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•Thursday October 20th
7:00 PM
Free Ojai Community Screening - South Pacific
Special guest appearance - Mitzi Gaynor who had the lead
starring role as Ensign Nellie Forbush in the film.
Mitzi is receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sponsored by Ojai Community Bank
•Friday October 21st
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Festival Screenings at three venues
Playhouse Theater, Art Center Theater, Theater 150
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Brooks Institute of Film
Student Filmmaking Education Program
Ojai Art Center
12:30 AM - 10:00 PM Gold Coast Screenings
Showcasing films produced by regional filmmakers
Chaparral Auditorium
8:00 PM Special Screening - Laemmle Theaters Presents – JOLENE
Greg Laemmle and filmmakers Q & A following film
Matilija Auditorium
Matilija Auditorium
9:00 PM
Friday Night Party
Il Giardino Restaurant
401 East Ojai Avenue
•Saturday October 22nd
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Festival Screenings at three venues
Playhouse Theater, Art Center Theater, Theater 150
9:30 -10:30 AM Festival Breakfast Reception
Art Center Courtyard
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
ActTrue Actors Workshop
MGM Casting Director Paul Weber
Acting Coach, Director Marc Durso
Chaparral Auditorium
10:30 AM Screenwriting
Steven de Souza, Mega-hit Screenwriter
Films have earned over two billion dollars at the box office
(Die Hard, 48 hrs., Commando, Flintstones, Running Man, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Ricochet)
Art Center Gallery
11:30 PM
Getting It Made – Life Of A Producer
Susan Cartsonis, Producer (What Women Want, Beastly) Zachary Matz (Jolene, City Island, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont) Fran Kuzui, Director/Producer (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Art Center Gallery
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Gold Coast Screenings
Showcasing films produced by regional filmmakers
Ojai Art Center
2:00 PM The Art Of Filmmaking
4 time Academy Award Nominee Bo Welch (Men In Black, Thor, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands)
Howard Deutch, Director (The Whole Ten Yards, Pretty In Pink, The Replacements, Grumpier Old Men)
Scott Mednick, Producer (300, Superman Returns, We Are Marshall)
David Luchenbach, Cameraman (The Amazing Spider-man, Pirates
Of The Caribbean, Hancock, Valkyrie)
Art Center Gallery
3:00 PM
Cinematographer Panel - Owen Roizman
Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
5 time Academy Award nominee (The French Connection, The Exorcist, Network, Tootsie, Wyatt Earp)
Art Center Gallery
4:30 PM
Actor's Panel – Lea Thompson, Chris McDonald, Brett Cullen, Paul Weber
Art Center Gallery
5:30 PM Margarita Happy Hour
Agava Maria's Cantina
106 S. Montgomery St. (Across from Ojai Art Center)
8:00 PM Special Screening
Patagonia Documentary Filmmaker Screenings
Come Hell or High Water (new bodysurfing film)
Q & A following the film with the filmmakers
Chaparral Auditorium
9:00 PM Awards Ceremony
Art Center Gallery
•Sunday October 23rd
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Festival Screenings at three venues
Playhouse Theater, Art Center Theater, Theater 150
1:00 PM Special Screening - Kevin - A documentary about
guitar musician Kevin Gant. Q & A with director.
Kevin Gant will perform after the film.
Chaparral Auditorium
2:00 PM Special Screening – The Trouble With The Truth
Starring Lea Thompson. Q&A with Lea Thompson following the film.
Chaparral Auditorium
