San Diego International Film Festival’s Diverse Lineup Features ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Dream Scenario’
variety.comJaden Thompson Tonya Mantooth, CEO and artistic director of the San Diego International Film Festival, is keenly aware that film is a uniquely immersive medium with the power to connect people — even strangers.
And that power will be evident at SDIFF’s 22nd edition, which will run in person Oct.18-22, with screenings at various venues in the San Diego area.
The event will also feature panels, Q and A’s, filmmaker happy hours and more special programming. The fest will open with Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” (pictured above), a comedy-drama starring Paul Giamatti, Domonic Sessa and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as an unlikely trio bonding at a New England prep school over winter break. “Alexander Payne really peels back the layers of the characters,” Mantooth says. “As each one unfolds, he does it in such a way that you laugh – it touches your heart, it makes you cry.
But what you see is just real people. He doesn’t ever put the characters in a box with a nice little bow. They’re all complex.
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