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In the News February 5, 2010
October 15, 2009
Jack
Kerouac’s Big Sur dreams - and nightmares - are memorialized in an
ambitious new DVD/CD.
by Stuart Thornton for the Monterey County Weekly
On May 9, 2008, One Fast Move or I’m Gone made
its film festival debut at the opening night of the Santa Cruz International
Film Festival. Since then, it’s been shown at the 2008 Lone Star International
Film Festival in Fort Worth, Texas and at this year’s Litquake, a weeklong
literary event in the Bay Area… [more]
June 5, 2009
UCSC grad student to
present digital arts project on forced marriage at Santa Cruz museum
by Scott Rappaport for the Santa Cruz Sentinel
"Eva on Marriage," a short film by Nada
Miljkovic, the child of a forced marriage, features her 10-year-old daughter
and is one of several UC Santa Cruz student projects on display at the Santa
Cruz Museum of Art and History until June 24… Miljkovic's short film was
screened at the 2009 Santa Cruz Film Festival and her exhibit also includes
videos depicting forced marriage from the point of view of her father… [more]
May 14, 2009
Art cars the focus of Film
Fest's closing days
by Wallace Baine for the Santa Cruz Sentinel
Blank's latest film, "Automorphosis,"
plays at the Santa Cruz Film Festival on Friday, as part of the festival's
celebration of the art car on its closing days. Today, for instance, sculptor
David Best, best known for his work at Burning Man, and a team of designers
will create an art car from a Mazda Miata in front of an audience at the
Tannery Arts Center. Once finished the car will be on display with several
others on Friday at the screening of "Automorphosis" at the Santa
Cruz Vets Hall… [more]
May 14, 2009
Gospel
Hill Director Giancarlo Esposito at The Santa Cruz Film Festival
by Greg Archer for the Good Times
GT caught up with Director Giancarlo Esposito,
whose film, Gospel Hill, riveted audiences. Hear what everybody had to say
about all that hope and inspiration at the post-screening gala, hosted by the
Museum of Art and History. (Video) [more]
May 13, 2009
The
yin and yang of calls to action close the Santa Cruz Film Festival
by Molly Zapp for the Santa Cruz Weekly
IT'S HARD to just let life happen," Bhagavan
Das philosophizes in What About Me?, a stunning documentary conceived and
directed by concept band 1 Giant Leap members Duncan Bridgeman and Jamie Catto.
The two artists lay the foundation for the ambitious film by composing studio
beats that dozens of musicians from around the world expand upon--everyone from
Michael Stipe to Beijing MCs Young Kin and MC Weber to k.d. lang and a cadre of
joyful people informally making song around the globe… [more]
May 7, 2009
New film takes Santa Cruz
kids on eco odyssey
by Wallace Baine for the Santa Cruz Sentinel
"Mosquito in the Room" is a thoughtful
documentary with interviews of Santa Cruz locals who've been pondering the
intractable problem of global warming. But, in this case, the sober-minded interviewers
are not yet experienced with the ravages of adolescence, much less climate
change… "Mosquito" -- which plays as part of the "Locals
Only" shorts program at the Santa Cruz Film Festival at noon Saturday --
is centered on a handful of local kids as they corner adults to ask them about
environmentalism, human responsibility to be stewards of the planet, and what
the future may hold… [more]
May 7, 2009
Exploring the Gray Areas in
Film Festival's 'Gospel Hill'
by Wallace Baine for the Santa Cruz Sentinel
With an African-American who enjoys broad white
support now in the White House, the buzzword of the moment, when it comes to American
race relations, is "post-racial."… What that exactly means is the
focus of a new film opening the Santa Cruz Film Festival. "Gospel
Hill," directed by the well-known character actor Giancarlo Esposito,
brings an impressive A-list cast "" Danny Glover, Angela Bassett,
Samuel L. Jackson, Julia Stiles "" to a story we think we've seen
before… [more]
May 4, 2009
UCSC well represented
at Santa Cruz Film Festival, May 7-15
