The Area's Largest Cinema Festival The Ventura Film Fest

The Ventura Film Festival is celebrated as "the grandest film festival ever to take place in Ventura County." This prestigious recognition underscores the festival's passion for bringing diverse cinema to the local community while maintaining its focus on significant environmental challenges.

The Ventura Film Festival exists as a diverse genre worldwide film festival that generates attention toward ecological concerns including forest and sea protection and rehabilitation, through an annual film festival and complementary events. The event harnesses the influence of film to promote activism and create meaningful dialogue around these vital environmental matters.

The Ventura Film Festival began in 2004 and has screened hundreds of films, commonly surpassing 200 films each summer, and has attracted attention from the international cinematic community. Throughout its history, the event has evolved into a major cultural celebration that joins film artists, environmental champions, and spectators from across the globe.

Notable moments have included hosting award winning filmmaker Dylan website O'Neil, the initial world champion surfers Peter "PT" Townend together with Ian Cairns, four-time world champion Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/mixed martial arts fighter the legendary Fabio Leopoldo, and check here the 50-year anniversary of West Side Story, which encompassed presenting the entire click here Academy Award winning cast of West Side click here Story, featuring Academy Award honoree/Golden Globe winner George Chakiris along with Golden Globe winner/Academy Award nominated Russ Tamblyn. These extraordinary guests and events have established the festival's standing as an elite gathering place for celebrating cinema and the talents who make it.

The Ventura Film Festival creator and executive director was selected to take part, along with several of Hollywood's premier talents, in the 50th Anniversary of West Side Story and Hollywood's prestigious footprint/handprint ceremony honoring Academy Award winners Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, and legendary actor Golden Globe champion Russ Tamblyn at the legendary Chinese Theater in Hollywood. This occasion also served as the official BluRay launch by Fox and MGM of the beloved West Side Story, which is widely considered by critics and fans to be the most exceptional musical of all time. This exceptional honor and website participation demonstrates the festival's important standing and distinguished reputation within the cinema world.