Gala Screenings
Frankenstein
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes the definitive retelling of Mary Shelley’s genre-defining novel of life and death — an epic drama about what it means to be human, to crave love, and seek understanding. Brilliant but tortured scientist Victor Frankenstein embarks on an ego-driven quest to bring new life into this world, resulting in the Creature. The sprawling epic takes audiences from the remote reaches of the Arctic to the bloody battlefields of 19th-century Europe, as Frankenstein and his Creature go on their own search for meaning in a world that can seem quite mad. A Netflix release.
Actor Oscar Isaac will be presented with the Icon Award. A Q&A with Isaac immediately follows the screening.
DIRECTOR
Guillermo del Toro
PRODUCERS
Guillermo del Toro
J. Miles Dale
Scott Stuber
WRITER
Guillermo del Toro
CAST
Oscar Isaac
Jacob Elordi
Christoph Waltz
Mia Goth
Felix Kammerer
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Mexican-born filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has created a distinctive cinematic style mixing the world of horror, fantasy, and his exuberant personal visual imagery. His first feature film, 1993’s Cronos, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Critics Prize. His other films include The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth, Mimic, Hellboy, Pacific Rim, Crimson Peak, and the Academy Award winners The Shape of Water and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.