SCFF Press 2009
Santa Cruz Film Festival - 2009 Press Coverage
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 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]
August 21, 2009
The Santa Cruz Film Festival VIII World's Fastest Art Car in the Making-David Best & Crew
Most people take weeks and even years to build their art cars. David Best with a team of people can take three days to build his cars. In this video they took one day to build the "worlds fastest art car". I don't know, I think I have seen faster but the end result is simply stunning. Here is the YouTube description of this video. [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 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 13, 2009
The Art of Persuasion: 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 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 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]
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]
