The Fresno Film Festival is, arguably, the biggest film festival that goes down here in our fair city and Fresno Filmworks is gonna have a hard time topping the solid line-up from last year. And I do have to say, the films screening in 2011 are packing quite the punch. The 2011 Fresno Film Festival starts Friday, April 1st and goes until Sunday, April 3rd and it all happens at the Tower Theater in the awesome Tower District. Tickets are on sale online and will run you $10 for general admission ($8 for students & seniors) for the various screenings with the only exception being the opening night film which will run you $15 which will also allow you access to the open night party after the film. But for the best deal (and instantly bestowed “True Baller” status), the $60 festival pass is the way to go and that’ll work for all screenings. It seems they have decided against any kind of showcase for local filmmakers this time again but I guess we can forgive them since there ain’t to many local productions these days, it seems. Maybe next year. Anyways, you can peep out the official schedule, including start times, over here on the official site. After the jump are the trailers for some of the stand out films that I’m looking forward to checking out to start you off on the right foot towards planning your schedule for and awesome weekend of films next month.
Tiny Furniture
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Vincient will meer (Vincent Wants To Sea)
The First Movie
Le quattro volte (The Four Times)
L’illusionniste (The Illusionist)
Thank you for this post! We had very few local filmmakers submit this year, but you'll be happy to know one was selected for our shorts program. It's a documentary about local artist Richard Silva. In the short, the Fresno art scene quietly blossoms in a series of short films highlighting Central Valley artists.
We'll also be bringing in a range of visiting filmmakers from Australia, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the Valley. Look for that press release soon.
Finally, with this year’s lineup, Filmworks will be trying to reach more people throughout Fresno and the surrounding areas, including a unique outreach effort that will bus in Del Mar high school students enrolled in a film appreciation class.