2008 Festival Guide
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Saturday, March 29:
A Premiere of Local and Student Visionaries
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Sunday, March 30:
A Day of Environmental Visionaries
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Monday, March 31:
A Cesar Chavez Birthday Celebration
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Tuesday, April 1:
April Fools Comedy Explosion
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Wednesday, April 2:
Award Winning Docs and Sacramento Visionaries
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Thursday, April 3:
World Travel and World Class Education
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Friday, April 4:
Finding Kraftland, Touching Hearts and Educating Film Fans
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Saturday, April 5:
Cinema Excellence on Display with Award Winning Films
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Sunday, April 6:
The SFF Grand Finale
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Friday, April 4, 2008
Finding Kraftland, Touching Hearts and educating film fans
24th Street Theatre, Sacramento
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'Film School 101' Workshop: The Write Stuff
11:00 a.m
Screenwriters and coaches Terri Dawn Arnold, Diana Irwin and Richard Broadhurst get your creative vision into a written work so it can be translated to the screen. In this panel, we'll cover innovative writing approaches for different formats including feature and 1/2 hour episodes. We'll also discuss the business side as well, and what comes after you finally get your idea down on paper.
Terri Dawn Arnold is the cover story in the Hollywood Scriptwriter February 2008 issue (Volume 28 Issue #1). Her current film, THE TWO SISTERS received nominations at Shockerfest International Film Festival and the Action On Film International Film Festival 2007. She is a teacher, producer and a columnist for Hollywood Scriptwriter magazine.
Richard Broadhurst is an Award winning Screenwriter who has worked with Noah Wyle, Jason Alexander and Ed Asner. Broadhurst is a resident playwright at Sacramento Theater Company.
Diana Irwin went from being a writer for the Sacramento Bee to a screenwriter whose credits include the upcoming Deon Taylor feature THE HUSTLE (starring Charlie Murphy) and the TV show Night Tales.
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'Film School 101' Workshop: The State Of Independent Film
2:00 p.m
Come discuss the current trends of indie filmmaking from the latest technology to the evolving methods of exhibition, and much more. Panelists include Paul Martin, Chairman of the Directors Guild Of America San Francisco, Beverly Lewis of the Tahoe/Placer Film Commision (Smokin Aces, Into the Wild) and Darrien Michelle Gipson Director of SAG INDIE. Come hear what's in store for the future that can happen as soon as tomorrow!
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DotCom
4:00 p.m
A lighthearted Portuguese comedy that explores what happens to a town when its identity is threatened by corporate interests.
Plus Slippery Shiny Feathery Things.
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Finding Kraftland
7:00 p.m.
A hilarious and bittersweet doc. After the death of his brother, a Hollywood agent drags his son through an obsessive quest to recapture his own childhood.
Plus shorts Carpe Diem and Jonah's Quids.
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