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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you c

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
-Nelson Mandela 🍎

AN IRISH GOODBYE', which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short, at the 2023 Oscars, is this months Focus on Impact film.

Through the Festival's educational program, teachers and students 9-12th grade use film to explore complex social issues, gain new perspectives and inspire personal action.

⬆️Click the link in our bio to learn more about our Focus on Impact series and how you can make a difference in our community through film.🎬

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✨ The 95th Academy Awards Oscar Awards Ceremony

✨ The 95th Academy Awards Oscar Awards Ceremony airs this Sunday, March 12 @ 5pm on ABC! 👀Full video on vimeo.com/803689825

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Today, we’re celebrating Reel Film Day! ✨ We c

Today, we’re celebrating Reel Film Day! ✨ We commemorate moments of cinema history🎥- from the first two brothers to present a moving picture show with their Bioscope projector in Berlin, to Thomas Edison who invented the camera and projector to shoot films, and Australian filmmaker Charles Tait who released the very first 60 minute feature film. It was an adventure filled with optimism and hard-work that led to what is now known as ‘the Golden Age’ of cinema. 🤩

Let’s look back and celebrate some of the milestones that formed this incredible art form.
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“There is nothing connected with the staging of a motion picture that a woman cannot do as easily as a man, and there is no reason why she cannot completely master every technicality of the art.”
– Alice Guy-Blaché [pictured above] from the 1914 trade journal The Moving Picture World

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Early Bird Film Submissions is tomorrow, Feb. 24!

Early Bird Film Submissions is tomorrow, Feb. 24!
Submit your film today! 🎬
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Deadlines:
February 24, 2023 – Earlybird Deadline
April 7, 2023- Regular Deadline
June 9, 2023 – Late Deadline
July 21, 2023 – Extended Deadline
September 1, 2023 – Notification Date

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We love film for those moments that spark love, em

We love film for those moments that spark love, emotion and romance. ❤️🎬

"You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how." - Gone with the Wind, 1939.

"You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down." - It's a Wonderful Life, 1946.

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." - When Harry Met Sally, 1989.

"You complete me." - Jerry Maguire, 1996

"They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true." - Big Fish, 2003.

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul." - The Notebook, 2004.

“I can’t see anything I don’t like about you.” — Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (2004)

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The second Saturday of February marks Global Cinem

The second Saturday of February marks Global Cinema Day initiated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. It's a day that we can all celebrate the power of film and its ability to inform, inspire and entertain.
🎬What movie will you be watching today?
Let us know in the comments! ⬇️

*Photo: Gone With The Wind [1939]

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Film is one of the few mediums that allows the vie

Film is one of the few mediums that allows the viewer to transport into situations that they may not have experienced. Through this we can create dialog, encourage self-reflection and ultimately develop empathy. We should challenge ourselves to take a step forward from recognition toward becoming an ally. If we don’t educate ourselves about another’s experience, we will not be able to recognize racism and prejudice around us.

The Film Festival has curated films and panels on the issue of race relations and racial justice for many years. We invite you to watch one of these films that will educate and inspire you this February and beyond.

•2017 OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE: MARSHALL (Most Online platforms)
•2021 PREMIERE: FINDING FELLOWSHIP (PBS Network )
•2022 PREMIERE: FREEDOM’S PATH (In Theaters)
•2022 PREMIERE: THE REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MS. ROSA PARKS (Peacock )

Because a new perspective can change the world!

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On World Cancer Day we salute our partnership with

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

Learn more: #WorldCancerDay #CloseTheCareGap #cureboundofficial #padrespedalthecause
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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 celeb

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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