NewportBeachFilmFest

🎥 Join us for the 27th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival October 15-22, 2026. Call for Entries now open ✨ 🏝️ 🇺🇸

[NewportBeachFilmFest @nbff]

📽️ 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 🏖️

🌊https://t.co/W8RehAzU24

[On The Red Carpet @OnTheRedCarpet]

Newport Beach TV Fest presents Mindy Kaling with the Artist of Distinction Award. Plus, the six stars who earned Breakout Awards! https://t.co/70HDbxn2AX

[Gold Derby @GoldDerby]

#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. 🏆

[NewportBeachFilmFest @nbff]

📺 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.
✨https://t.co/3k8A41HdlB

[Stu News Newport @StuNewsNewport]

Celebrities walked the red carpet at the 2nd Annual Newport Beach TV Fest. Read this story by Tom Johnson at https://t.co/qRjoXtf09v. (Photos: Ed Olen) @nbtvfest

[On The Red Carpet @OnTheRedCarpet]

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

[Film Crave @_filmcrave]

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

[On The Red Carpet @OnTheRedCarpet]

Newport Beach TV Fest presents Mindy Kaling with the Artist of Distinction Award. Plus, the six stars who earned Breakout Awards! https://t.co/oCMqrzGZqw

[Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley]

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.

[Eyewitness News @ABC7NY]

Mindy Kaling, Paul Anthony Kelly, Thomas Doherty and Owen Thiele honored at Newport Beach TV Fest https://t.co/cDMl8ON6Qt

[Clayton Davis @ByClaytonDavis]

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

[On The Red Carpet @OnTheRedCarpet]

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)!

[nbtvfest @nbtvfest]

📺 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: https://t.co/40gj0P0C3f

[nbtvfest @nbtvfest]

📺 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: https://t.co/40gj0P0C3f

[Variety @Variety]

'Survivor' to Receive Legacy Award at Newport Beach TV Fest, Season 50 Cast to Appear https://t.co/fKasqmcxGR

[Sebastian Maniscalco @SebastianComedy]

See you at Newport Beach TV Fest on June 7th for a sit down conversation. Tickets available at https://t.co/SJb9eWTtO4

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Newport Beach TV Fest: Mindy Kaling Set for Artist of Distinction Award, Live Episode of THR's 'Awards Chatter' Pod https://t.co/8wrxn2kNOb

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Newport Beach TV Fest: Seth MacFarlane Set for Maverick Award, Live Episode of THR's 'Awards Chatter' Pod https://t.co/FuWKpH5Qq9

[Gold Derby @GoldDerby]

Stars from 'The Pitt,' 'Pluribus' headline breakout award panel at Newport Beach TV Fest https://t.co/Yc1QrCKM05

[Easterseals Disability Film Challenge @DisabilityChall]

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