45th Hawai'i International Film Festival (2nd Screening)
SCREENINGS:
Sunday, Nov 2, 3:30pm - Kauai Community College
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
The Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF), an Academy Awards®-qualifying festival, celebrates dynamic cinema from Asia and the Pacific while championing Native Hawaiian and Indigenous filmmakers through powerful storytelling and groundbreaking programming.
Check out the full HIFF45 program here.
Hawai'i Premiere @ 45th Hawai'i International Film Festival
SCREENINGS:
Saturday, Oct 25, 1:00pm - Consolidated Theaters Kahala
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
The Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF), an Academy Awards®-qualifying festival, celebrates dynamic cinema from Asia and the Pacific while championing Native Hawaiian and Indigenous filmmakers through powerful storytelling and groundbreaking programming.
Check out the full HIFF45 program here.
26th Newport Beach Film Festival (3rd Screening)
SCREENINGS:
Friday, Oct 17, 5:15pm - Starlight Triangle Cinemas, Screen 2
Tuesday, Oct 21, 5:00pm - The Lot, Screen 3
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Founded in 1999, the Newport Beach Film Festival has emerged as the largest international cinema event in coastal Southern California, attracting over 56,000 attendees to Orange County, CA.
The Community Outreach Program was created with the idea that film offers new perspectives and possibilities for a changing world. Each year, the Festival partners with over 40 non-profit organizations and pairs each philanthropic organization with a film that aligns with their mission. The Festival gives non-profit organizations a forum to voice their message to large audiences and spread awareness of their organization and mission through the medium of film. Areas of focus include the arts, health and human services, the environment, education, children’s causes, seniors’ and veterans’ programs, and alumni clubs.
Check out the full Newport Beach Film Festival program here.
26th Newport Beach Film Festival (2nd Screening)
Director/Producer Yuriko Gamo Romer will be in attendance.
SCREENINGS:
Friday, Oct 17, 5:15pm - Starlight Triangle Cinemas, Screen 2
Saturday, Oct 18, 8:15pm - The Lot, Screen 3
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Founded in 1999, the Newport Beach Film Festival has emerged as the largest international cinema event in coastal Southern California, attracting over 56,000 attendees to Orange County, CA.
The Community Outreach Program was created with the idea that film offers new perspectives and possibilities for a changing world. Each year, the Festival partners with over 40 non-profit organizations and pairs each philanthropic organization with a film that aligns with their mission. The Festival gives non-profit organizations a forum to voice their message to large audiences and spread awareness of their organization and mission through the medium of film. Areas of focus include the arts, health and human services, the environment, education, children’s causes, seniors’ and veterans’ programs, and alumni clubs.
Check out the full Newport Beach Film Festival program here.
23rd Tallgrass Film Festival (2nd Screening)
SCREENINGS:
Saturday, Oct 18, 2:30pm - Boulevard Theatre 3
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Tallgrass Film Association entertains, educates, and inspires audiences in the Wichita community and beyond by showcasing the best of independent films from around the world through an annual 4-day film festival, year-round special screenings, filmmaking competitions and filmmaker labs. We strive to preserve the cultural tradition of film as a communal adventure. Movies bring us together: they entertain, spark conversation, build community and forge new relationships.
Check out the full Tallgrass Film Festival program here.
SoCal Premiere @ 26th Newport Beach Film Festival
Director/Producer Yuriko Gamo Romer will be in attendance.
SCREENINGS:
Friday, Oct 17, 5:15pm - Starlight Triangle Cinemas, Screen 2
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Founded in 1999, the Newport Beach Film Festival has emerged as the largest international cinema event in coastal Southern California, attracting over 56,000 attendees to Orange County, CA.
The Community Outreach Program was created with the idea that film offers new perspectives and possibilities for a changing world. Each year, the Festival partners with over 40 non-profit organizations and pairs each philanthropic organization with a film that aligns with their mission. The Festival gives non-profit organizations a forum to voice their message to large audiences and spread awareness of their organization and mission through the medium of film. Areas of focus include the arts, health and human services, the environment, education, children’s causes, seniors’ and veterans’ programs, and alumni clubs.
Check out the full Newport Beach Film Festival program here.
