Limited advance individual tickets* are now on-sale for four Marquee films that will be shown at the Paramount during the 2022 Austin Film Festival. The advance individual tickets* are $23 per ticket. A Film Pass, good for all films shown over the festival’s eight days, is available for $80.
*Advance individual tickets are considered General Admission tickets and are not guaranteed admission the film, pending Badge and Pass seating. Visit https://austinfilmfestival.com/about/aff-policies/ for more.
Opening Night Selection
The Whale
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Written by: Samuel D. Hunter
Thursday, October 27 7:30PM
From Darren Aronofsky comes The Whale, the story of a reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. Starring Brendan Fraser and based on the acclaimed play by Samuel D. Hunter.
Scheduled to attend the film and participate in a Q&A immediately after the screening: Director Darren Aronofsky and Writer Samuel D. Hunter
Marquee selection
Women Talking
Written/Directed by: Sarah Polley
Saturday, October 29 6:15PM
Based on the best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, Women Talking follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men.
Scheduled to attend the film and participate in a Q&A immediately after the screening: Director Sarah Polley and Producer Dede Gardner
World Premiere
Sam & Kate
Writer/Director: Darren Le Gallo
Friday, October 28 7:15 PM
Sam & Kate is the story of love, age, and facing the past to move forward. Set in a small town in the heart of the country, Dustin Hoffman plays BILL, a larger-than-life Father to SAM (Jake Hoffman) who has returned home to take care of Bill and his ailing health. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, KATE (Fisk). At the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, TINA (Spacek). The course of true love never runs smooth, and these four will be forced to confront their pasts while trying to make new love work in their lives.
Scheduled to attend the film and participate in a Q&A immediately after the screening: Director Darren Le Gallo with stars Dustin Hoffman, Sissy Spacek, Jake Hoffman, Schyler Fisk, and Henry Thomas
Closing Night Selection
Glass Onion
Written/Directed by: Rian Johnson
Thursday, November 3 7:30 PM
In the follow up to Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects.
Want to attend all four films, then save yourself $12 and buy a Film Pass. Oh, and it gets you into EVERY FILM ALL EIGHT DAYS of the Festival!