Filmmakers

The Ojai Film Festival has a reputation for showcasing the best new films from emerging and established filmmakers, and has helped launch a number of careers over the last two decades. Since 2000, 15 alumni have received Academy Award nominations, two have won an Oscar, and numerous others have gone […]

Ojai Film Festival 2023 Awards

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Bubjan Nicholas Mihm Honorable Mention Carpenter Xelil Sehragerd BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Space, Hope and Charity Sandy Cummings Honorable Mention Called to the Mountains Josh Goleman & Robert H. Dyar Jr. Honorable Mention Wine, Women and Dementia Kitty Norton BEST NARRATIVE SHORT The Fourth Johnny Kirk Honorable Mention […]

American Dreamer

Saturday, November 18, 7 PM, Matilija Auditorium 2022, United States, Directors: Paul Dektor; 98 min. Based on a true story. American Dreamer is the story of Dr. Phil Loder (Peter Dinklage), a low- level, adjunct professor of economics, whose grand dream of owning a home is tragically out of reach…until […]

Sunday Awards Brunch RSVP

Sunday, November 5 at 10 AM in the Ojai Art Center Courtyard. Don’t forget to set your clocks back. Awards presentation begins at 11 AM.  IMPORTANT: The Ojai Film Festival Awards Brunch on Sunday, November 5th is almost “sold out.” If you plan to attend, please enter your name below and […]

2023 Schedule

Fri Nov 3 | Sat Nov 4 | Sun Nov 5 | Mon Nov 6 View Festival Program as a Flipbook Thursday, November 2 4 PM Will Call opens at Art Center 6:30 PM Free Opening Night screening of Isle of Hope and Q&A with Diane Ladd. Music by Spencer The […]

Bound

Sunday, November 5, 7 PM, AC Theater 2022, United States, Director: Jaye Pniewski, Producers: Mary O’Keefe O’Neill and Michael O’Neill; 14 min. Jason and Jim Koss are estranged brothers who have come together after the death of their father, a well-respected academic but painfully overbearing parent. Surrounded by decades of […]

Dindin

Monday, November 6, 7 PM, AC Gallery 2023, United States, Director and Producer: Brendan Patrick Hughes; 77 min. Two couples meet for a seemingly innocuous dinner among friends. As the evening progresses, their discussions become increasingly acrimonious until a climactic confrontation inspires acceptance and reconciliation. Shot almost entirely within the […]

Manō

MANŌ Trailer from Brittany Biggs on Vimeo. Sunday, November 5, 4 PM, AC Gallery 2022, United States, Director: Brittany Biggs, Producers: Brittany Biggs and Jeff Chasin; 10 min. Facing extinction from overfishing, sharks represent one of the most feared and least understood marine animals. Through traditional song and lush CGI […]