Press Releases

March 29, 2007
Santa Cruz Film Festival Announces Educational Events & Contests

The Santa Cruz Film Festival isn't just about watching progressive flicks, but making them in "reel" time...
Santa Cruz Film Festival Announces Educational Events & Contests (.pdf)

March 21, 2007
Opening Night Screams into Theaters

David Arquette's directorial debut The Tripper opens the sixth annual Santa Cruz Film Festival...
Opening Night Screams into Theaters (PDF)

January 18, 2007
Santa Cruz Film Festival Reviews 5 Rockin' Years, Prepares for Sixth Festival

Preparing for a sixth amazing year, the Santa Cruz Film Festival looks back at the stories, films and events that have made it a unique cultural experience in Santa Cruz...
Santa Cruz Film Festival Reviews 5 Rockin' Years (PDF)


September 5, 2006
Call for Entries PR (PDF)

March 27, 2005
The Santa Cruz Film Festival/Kuhn Family to Award under-18 film winner in 2005

The IV Annual Santa Cruz Film Festival is dedicating this year's film festival to Evan Kuhn. Evan Kuhn died on February 5, 2005, from injuries he received in an automobile accident in Monterey County. He was 21 years old.
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May 7, 2005
The Sport of Filmmaking Comes To SCFF

Santa Cruz CA -- The Santa Cruz Film Festival May 5-13, 2005 is partnering with Cinemasports (the Iron Chef of Filmmaking) May 7, 2005 at The Attic at 831 Pacific Ave. in downtown Santa Cruz. Film making teams have 10 hours to complete a movie with a list of “ingredients” given to them at 9AM that morning and will screen their 4 minute films that evening. These ingredients will be used with teams from Sophia, Bulgaria; Frankfurt, Germany; London, UK and Paris, France. Screening of finished movies starts on the 10th hour - that very night. Movies made this morning screened tonight - hot and fresh.
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April 7, 2005
CineMAH Presents An American Experience: The Donner Party

Santa Cruz, California -- The Museum of Art & History (MAH), in partnership with the Santa Cruz Film Festival (SCFF), presents the third installment of MAH's after-hours programming, CineMAH. CineMAH is held the first Thursday of the month and offers yet another perspective on current exhibitions at MAH. The April 7th event includes extended gallery viewing hours and a screening of The Donner Party: American Experience, by filmmaker Ric Burns.
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March 3, 2005
CineMAH Features International Award Winning Film

Santa Cruz, California -- The Museum of Art & History (MAH), in partnership with the Santa Cruz Film Festival (SCFF), presents the second installment of MAH's after-hours programming, CineMAH, a film event for the entire family. CineMAH is held the first Thursday of the month and offers yet another perspective on current exhibitions at MAH. The event includes extended gallery viewing hours. The films featured on March 3, 2005, are Solo un Cargador (Porter) by Peruvian filmmaker Juan Alejandro Ramirez and Sacred Game by Thor Anderson. Both films compliment MAH's current exhibition Ancient Artists: Pre-Columbian Art from the Mississippi Museum of Art on view through March 13, 2005.
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