Oceanside International Film Festival

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Oceanside International Film Festival
OIFF Venue Sunshine Brooks Theater
LocationOceanside, California, U.S.
Founded2009
Founded byOceanside Cultural Foundation
Most recent2024
Artistic directorCarly Starr Brullo-Niles
Festival dateAnnually in August until 2020, annually in February since 2021
LanguageEnglish
Websiteosidefilm.org

The Oceanside International Film Festival (OIFF) is an annual film festival based in Oceanside, a town in North County of San Diego. It was founded in 2009 by the Oceanside Cultural Foundation.[1]

History

Executive director Lou Niles curates the festival along with his wife, director Carly Starr Brullo-Niles.[2]

The 11th annual festival was the first in person event since 2019. It ran from February 22-27, 2022.[3] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was held annually in August each year. It was virtual in August 2020, followed up by a virtual "best of" festival in February 2021. This transition was to permanently move the annual festival to February.[4]

Notable Films

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes by Costa Dillon and Wildlike starring Bruce Greenwood screened in 2015.[5][6]

American Satan by Ash Avildsen won Best Narrative Feature, Hush won Best Picture, Our Barrio won Best Picture - Audience Choice[7] and The Black Ghiandola starring Johnny Depp[8] screened in 2017.

Episode 11 of TNT's Animal Kingdom season 3, Jackpot directed by Shawn Hatosy, premiered in 2018.[9] Daisy Belle screened the same year.[10]

Leave 'em Laughing was nominated in four categories including Best Supporting Actor for Matthew Glave and won Best Art Design for Elsa Mickelsen.[12]

The first opening night film in 2022 was

Suzana Norberg.[14]

Touch was nominated for Best Art Direction in 2023.[15]

Notable appearances

Notable attendees include

TJ Storm,[5] Shawn Hatosy, Carolina Guerra, Ben Robson,[18] Kate Bosworth, Sanoe Lake, John Stockwell,[13] Taylor Steele, Tony Alva, Joanna Cassidy,[19] Taryn Manning and The Silent Comedy.[20] Lifetime Achievement Award winners include Saginaw Grant,[21] Kathleen Quinlan and Rolly Crump.[17]

References

  1. ^ Kragen, Pam (11 October 2009). "Oceanside launches first film festival". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. The San Diego Union Tribune
    . Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ Frost, Lisa (3 February 2022). "Oceanside International Film Festival Is Back In Person". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ Nelson, Samantha (24 February 2022). "Oceanside Int'l Film Festival returns to red carpet in-person". The Coast News. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b "The 2015 Oceanside International Film Festival Begins". Oside News. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. ^ Yee, Promise (7 August 2015). "The Oceanside International Film Festival kicks off". The Coast News. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. ^ "2017 Oceanside International Film Festival Winners". Oside News. 16 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Oceanside International Film Festival Accepting Submissions for 8th Annual Event". Oside News. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  9. ^ "TNT's Animal Kingdom Shawn Hatosy's at 2018 Oceanside International Film Festival". North County Daily Star. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  10. ^ Horn, Steve (2018-10-18). "Escondido filmmaker wins best local film at San Diego International Film Fest". The Coast News. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  11. The San Diego Union Tribune
    . Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  12. ^ "2020 Highlights". Oceanside International Film Festival. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  13. ^ a b Accomando, Beth (21 February 2022). "Oceanside International Film Festival kicks off Tuesday". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  14. ^ "OIFF 2022 Winners". Oceanside International Film Festival. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  15. ^ "OIFF 2023 AWARD NOMINEES". OIFF Oceanside International Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  16. ^ Nelson, Paige (2013-09-01). "Oceanside film fest celebrates cinema". North Coast Current. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  17. ^ a b "Winning Films from 2016 Oceanside International Film Festival". Oside News. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  18. ^ Puterski, Steve (9 August 2018). "'Animal Kingdom' stars set stage for film festival". The Coast News. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  19. Patch
    . Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  20. ^ Nelson, Samantha (2023-03-02). "Oceanside International Film Festival wraps its 12th year". The Coast News. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  21. The Chicago Tribune
    . Retrieved 19 March 2022.

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