Taylor Zakhar Perez, Maddie Ziegler, and more join EW's Breaking Big panel at 2023 SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Hollywood's next generation is emerging on screens both big and small, and EW is gathering a handful of them for our Breaking Big panel at the 2023 SCAD Savannah Film Festival.

Red, White & Royal Blue and The Kissing Booth franchise star Taylor Zakhar Perez, actress and celebrated dancer Maddie Ziegler (Fitting In, The Fallout), Pain Hustlers and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves actress Chloe Coleman, and All the Light We Cannot See star Aria Mia Loberti are this year's honorees at the annual film festival in Georgia.

Mike Marsland/WireImage; Gary Miller/WireImage; Nina Zimolong; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Taylor Zakhar Perez, Maddie Ziegler, Chloe Coleman, and Aria Mia Loberti

This year's festival takes place Oct. 21-28, and will also include dozens of screenings of recent and upcoming movie releases, including Origin, May December (which is set in Savannah), Saltburn, Maestro, and Poor Things (see the full lineup here).

Among the festival's many other honorees are:

• Kevin Bacon — Outstanding Achievement in EntertainmentAward

• Origin director Ava DuVernay — Virtuoso Director Award

• Saltburn director Emerald Fennell — Spotlight Director Award

• May December director Todd Haynes — Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award

• American Fiction director Cord Jefferson — Breakthrough Director Award

• Past Lives star Greta Lee — Spotlight Award

• Priscilla star Cailee Spaeny — Breakthrough Award

• Rustin director George C. Wolfe — Storyteller Award

The annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival — which opens this year with Nyad, starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster — is the largest university-run film festival in the U.S., honoring both professional and student filmmakers and welcoming major industry luminaries, including award-winning directors, writers, and actors.

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