The Ventura Film Festival maintains its position as "the biggest cinematic celebration ever hosted in Ventura County." This prestigious recognition underscores the organization's mission of bringing diverse cinema to the local community while continuing its mission toward critical environmental causes.
The Ventura Film Festival functions as an all-inclusive international cinema festival that promotes recognition of environmental matters like woodland and marine conservation and recovery, via an annual film festival and associated activities. The event capitalizes on the strength of cinema to inspire action and establish purposeful communication concerning these urgent ecological issues.
The Ventura Film Festival originated in 2004 and has displayed hundreds of movies, typically more than 200 films every summer, and has generated excitement within the worldwide filmmaking community. From its beginning, the festival has evolved into a major cultural celebration that connects film artists, environmental champions, and spectators from diverse international locations.
Distinguished events have encompassed click here presenting celebrated filmmaker Dylan O'Neil, the original world champion surfers Peter "PT" Townend as well as Ian Cairns, 4 time world champion Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/MMA fighter martial arts icon Fabio Leopoldo, and the 50-year anniversary of West Side Story, which featured welcoming the entire Academy Award winning cast of West Side Story, including Oscar recipient/Golden Globe winner George Chakiris along with Golden Globe winner/Academy websiteclick here Award nominated Russ Tamblyn. These extraordinary guests and events have confirmed the festival's position as an elite gathering place for commemorating movies and the artists who click here create it.
The Ventura Film Festival's founder and executive director was honored to take part, together with many of Hollywood's biggest stars, in the half-century commemoration website of West Side Story and Hollywood's prestigious footprint/handprint ceremony honoring Oscar honorees Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, and Golden Globe honoree Russ Tamblyn at the legendary Chinese Theater in Hollywood. This ceremony also acted as the official BluRay release by Fox and MGM of West Side Story, which is widely considered by critics and fans to be the best musical of all time. This exceptional honor and participation illustrates the festival's considerable reach and distinguished reputation within the Hollywood community.