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The Mill Valley Film Festival turns 30!
October 4-14, 2007

The Breakdown
MVFF features films in six categories:
World Cinema
US Cinema
Valley of the Docs - our selection of documentary films
V(ision)Fest- featuring edgy and experinmental filmmaking
5@5 - our daily screening series of short films
The Basics
The Mill Valley Film Festival is put on by the California Film Institute , based in Mill Valley, California (just north of the Golden Gate Bridge). In addition to the annual festival in October, CFI also runs the beautiful Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, which showcases art house films year round.
About the Festival
Known as a filmmakers festival, the annual Mill Valley Film Festival offers a high-profile, prestigious, non-competitive environment perfect for celebrating the best independent and world cinema.
MVFF traditionally exhibits films from over 40 different countries and every continent. Every year MVFF presents multiple U.S. and World Premieres and has a growing reputation for showcasing new work long before it has achieved national or international acclaim.
Last year's festival showcased over 200 films from 55 countries, and presented Tributes to Academy Award Winner Helen Mirren, Tim Robbins as well as a Spotlight on Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
Want the inside scoop on this year's Festival?
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Join in Time For Festival Benefits:
Opportunity to purchase Mill Valley Film Festival tickets before the general public
NEW! Discount on Mill Valley Film Festival tickets
Complimentary Friend of the Festival screening
20% discount on all Festival merchandise
Free Festival Poster
And a host of benefits year round!
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Filmmakers --up & coming, and established. Directors, Screenwriters, Producers, Actors, Artists, Musicians, Film Fanatics, and YOU!

My Blog

The California Film Institute at The Cannes Film Festival

Before attending the Cannes Film Festival I could have never imagined the many different worlds that co-exist during the two weeks of the festival. I was aware of the celebrity and the glitz of Hollyw...
Posted by Mill Valley Film Festival on Tue, 29 May 2007 05:33:00 PST

The California Film Institute at The Cannes Film Festival

The results from the jury are in!The most prestigious award, the Palm d'Or, expectedly went to Christina Mungiu's "4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days". There seems to be no argument between the audience and t...
Posted by Mill Valley Film Festival on Tue, 29 May 2007 05:06:00 PST

The California Film Institute at The Cannes Film Festival

In the final days of Cannes many films captured us as an audience, here are the most memorable ones we saw: "Savage Grace", directed by Tom Kalin, is a film based off of the lives of the Bakelite fami...
Posted by Mill Valley Film Festival on Tue, 29 May 2007 04:43:00 PST

The California Film Institute at The Cannes Film Festival

In the last few days the CFI team has seen many impressive films. Some of the most memorable have been:"The Bands Visit" (" Bikur Hatizmoret") directed by Eran Kolrin- The Band's Visit is one of two v...
Posted by Mill Valley Film Festival on Fri, 25 May 2007 10:59:00 PST

The California Film Institute at The Cannes Film Festival

To document the Mill Valley Film Fesitval's stay in Cannes this year, we have decided to create a blog. As my Senior Project at Marin Academy, for the last month I have interned with the California Fi...
Posted by Mill Valley Film Festival on Wed, 23 May 2007 03:23:00 PST