Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry comes to SLO Film Fest on Opening Night following its debut at SXSW. Seeing great films, meeting, and rubbing elbows with the filmmakers and actors responsible for them, and going to fun events built around all of it is what we promise to bring to SLO this year.” Film festivals give us an opportunity to immerse ourselves in the love of cinema and filmmaking and to see something unique or rare or inspired that can’t easily be found on our television screens or laptops at home. San Luis Obispo Film Festival Director Skye McLennan said, “This year, the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival is focused on programming films and creating fun and exciting film events that are not available to our film fans every weekend at the multiplex. The Extra Terrestrial(1982), Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s Party Girl (1995), which introduced Parker Posey into indie film fame, a 70 thAnniversary screening of William Wyler’s classic Audrey Hepburn/Gregory Peck starrer Roman Holiday (1953), Oliver Stone’s latest, the documentary Nuclear Now, which looks at the use of Nuclear energy through new eyes disputing common held beliefs about its safety and viability, and Christopher Fitzpatrick’s festival hit music documentary Oklahoma Breakdown, complete with a live performance by the film’s subject, midwestern music legend Mike Hosty. Matters Textures of Love program, and the SLO Jewish Film & Learning series which will extend the film festival following its traditional closing night date.Īdditional Special Presentations include retrospective screenings of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. Also on tap are the return of SLO Film Fest’s famous Surf Nite to the historic Fremont Theater, the always popular Central Coast films, Cal Poly Shortcuts, and more special presentations and top lining film events featuring MicroHorrors, Coastal Awakening: A Tribute to Hunter S. DEED NEWS (March 24, 2024) - The 29th San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (April 25-30, 2023) announced this year’s robust film lineup, led by the Opening Night selection of Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry and the Closing Night selection of Marvin Samel’s IMordecai.

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