The Sacramento International Film Festival has been a great promoter for local artist and filmmakers. It was at film festivals that movies like "Slumdog Millionaire" became known to the public and picked up all of those prestigious awards. Please come and support our local filmmakers and listen to the stories that they have to tell. Here is a link of the film festival schedule. http://www.californiafilm.net/page/sff-schedule  

Six o’clock Friday night found people waiting patiently in line at the Crest Theatre. They were waiting for the doors to open into Sacramento’s 10th French Film Festival. The festival started with a not-so-humble beginning in 2002 when they opened at Tower Theatre to a sold -out crowd, with a line to the pre-party around the block. They have since moved to the Crest, which seats about 940 compared to the 500 seats at Tower. The festival is the brainchild of Cécile Mouette Downs and Connie Georgiu. Downs still serves as the artistic and executive director. The festival has found support and acceptance from the community, artistic and otherwise. Among those who have embraced the festival

As a film festival director myself, I’m always intrigued to talk to other directors about their festivals and their process. For every film that makes the cut, there are a mountain of discarded others that may never see the light of day (or the light of projection) and hundreds of unseen administrative tasks associated with presenting the program. I recently asked Sid Heberger, General Manager of the Crest Theatre and Co-Director of the Sacramento Jewish Film Festival about their upcoming event: Q: This is the 12th Annual Festival: How did the Festival get its start? A: Margi Park, the co-founder of the Festival, contacted me about starting a festival because she was tired of schlepping