Middleburg Film Fest Will Spotlight ‘La Bola Negra’ & ‘Behemoth!’, Closing With ‘Being Heumann’

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(L-R) 'Being Heumann'; 'La Bola Negra'; 'Behemoth!'

Two weeks ahead of the 14th Middleburg Film Festival, additional programming has been announced.

On Thursday, the Virginia festival announced Siân Heder’s Being Heumann will serve as the Closing Film for the festival, which runs from Oct. 15-18, with Netflix’s La Bola Negra set as the Friday Spotlight and Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth! has been set as the Sunday Spotlight.

Being Heumann casting directors Adam Caldwell and Bernard Telsey will be in attendance to recieve the Special Achievement in Casting Award and participate in a post-screening Q&A. La Bola Negra‘s Guitarricadelafuente will accept the International Spotlight Award for his performance in the film and his original song “La Nieve”, participating in the Composers & Songwriters panel. Meanwhile, Gilroy will be on hand for a Behemoth! post-screening discussion.

Other honorees at this year’s Middleburg Film Fest include Wild Horse Nine writer/director Martin McDonagh receiving the Director Spotlight Award, Ray Gunn‘s Brad Bird with the Spotlight Animation Award, Seth Rogen with the MFF Artistic Achievement Award for The Invite and Tangles, Rosalind Eleazar receiving the Breakthrough Actor Award for Misty Green, and more.

Also part of the 14th edition of the Middleburg Film Festival are the annual Songwriters & Composers Panel and a special Masterclass with Toy Story 5 production designer Bob Pauley, as well as conversations with Give Me the Ball! subject Billie Jean King and Everybody Digs Bill Evans star Bill Pullman.