Kansas Premiere @ 23rd Tallgrass Film Festival
SCREENINGS:
Friday, Oct 17, 11:00am - Boulevard Theatre 4
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Tallgrass Film Association entertains, educates, and inspires audiences in the Wichita community and beyond by showcasing the best of independent films from around the world through an annual 4-day film festival, year-round special screenings, filmmaking competitions and filmmaker labs. We strive to preserve the cultural tradition of film as a communal adventure. Movies bring us together: they entertain, spark conversation, build community and forge new relationships.
Check out the full Tallgrass Film Festival program here.
Arkansas Premiere @ 34th Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
IN ATTENDANCE:
Director, Producer and Writer Yuriko Gamo Romer
Featured Cast Masanori “Mashi” Murakami (first Japanese player in the MLB ‘64-’65)
Producer Loi Ameera Almeron
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Deep within the Ouachita Mountains, in what Native Americans have named the Valley of the Vapors, amidst turn-of-the-century bathhouses and on the doorstep of a national park lies the unforgettable spa city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, host to North America’s longest running documentary film festival.
Established in 1991, HSDFF is an Oscar® qualifying festival for ‘Documentary Short Subject’ by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Produced by a small staff and with the tireless efforts of dedicated volunteers, the film festival benefits the region by providing an affordable arts festival that offers the best in documentary film, inspiring educational programs, and exposure to internationally acclaimed filmmakers and special guests. Through strategic outreach, HSDFF seeks to discover, support and inspire diverse documentary filmmakers and champion a southern film community that reflects the full breadth of experience and story in the American South.
Check out the full HSDFF34 program here.
48th Mill Valley Film Festival (2nd Screening)
IN ATTENDANCE:
Director, Producer and Writer Yuriko Gamo Romer
Featured Cast Masanori “Mashi” Murakami (first Japanese player in the MLB ‘64-’65)
Producer Marc Smolowitz
Editor & Writer Ken Schneider
SCREENINGS:
Sunday, October 5, 12:30 PM - Sequoia 2
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Since founding the Mill Valley Film Festival in 1977, Mark Fishkin has shepherded this once small, three-day showcase into an eleven-day, internationally acclaimed cinema event presenting a wide variety of new films from around the world in an engaged, community setting.
The festival has an impressive track record of launching new films and new filmmakers, and has earned a reputation as a filmmakers’ festival by celebrating the best in American independent and foreign films, along side high-profile and prestigious award contenders.
Each year the festival welcomes more than 200 filmmakers, representing more than 50 countries. Screening sections include World Cinema; US Cinema; Docs; Family Films; Shorts; and Active Cinema, MVFF’s activist films initiative. Festival guests also enjoy Tributes, Spotlights and Galas throughout.
The relaxed and non-competitive atmosphere surrounding MVFF, gives filmmakers and audiences alike the opportunity to share their work and experiences in a collaborative and convivial setting.
Check out the full MVFF48 program here.
World Premiere @ 48th Mill Valley Film Festival
IN ATTENDANCE:
Director, Producer and Writer Yuriko Gamo Romer
Featured Cast Masanori “Mashi” Murakami (first Japanese player in the MLB ‘64-’65)
Producers Marc Smolowitz and Loi Ameera Almeron
Executive Producers Glen S. Fukushima and Steven Okazaki
SCREENINGS:
Friday, October 3, 3:30 PM - Sequoia 1
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL:
Since founding the Mill Valley Film Festival in 1977, Mark Fishkin has shepherded this once small, three-day showcase into an eleven-day, internationally acclaimed cinema event presenting a wide variety of new films from around the world in an engaged, community setting.
The festival has an impressive track record of launching new films and new filmmakers, and has earned a reputation as a filmmakers’ festival by celebrating the best in American independent and foreign films, along side high-profile and prestigious award contenders.
Each year the festival welcomes more than 200 filmmakers, representing more than 50 countries. Screening sections include World Cinema; US Cinema; Docs; Family Films; Shorts; and Active Cinema, MVFF’s activist films initiative. Festival guests also enjoy Tributes, Spotlights and Galas throughout.
The relaxed and non-competitive atmosphere surrounding MVFF, gives filmmakers and audiences alike the opportunity to share their work and experiences in a collaborative and convivial setting.
Check out the full MVFF48 program here.