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On World Cancer Day we salute our partnership with San Diego based Curebound, and their vision for a cure for cancer in our lifetime. 🎗

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Thanks to our Ambassadors and their guests who cam

Thanks to our Ambassadors and their guests who came out last night in support of the Festival.
We appreciate your dedication, commitment and enthusiasm as we kick off the 2023 Festival Year! 🎉
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The San Diego International Film Festival is celebrating its 22nd year of film, conversation and celebrations October 18-22, 2023!!

With the Opening Night Gala, Night of the Stars Tribute, Culinary Cinema and Closing Night Premieres, the Festival makes a splash each year on San Diego’s social calendar.
📆 Save the Date!

🎥 FILMMAKERS Early Bird Deadline is Feb. 24. Submit Now!
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📣 Update: Best Live Action Short Film⬇️ Th

📣 Update: Best Live Action Short Film⬇️

The Oscar nominees were announced this morning and we're excited to share the films that received nominations from the 2022 San Diego Intl Film Festival!
Congratulations! 👏🏻

✨THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
•Best Picture
•Best Actor, Colin Farrell
•Best Supporting Actor, Brendan Gleeson & Barry Keoghan
•Best Director
•Best Original Score
•Best Original Screenplay
•Best Film Editing

✨EMPIRE OF LIGHT
•Best Cinematography

📣 Update
Nominees for Best Live Action Short Film include 'The Red Suitcse', which was part of the Festival's Heart Strings short track and 'An Irish Goodbye', one of the Festival's Focus on Impact films screening in March to the San Diego Unified School District.

🗓️MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The 95th Academy Awards will air on March 12 @ 5PT

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🍿 It’s National Popcorn Day...hooray! As fi

🍿 It’s National Popcorn Day...hooray!

As film lovers we know a movie wouldn’t be the same without a big tub of popcorn and today we honor its awesomeness!

Americans love popcorn and consume 13 billions quarts every year! Although most is eaten at home, a recent Fandango survey revealed that 83% of consumers think movie theater popcorn just tastes better.

So whether you like it salty, sweet, buttery or spicy, grab your favorite, pick a flick and celebrate National Popcorn Day! 🍿 + 🎬 = ❤️

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THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, which premiered at the

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, which premiered at the 2022 San Diego Intl Film Festival, won 3 Golden Globes at last nights ceremony!

🏆Best Picture
🏆Best Screenplay — Martin McDonagh
🏆Best Performance by an Actor — Colin Farrell

The TV series ABBOTT ELEMENTARY starring Lisa Ann Walter, who was honored at the 2022 Night of the Stars Tribute, also took home 3 wins for:
•Best TV Series • Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series •Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

✨Congratulations!✨

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✨Contrats to the Nominees👏🏻 #sandiego #san

✨Contrats to the Nominees👏🏻
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🎦 We are looking for a diverse group of people

🎦 We are looking for a diverse group of people to screen films for the
2023 San Diego International Film Festival!

Click the link in bio ⬆️ to apply!

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Show us your passion, your perspective and your cr

Show us your passion, your perspective and your creativity!
Submit your film to the 2023 San Diego Intl Film Festival!

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A CHRISTMAS STORY This beloved classic 1983 Christ

A CHRISTMAS STORY
This beloved classic 1983 Christmas story wasn’t well-received when it was released in the theaters, but due to its exposure on local stations during the holiday season, it soon became a cult-classic. Ralphie's vibrant imagination and inventiveness in his ploys to seduce his parents into buying him the ultimate gift are funny, witty pure joy. And even though Bob Clark was a successful director by the time ‘A Christmas Story’ was released, the film still had an incredibly small budget of $3.3 million, which wasn’t even made back in its opening weekend.

ℹ️ If you are a true fan of this beloved story, you can visit the real home from the film at the Christmas Story House & Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The Museum features the largest collection of original costumes, props, behind-the scenes photos and other items from the movie. And if you have some extra cash on hand, the museum and campus are currently for sale!!

📺 Where to watch: Most subscription services and local stations

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LOVE ACTUALLY� With an all-star cast, the film i

LOVE ACTUALLY�
With an all-star cast, the film is a collage of stories centering around people living their intertwining lives in the weeks leading up to Christmas. It’s well-directed, well-acted, funny, touching, and endearing all neatly wrapped into a captivating romantic comedy.

ℹ️ Did you know that much of the B-roll footage in the airport was filmed secretly by hidden crew members? When they recorded something they like, they asked the people for permission to use the clips in the final cut.. fun fact!

📺 Where to watch: Most subscription services

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It wouldn’t be the holidays without the classic

It wouldn’t be the holidays without the classic CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS and our favorite Peanuts gang. The animated movie debuted in 1965 and has aired on tv during the holiday season every year since.. over 55 years!

ℹ️ In 1966 it won The Peabody Award and the Primetime Emmy in for Outstanding Children's Program. It also received a Grammy Nomination for Best Recording for Children.

📺 Where to watch: Apple TV+

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A special thanks to our

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