Learning more about the Sonoma Valley Film Festival will provide you with the insight and understanding you need to attend this event more successfully. With a number of premiers, independent film screenings and entertainment industry events that take place at film festivals, missing out on all they have to offer would be very unfortunate. Details about the next festival, as well as highlights from past events, will provide you with a better idea of the opportunities and attractions (Read the rest of this post)

The Sonoma Valley Film Festival is something that everyone should experience at least once in their lives. It is one of the more significant events where cinema and culture meet without all the nasty politics and corruption of Hollywood – some might argue it is THE event. However, if for whatever reason, you just can’t make it, there’s absolutely no reason why you can’t bring the film festival home.

Big name cable providers, you know, like the ones that give you Directv NFL Sunday Ticket, are also known for their diversity when it comes to movie channels. You get the classics, you get the hot new releases and, of course, you get the indie productions.

And, in many ways, having the film festival in your home is a lot better because it gives you the opportunity to share some of these unsung classics with your community. Instead of having the neighbors come over to watch a show or The Grey, you can have an indie film night where you’re free to discuss the creativity and imagination of these thought-provoking films.

So don’t sweat it if you can’t make it to the big name film festivals. You have other choices when it comes to getting your indie fix.

There has been a great diversity of films at Sonoma Valley Film Festival over the years and it shows in the variety that have won awards. Not only does the film festival award films across a variety of genres, the films that have won in each category over the years are unique works that speak to the talent of the filmmakers that show their films at Sonoma Valley Film Festival. The festival allows some of its award categories to change over the (Read the rest of this post)

It’s not enough for film lovers to just go to the movies. Its as much a part of the experience to discover what’s good ahead of the crowd. One way to do this is by checking out the Sonoma Film Festival.

The Sonoma International Film festival takes place in mid-April in the wine country of Sonoma Valley and the 2012 festival is shaping up to give participants a taste of just about everything. Among the films promised for this year are bipotics “Lady Gaga’s (Read the rest of this post)

The 15th annual Sonoma Valley International Film Festival will kick off on April 11, 2012 and will go through April 15, 2012. At the festival you can expect to see some very great new artists showing off their independent films. Winners from last year’s festival include “Good Day for it,” directed by Steve Stagliano and “Miss Representation,” directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The festival not only hosts a variety of artists and films, but they are well known for their wine and food as well. They are located in Sonoma Valley, California, (Read the rest of this post)

Since 1997, the Sonoma Valley Film Festival has been recognizing the best films from around the world. Located in the beautiful wine country of northern California the multi-day festival showcases more than 90 acclaimed films and his host to celebrities such as Bruce Willis, Danny Glover and John Waters.

Focusing on smaller independent films, the festival is a boon for up-and-coming or unrecognized directors. Past winners include Nick Stagliano (2011 for Good Day For It), Luis Mandoki (2005 for Voces Inocentes), and Beth Murphy (2008 for Beyond Belief). (Read the rest of this post)

Does it get any better than this? I submit to you, it does not. Nearly fifty years old, Sergio Leone’s apotheosis, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” is the final word in spaghetti western film. Quentin Tarantino counts director Sergio Leone as a primary influence: “Inglorious Basterds” was a catalogue of the “Mexican standoff” style popularized by Leone, and QT’s upcoming “Django Unchained” is an attempt to recapture the old Leone spark.

“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” follows Clint Eastwood, a drifter known only as (Read the rest of this post)