Oceanside International Film Festival

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 held in Oceanside, California. 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]

Friend of the World by Brian Patrick Butler premiered[11] and The Power Agent was nominated for Best Actress in 2020. 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 Blue Crush starring Kate Bosworth.[13] That same year, We All Die Alone by Jonathan Hammond was nominated in five categories and won Best Supporting Actress for Suzana Norberg.[14]

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

Notable appearances

Notable attendees include Sally Kirkland, Jon St. John,[16] Lee Meriwether,[17] 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. ^ Coddon, David L. (17 February 2022). "Arts & Culture Newsletter: Oceanside International Film Festival is back, live and in person". 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. ^ Peterson, Karla (14 August 2020). "San Diego filmmaker brings the apocalypse to the Oceanside International Film Festival". 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. ^ Frost, Lisa (9 August 2019). "Oceanside Film Festival Star Studded Weekend Line-up". 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. ^ Mcintosh, Linda (31 July 2014). "Native American actor Saginaw Grant wins Lifetime Achievement Award at film fest". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 March 2022.