Signature Screenings
The Smashing Machine
From writer-director Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems, Good Time), comes a new film about pioneering UFC Hall of Fame fighter Mark Kerr. At once a high-pressure sports biography and high-octane emotional spectacle, The Smashing Machine transports viewers to the dawn of a new era as it follows the strongest fighter the sport had ever seen from the heights of fame to rock bottom and back again. An A24 release.
Director, writer, producer, and editor Benny Safdie will be presented with the Maverick Director Award. A Q&A with Safdie immediately follows the screening.
DIRECTOR
Benny Safdie
PRODUCERS
Benny Safdie
Eli Bush
Hiram Garcia
Dany Garcia
David Koplan
WRITER
Benny Safdie
CAST
Dwayne Johnson
Emily Blunt
Mark Coleman
Bas Rutten
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Benny Safdie is a director, writer, and actor based in New York. His projects include The Smashing Machine; The Curse, for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a WGA Award for writing; Oppenheimer; Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; The Stars at Noon; Licorice Pizza; Good Time; Uncut Gems; Heaven Knows What; Daddy Longlegs; Telemarketers; the Emmy Award-winning Pee-wee as Himself; Thank You Very Much; Happy Gilmore 2; and Lenny Cooke. He most recently wrapped production on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.