Elle Stanion's "News To Me" to Premiere at the 26th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Singer, songwriter, and filmmaker Elle Stanion will officially debut her music video "News To Me" at the 26th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival, screening on Thursday, October 23, at 8:15 PM at The LOT, Screen 3.

Written in her living room, "News To Me" marks a deeply personal creative milestone for Stanion. The project, co-directed and co-produced alongside filmmaker Olivia McCrary, represents a two-year labor of love for the recording artist.

"This film was born from the most personal corners of my life," says Stanion. "To see it recognized by a festival of this caliber feels surreal. It's a reminder that work born from the most personal places can still carry outward."

In today's digital landscape, the lines between film and music have blurred. Stanion's work embodies this evolution, creating what she calls a "visual record": a cinematic artifact that documents not just a song, but the emotional world it inhabits. For Stanion, soundtrack and imagery are inseparable, merging into a single artistic experience that mirrors how audiences now engage with art—visually and sonically, all at once.

"News To Me" will be featured in the festival's Music Video & Short Film Program, celebrating storytelling at the intersection of music and cinema.

About Elle Stanion:
Elle Stanion is a California-raised recording artist and filmmaker who commands every aspect of her creative vision. She writes, co-produces, and performs her own music while directing and editing her films—each project fully authored from lyric to final cut. Her short film Love and Other Devices (2014) won Best International Film at the Canberra International Film Festival, and her work has since screened at renowned festivals including HollyShorts, the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, and LA Shorts Fest.

About the Film:
Who are we when the places and memories that shaped us fade away? News To Me is a nostalgic dreamscape unfolding like memory itself—fragmentary, intimate, and tinged with both longing and acceptance. Through fleeting images of a former self and the quiet ache for permanence, the film confronts the inevitability of change and the human struggle to hold on as time moves on without us.

For more information on the Newport Beach Film Festival visit https://newportbeachfilmfest.com

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