by Scott Rappaport for UC Santa Cruz News and
Events
A robust selection of films by UCSC students and
alumni will be showcased at the 2009 Santa Cruz Film Festival, running May 7-15
in downtown Santa Cruz… The
festival kicks off May 7 with "UCSC in Effect!"—a program
featuring short films by four UCSC students… [more]
May 9, 2009
“Food Fight” at the Santa Cruz
Film Festival
by Chris Taylor for FilmClick
Chris Taylor’s documentary “Food Fight” plays at
the Santa Cruz Film Festival on Tuesday, May 12th, at 6:30pm at Regal
Riverfront Twin Cinemas. Taylor’s film examines American agricultural policy
and food culture development in the 20th century and how the California food
movement has created a counter revolution against agribusiness... [more]
May 7, 2009
Santa Cruz Film Festival Opens
with “Gospel Hill”
by FilmClick
The Santa Cruz Film Festival celebrates opening
night at 7:30pm on May 7 at the Del Mar Theatre with Giancarlo Esposito’s (in
attendance) directorial debut, “Gospel Hill”, starring Angela Bassett and Danny
Glover and featuring Samuel Jackson, Julia Stiles and Adam Baldwin… [more]
May 6, 2009
by Richard von Busack for the Santa Cruz Weekly
I'm still not quite sure if it's a comedy or a
drama, but one of the highlights of this year's Santa Cruz Film Fest is former
Santa Cruzan Mo Perkins' A Quiet Little Marriage. The Grand Jury Award winner
at this year's Slamdance concerns an appropriately thorny topic: the question
of whether or not a couple ought to bring another baby into the world, with all
the things he or she will need for the non-negotiable American way of life... [more]
May 6, 2009
The
Santa Cruz Film Festival + Reviews
by GT Staff for the Good Times
The Santa Cruz Film Festival leads a pack of
wildly inventive souls in our annual film issue. The Fest runs May 7-15 so log
onto santacruzfilmfestival.org for updates on everything from local filmmaker
panel discussions to after-parties… [more]
April 16, 2009
Festival season is coming
on strong
by Sentinel Staff for the Santa Cruz Sentinel
Are you ready for eight days featuring 100
independent films and videos from all over the world? Well, it's ready for you.
The Santa Cruz Film Festival is set to burst onto the scene May 7-15 in venues
around the county. Among the highlights are… [more]
March 12, 2009
LOIRP
Invited to Present at 2009 Santa Cruz Film Festival.
by Dennis Wingo for Moon Views
[T]he LOIRP Image recovery project will be
presenting a 3 minute video at the 2009 Santa Cruz Film Festival. This is a
major northern California cultural event and probably the first time in 20
years that a space themed entry has been invited to present. This film festival
is attended by thousands and the attendees represent the top tier of the
cultural elite of the San Francisco and northern California, including the
regents of the University of California system, political, and business leaders... [more]
June 4, 2008
Aniruddha
bags International film award
by Taran Adarsh for One India
The director of Anuranan, Aniruddha Roy
Chowdhury, was awarded the Emerging Film-Maker Award at Santa Cruz Film
Festival, held between 9 and 17 May in California. [more]
May 11, 2008
2008
Santa Cruz Film Festival, Kerouac, Big Sur...
Dr. Sward's Cure for Melancholia Blog
Fri., May 9, World Premier of ONE FAST MOVE OR
I'M GONE: KEROUAC'S BIG SUR, A DOCUMENTARY by Curt Worden, Del Mar Theater.
Hundreds of people turn out, $20. a ticket, standing room only... our little
town, pop. 56,000, with two, three film festivals a year… Headline in Metro
Santa Cruz: On the Rocks, The Santa Cruz Film Festival opens with Jack
Kerouac's Big Sur breakdown. [more]
May 7, 2008
On
the RocksL The Santa Cruz Film Festival opens with Jack Kerouac's Big Sur
breakdown
by Richard von Busack for the Santa Cruz Weekly
Director Curt Worden's documentary on this
excellent and little known book, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur,
opens the Santa Cruz Film Festival. (Disclaimer: I'm judging a series of films
at the SCFF, but One Fast Move or I'm Gone isn't one of them.) [more]
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