The Festival
The 2011 Santa Cruz Film Festival
Complete information about the films, workshops and events can be found here. See the entire lineup and schedule, and buy tickets.
The Santa Cruz Film Festival brings you the best of independent local, national and international cinema. Our 2011 lineup is the best ever with 167 original, cutting-edge films representing 33 countries, including 67 that were produced locally.
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Special Evenings
Our biggest and most celebrated screenings and events.
Prairie Love – Opening Night
Ruffo – Closing Night
The Catalyst – Film + Concert
The Chicago 8 – Spotlight Screening
Freedom Riders – FREE Community Screening
World Cinema
The stories told in the narrative features section explore universal themes and offer a glimpse into the lives and cultures of others.
Aftershock
The Beast Pageant
The Chicago 8
Chicogrande
Cold Water of the Sea (Agua fría de mar)
Dog Sweat (Aragh Sagee)
Embargo
Falling Overnight
Goodbye, Cruel World (Adiós Mundo Cruel)
The Land of the Astronauts
A Marine Story
Night of the Alien
Ollie Kepler’s Expanding Purple World
Prairie Love
Route Irish
True Nature
Documentaries
Non-fiction films that will educate, enlighten, entertain, shock and, hopefully, open your mind.
Apaporis
Barbershop Punk
Bhopali
Carbon Nation
The Catalyst
Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice
Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean
An Ecology of Mind
Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Everything Which Is . . . Yes
Freedom Riders
Going Vertical
A Good Day to Die
Happy
Hidden Battles
The Ice Sculptor (L'artigiano glaciale)
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Just Like Us
My So-Called Enemy
Plastic Island
Play Again
PressPausePlay
A Road Not Taken
Ruffo
Sounds Like a Revolution
Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm
TTAUP, TTAUP! The Beating of the Oars (TTAUP, TTAUP! arraun kolpeka)
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
Windfall
EarthVision
The work of passionate individuals who have documented crucial environmental problems and challenges, and the attempts of many to solve them.
Apaporis
Bhopali
Carbon Nation
Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean
An Ecology of Mind
The Ice Sculptor (L'artigiano glaciale)
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Plastic Island
Play Again
A Road Not Taken
Windfall
Keep Santa Cruz Weird
Furthering our mission to support the work of our local community of artists, these films and programs feature the most creative filmmaking talent in the Greater Monterey Bay. Click here to see all 67 locally-produced films.
Apaporis
Big John on the Road / Inspired by California
The Catalyst
An Ecology of Mind
Everything Which Is . . . Yes
Fateful Moments (shorts program)
Keep Santa Cruz Weird (shorts program)
Night of the Alien
One on One (shorts program)
Prairie Love
PressPausePlay
Ramen and Beer (UCSC Student Showcase)
Reel Fresh (Local youth filmmakers)
Ruffo
Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today (Local university student showcase)
The Opposite of Long
See the next great filmmakers in these collections of short films.
Around the World in 80 Minutes
Big John on the Road / Inspired by California
Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean
Fateful Moments (shorts prorgam)
Keep Santa Cruz Weird (shorts program)
One on One (shorts program)
Ramen and Beer (UCSC Student Showcase)
Reel Fresh (Local youth filmmakers)
Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today (Local university student showcase)
Ciné Latino
Films that spotlight the history and heritage of Latin cultures worldwide.
Apaporis
Chicogrande
Cold Water of the Sea (Agua fría de mar)
Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice
Embargo
Goodbye, Cruel World (Adiós Mundo Cruel)
TTAUP, TTAUP! The Beating of the Oars (TTAUP, TTAUP! Arraun kolpeka)
Panels and Workshops
More than just films, the Festival seeks to educate and inform on important issues and questions relevant to the community.
Film School. What Of It?
The Intersection of Art & Technology
Rights, Revenue and Control
