{"id":26230,"date":"2019-09-05T10:40:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T17:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26230"},"modified":"2019-09-05T10:40:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T17:40:25","slug":"screening-film-fests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/screening-film-fests\/","title":{"rendered":"Screaming for Screen Time &#8211; California Film Fests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/fimfes.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maybe you didn&#8217;t notice, but California has more film festivals than any state in the nation, or any place in the world. Some events have decades-long traditions while others are newcomers to the scene. Themes run the gamut &#8212; from eco\/green, animals, kids, scare &amp; scream, to international. Special segments of the population are recognized in festivals featuring films by or about Indians from India, Native Americans, Jewish films, Greek, African Americans, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Film festivals run all year long but the Fall season brings a delightful mix with some really fun stuff. Just the other day SeeCalifornia.com received an email announcing KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival in North Hollywood this month.<\/p>\n<p>Other film fests in September include Ag Art Film Festival in Vacaville, a Latino film festival in San Francisco, and return of Sacramento Horror Film Festival at Historical Colonial Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s too darned hot to stay outdoors in our traditionally warm Septembers, or you feel the cool breeze alerting you to mountain snow on the way, there&#8217;s no better time to plot your film festival attendance.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to take your interest a step further, there are some competitions for amateurs &#8212; just do a search on FilmFreeway or WithoutABox websites.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-film-festivals.html\">Take a Peak at What&#8217;s Showing<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>All events are subject to change!<\/p>\n<p>BURBANK: Burbank International Film Festival Sept.4-8<br \/>\nLONG BEACH: QFilm Festival Sept.5-8<br \/>\nBENICIA: Benicia Film Festival Sept.6-8<br \/>\nCHICO: Shortz! Film Festival Sept.7<br \/>\nSAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco Green Film Festival Sept.11-18<br \/>\nNORTH HOLLYWOOD: KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival Sept.13-19<br \/>\nVACAVILLE: Ag Art Film Festival Sept.13-15<br \/>\nFRESNO: Reel Pride Film Festival Sept.18-22<br \/>\nSACRAMENTO: Film &amp; Music Festival Sept.18-22<br \/>\nLOS ANGELES: Animation Studio Festival Sept.19<br \/>\nSAN DIEGO: Italian Film Festival Monthly Series Sept.19<br \/>\nSAN FRANCISCO: Latino Film Festival Sept.20-29<br \/>\nLOS ANGELES: LA Fashion Film Festival Sept.20-21<br \/>\nLOS ANGELES: Short Film &amp; Script Festival Sept.21<br \/>\nSACRAMENTO: Horror Film Festival Sept.21<br \/>\nLOS ANGELES: Lift-Off Film Festival Sept.23-28<br \/>\nHOLLYWOOD: Colcoa French Film Festival Sept.23-28<br \/>\nOAKLAND: International Film Festival Sept.24-28<br \/>\nNORTH HOLLYWOOD: San Fernando Valley International Film Festival Sept.25-29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe you didn&#8217;t notice, but California has more film festivals than any state in the nation, or any place in the world. Some events have decades-long traditions while others are newcomers to the scene. Themes run the gamut &#8212; from eco\/green, animals, kids, scare &amp; scream, to international. Special segments of the population are recognized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26230"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26231,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26230\/revisions\/26231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}