Pamela Abdy: 2025 MFF Visionary
Pamela Abdy serves as Co-Chair and CEO of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, encompassing Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, where she oversees the Studio’s global theatrical production, marketing, and distribution operations.
For her career as a bold, risk-taking, creative executive whose support of artists has shaped the lives and experiences of film lovers everywhere, The Montclair Film Festival is proud to honor Pamela Abdy with our inaugural Visionary Award.
In celebration, The Clairidge is offering a retrospective of the films that have defined Ms. Abdy’s outstanding work as a creative producer, shown in our cinema and on the big screen as they were meant to be seen. Join us for these films, and then join us on October 18 at 3:30pm during the Montclair Film Festival for an in-depth conversation about her visionary career.
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Now Playing at The Clairidge
THE REVENANT
September 29 & October 1
GARDEN STATE
September 30 & October 2
LICORICE PIZZA
October 3 & October 11
SHUTTER ISLAND
October 4 & October 7
DUNE: PART TWO
October 5 & October 8
SINNERS
October 6 & October 10
THE BIG SHORT
October 9 & October 12
Featured Films in this Series:
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The Perfect Neighbor
November 3
A seemingly minor neighborhood dispute in Florida escalates into deadly violence.
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
October 28 - November 6
With her life crashing down around her, Linda tries to navigate her daughter’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
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The Mastermind
October 28 - November 6
In 1970, Mooney and two cohorts wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, Mooney is relegated to a life on the run.
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Frankenstein
October 28 - November 6
A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a monstrous creature to life in a daring experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.