$130 General Admission, $120 for MVFS Members

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

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.

Live music will accompany us as we serve champagne, wine, beer and Goldie’s Rotisserie Truck provides the delicious locally sourced appetizers and buffet meal inspired by the opening night film. And for an extra dreamy treat, Mad Martha’s Ice Cream will be serving cones.

OPENING NIGHT MENU

Passed Appetizers (5:30 pm)

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

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. The film begins at 7:30 pm.

OPENING NIGHT — Your ticket is for both the OPENING NIGHT reception and the OPENING NIGHT FILM: DREAMS

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

OPENING NIGHT FILM starts at 7:30 PM

DREAMS

Winner of the Golden Bear, 2025 Berlin International Film Festival

Johanne falls in love for the first time, with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read what she has written, they are initially shocked by its intimate content but soon see that it has literary potential. As they debate whether to publish it, Johanne navigates the gap between her romantic fantasy and reality, and all three women confront their differing views on love, sexuality, and self-discovery.

DREAMS (SEX LOVE) is part of the SEX-LOVE-DREAMS trilogy of director Dag Johan Haugerud.

“Haugerud’s delicate direction, paired with Cecilie Semec’s gauzy cinematography, builds a world that’s dreamlike but grounded. Knitwear is an unexpectedly titillating star.” – Irish Times

“For anyone with sharp recollections of the heady rush of first love and the obsessive fixation on one person to the exclusion of all else, Dreams will strike chords.” – The Hollywood Reporter