MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL - OPENING NIGHT - Jay Kelly w/Q&A - Discuss at Chit Chat

We know that Governor Phil Murphy and his wife will receive an honor on Opening Night prior to the film. **And there will be a Q&A after the film with the film's multi-award winning composer,** Nicholas Britell.
**Please RSVP if you will want to attend this and have us get you member-priced tickets!**
$35 Opening Night for Non-Members
**$30 for Members**
We will discuss the event afterwards at the Chit Chat Diner - 410 Eagle Rock Ave, West Orange, NJ 07052
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Friday, October 17 at 7:00 PM at The Wellmont Theater, the 2025 festival opens with JAY KELLY, directed by Noah Baumbach. JAY KELLY, the new film from Academy Award® nominee Noah Baumbach, follows famous movie actor Jay Kelly (George Clooney) and his devoted manager Ron (Adam Sandler) as they embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey through Europe. Along the way, both men are forced to confront the choices they’ve made, the relationships with their loved ones, and the legacies they’ll leave behind. The Montclair Film Festival is proud to present JAY KELLY as our 2025 Opening Night Film. Running Time: 2hr 12 min
JAY KELLY is a Netflix release

### Q&A with 2025 Composer Award winner Nicholas Britell to follow

Nicholas Britell (born October 17, 1980) is an American film and television composer. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award. He has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Barry Jenkins's Moonlight (2016) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Adam McKay's Don't Look Up (2021). He also scored McKay's The Big Short (2015) and Vice (2018). He is also known for scoring Battle of the Sexes (2017), The King (2019), Cruella (2021), season 1 of Andor (2022), She Said (2022), and Jay Kelly (2025).
The soundtrack for HBO original series Succession (2018–2023) marked Britell's entry into television. Britell scored all four seasons, earning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music in 2019.[1] His scores for the second, third, and fourth seasons of Succession each earned Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series nominations in 2020, 2022, and 2023. His score for The Underground Railroad was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special in 2021.
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