Ojai Film Festival 2000 - COMING SOON! - November 16th Event Schedule

Day two continues with film and video screenings at the various venues (see schedule) and our first workshop. (Please note: seminar panelists attendance is subject to availability.) As part of our Cuban Fiesta we will screen "Paradise Under the Stars", a new Cuban film. The evening's festivities will include the Artistic Director's reception for the filmmakers and artists.

Ojai Film Festival 2000 will be the World Premier screening of "A Place at the Table" from the Teaching Tolerance Project, followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers.

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday

Ojai Playhouse Theater

11:30am-1:30pm	The Rememberer – Narrative Short 10 min Legacy – Doc Feature 99 min
2:00pm-4:00pm	Elevator World – Animation 4 min Ladies Room L.A. – Narrative Short 13 min Breathing Hard – Narrative Feature 93 min
4:30pm-6:30pm	A Paradise Under the Stars – Not in Competition

Ojai Valley Inn & Spa

7:30pm - Encore at 8:45pm	A Place at the Table – Not in Competition

Matilija Junior High

4:30pm-6:30pm	Poetic License – Doc Feature 57 min Mending Ways: The Canela Indians of Brazil – Doc Feature 52 min
7:00pm-9:00pm	The Return of Paul Jarrett – Doc Short 48 min Lost in the Shadows – Doc Feature 62 min
9:30pm-11:30pm	Bang! Bang! – Narrative Short 18 min Spare Some Change – Doc Short 47 min Five Days in March – Doc Short 49 min

"Buena Vista Film Club: New Visions of Filmmaking in Cuba" An inside look at the recent explosion in Cuban filmmaking and music that is breaking down the old barriers of the Cold War embargo.

Bill Hendricks, photographer, has been a frequent visitor to Cuba and the Cuban Film Academy. He will show clips and discuss the work of a young avant garde Cuban filmmaker, Miguel Coyula. John Anderson, a producer/director now at work on a documentary about Cuba: "From Cuba With Love." Joan Churchill and Alan Barker, documentary filmmakers, "Lily Tomlin," "Soldier Girls," "Gimme Shelter" and "Jimi Plays Berkeley" have taught in Cuba. They will show clips from their respective documentary films in progress and talk about Cuban cinema, the state of filming in Cuba today. Their discussion will be followed by a Q & A session with the audience.

Moderator: Wendy Jane Carrel of filmambassador.com is a Film/TV/Internet Consultant and Buyer's Representative.

Ojai Art Center
1:00 - 4:00 pm

Cuban Fiesta continues with a noncompetitive screening of "Paradise Under the Stars" - a new Cuban film.

Ojai Playhouse Theater
4:30 - 6:00 PM

WORLD PREMIER - local filmmakers, Bobby Houston, Director, Robert Hudson, Producer, and Bill Couturie Executive Producer, screen "A Place at the Table," a film created for Teaching Tolerance - a national education project dedicated to helping teachers foster equity, respect and understanding in the classroom and beyond.

Ojai Valley Inn Pavilion
7:30 PM - Encore at 8:45 PM

Filmmakers Reception - Welcome and meet the filmmakers, directors, producers and actors who have brought their dreams to the screen.

Ojai Valley Inn Vista Room
7:30 - 10:00 PM

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