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Title/Headline - SCAD Presents 18th Annual Savannah Film Festival - An Evening With Saoirse Ronan And "Brooklyn" Screening Description - SAVANNAH, GA - OCTOBER 25: (L-R) Actor Alexander Skarsgard, President of Fox Searchlight Pictures Nancy Utley and Creative Artists Agency Tracy Brennan attend An Evening With Saoirse Ronan and "Brooklyn" screening during 18th Annual Savannah Film Festival Presented by SCAD at Trustees Theater on October 25, 2015 in Savannah, Georgia. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for SCAD) Photo Credit - Getty Images for SCAD

WHO: Saoirse Ronan (“Brooklyn”) joined SCAD for a special Q+A, moderated by The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg, as part of the Savannah Film Festival's Conversation Series following a screening of “Brooklyn.” Also in attendance were SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace; FOX Searchlight Pictures President Nancy Utley; actor Alexander Skarsgård; fashion model Alexa Chung; and “Dixieland” director Hank Bedford.

Earlier in the evening, the Docs to Watch Director’s Roundtable, returning for a second year, took place at the Lucas Theater, moderated by Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter. The directors are behind nine of the top must-see documentaries from this year, as well as those gaining award season attention. The directors in attendance were Asif Kapadia (“Amy”); directors Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon (“Best of Enemies”); director Bobcat Goldthwait (“Call Me Lucky”); director Matthew Heineman (“Cartel Land”); director Kirby Dick (“The Hunting Ground”); director Geeta Patel (“Meet the Patels”); director Liz Garbus (“What Happened, Miss Simone”); Evgeny Afineevsky (“Winter on Fire”); and director Crystal Moselle (“The Wolfpack”).

WHAT: The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) presents the 2015 Savannah Film Festival, which celebrates cinematic creativity from award-winning professionals and emerging filmmakers. The 18th annual festival, held in downtown Savannah, Georgia, runs from Saturday, Oct. 24, to Saturday, Oct. 31.

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