Keep Santa Cruz Weird

Furthering our mission to support the work of our local community of artists, these films feature the best and most creative moving image artists in the Greater Monterey Bay.

  • You don’t have to travel far to find fresh, original filmmaking. Join us for this program of shorts by Santa Cruz’s own film arts community.

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  • The Santa Cruz Film Festival is proud to be closing its ninth edition with the locally-produced feature Etienne!    Before the film begins, the SCFF Awards Ceremony will be held.  Winners of the jury competitions and audience awards will be announced.

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  • Almost everyone in the western world has heard Denny Doherty sing.  As lead vocalist for The Mamas & The Papas, his radiant tenor voice is the essence of such hits as Monday, Monday and California Dreamin’.  In this joyous and heartbreaking documentary, the tumultuous...

  • The true story of Santa Cruz’s Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), a “collective of patients and caregivers [who have been] providing hope, building community and offering medical marijuana on a donation basis” for over a decade.  In the film, we meet Valerie and Mike Corral, and follow their journey as they dedicate their...

  • Like the best, healthiest food you can eat, these films were harvested right here in our own small, sustainable art farm.

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  • Reel Fresh is a collection of pieces created by students enrolled in video production classes through either Cabrillo College Digital Media or Santa Cruz County High School Regional Occupational Program (ROP).

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  • The Westsiders is the awe-inspiring, eye-popping tale of a special piece of Santa Cruz history: the rise and fall of The Westsiders surf gang as portrayed through the experiences of our own hometown’s surfers.

    Best friends Darryl “Flea”...

  • Films from students of UCSC's Film + Digital Media Department.

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