$100 General Admission, $90 Member

Opening Night Party from 5:30pm-7:30pm on the lawn of the Tisbury Marketplace. Opening Night film will begin at 7:30pm. No Tickets for the opening Night film will be sold separately

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On Opening Night of the Festival, enjoy meeting fellow festival attendees and special guests inside a tented reception, from 5:30-7:00 PM, on the beautiful waterfront lawn adjacent to Lagoon Pond, just off Beach Road at the Tisbury Marketplace.

We’ll be serving champagne, wine, beer and Goldie’s Rotisserie Truck provides the delicious locally sourced appetizers inspired by our Italian film to eat. And for an extra sweet treat, Mad Martha’s Ice Cream will be serving cones.

The wonderful Eric Johnson jazz quartet performs a lively mix of smooth jazz.

OPENING NIGHT MENU

Passed Appetizers (5:30 pm)

Cocktail size italian meatballs with homemade red sauce and parmesan

Grilled shrimp with chopped herbs

Mains on Buffet Table (5:30 pm – 7:00 pm)

Cavatappi, crumbled italian sausage, arugula, mozzarella, basil, parsley, pecorino

stationary antipasto board

caesar salad with grilled lemon chicken on the side

broccolini with tahini sauce

caprese salad

sourdough focaccia with herb butter

Mad Martha’s Ice Cream

After the reception, guests will be invited to make their way by foot to the Film Center for a special Opening Night screening of THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS, winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes 2022. The film begins at 7:30 pm.

OPENING NIGHT — Your ticket is good for both the OPENING NIGHT reception and the OPENING NIGHT FILM.

There will be no tickets sold for the Opening Night film separately.

OPENING NIGHT FILM starts at 7:30 PM

OPENING NIGHT FILM

THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS (Italy)

An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps, THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS follows over four decades the profound, complex relationship between Pietro (Luca Marinelli) from Milan, and Bruno (Alessandro Borghi), who grew up in an isolated mountainside village. From the filmmakers behind Academy Award-nominee “The Broken Circle Breakdown”, and based on the bestselling novel by Paolo Cognetti.

“Magnificent. A gorgeous, glorious retreat. One of the strongest and most vibrantly shot pictures in the Cannes Competition.”
Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

“5-stars”! (Highest Rating). This is a movie with air in its lungs and love in its heart. It is spacious and unhurried in its devotion to beauty and to what it means to be human. This film has mystery and passion, it climbs mountainous heights and rewards you with the opposite of vertigo: a sort of exaltation.”
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“Intoxicating. A tender story about love and friendship. The Belgian writer-directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch keep the characters — and the movie — immersed in beauty. You are immediately plunged into the region’s splendors and mysteries, its densely sheltering foliage, enigmatically abandoned corners and dramatic, seemingly limitless vistas.”
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times