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EXPANDING TO 10 DAYS IN 2008!!! August 8-17.
Featuring the best independent films from around the world, music videos, live music performances and creative programs that include SAC MUSIC SEEN and the 10x10 FILM CHALLENGE.
MISSION & OBJECTIVE The Sacramento International Film and Music Festival's mission is the celebrate and showcase the best in filmmaking from around the world and to be the leading sponsor and facilitator of the art of film in California's Capital region.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL The Sacramento International Film and Music Festival is the longest running non-genre-specific festival in the Sacramento region and, as such, has played host to local, national and international filmmakers, from first-time filmmakers to working industry professionals to veteran Hollywood producers. Each year we select movies in all genres, lengths and formats, and the Festival enjoys an extraordinary track record of picking those that go on to win major awards and/or achieve distribution beyond the festival circuit. We pride ourselves as an established member of the California arts community and as a premiere showcase for the best of the best in worldwide film arts and were thrilled to be voted Best Film Festival in Sacramento by the readers of the Sacramento News & Review!
To do full justice to these "best of the best" every Festival screening takes place in the fully restored main auditorium of the historic Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento, one of the few surviving grand old picture palaces. As a result, our filmmakers and Festival pass holders can enjoy every event without screening conflicts or venue changes.
We also complement our many days of exclusive film screenings with a single evening of live music, interspersed with music videos that we commission each year as part of a much-heralded and pioneering program, Sac Music Seen, that matches local talents in music and film-making. For reasons such as this, the Festival has attracted the attention and support of local organizations including direct funding from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Council and the Sacramento Bee newspaper, who not only host the past music video productions on their website but who have chosen the Festival as the hosting partner in a series of collaborative filmmaking competitions. Similarly, the Festival has been recognized with sponsorships and assistance from such industry giants as Intel, Sony, JVC, and Final Draft.
In 2007, we expanded to approximately 50 hours of programming time by adding two full afternoons dedicated exclusively to the work of students of all ages and program levels. It is of vital importance that we recognize the new generation of filmmakers and our first Student Days program featured works by students from such leading film schools as NYU, USC, UCLA, AFI, and Chapman.
As a member of the Sacramento Alliance of Film Festivals, the Festival works with our genre festival partners (Sacramento?s Jewish, French, Gay and Lesbian, and Black film festivals) and will pass on especially noteworthy submissions that we are not able to screen and that seem best suited for one of our partners. We happily screen in all genres ourselves, however we simply cannot accommodate every movie we are sent, regardless of how exceptional they might be. The Alliance allows us to share our success and pass on the added value of referrals to our contributing filmmakers, when appropriate, and without additional submission costs.
The Festival also partners in collaborative projects with the Capital Film Arts Alliance, another noteworthy winner of local Arts Council funding, and the oldest uniquely dedicated networking group of filmmakers in the Capital region. Visit www.capitalfilmarts.com to learn more.
We have been fortunate over the years to receive great attention from the press and it is our pleasure to work to promote the work of our filmmakers in advance of each year?s Festival. There are some advantages to being the senior all-genre festival in the area and we are extremely grateful to our partners and supporters.