  – Rich Valverde
The Ticket – Tony Pape  The finalist films have audio description tracks on YouTube. Just go to your settings in the film you want to watch and in subtitle track selections choose English AD. ID: Group photo of people with and without disabilities in front of the Lido theater at the 2026 EDFC Finalist announcement. #EDFC2026 #disabilityfilmchallenge #easterseals #dramedy #finalistannouncement