Press
Nov 24 - Dec 3, 2011
KVTA AM 1520 RADIO INTERVIEW - “Lyn Fairly & Friends”
Airing Noon on Saturday Nov 26 & Noon on Saturday December 3rd. Lyn Fairly interviews Ojai resident and world-renowned actor Malcolm McDowell for the whole hour, about his over 40 year acting career and about the Tribute to his work being presented by the Ventura Film Society on Tuesday December 6th .
http://www.kvta.com/ (specific show link coming)
April 20 – May 3, 2011
VFS@THE MUSEUM 2011
VFS celebrates 3rd birthday
By Linde Carlson
The stars are aligned as the VFS celebrates their 3rd year. The Ventura Film Society, under the direction of Lorenzo DeStefano, proudly celebrates their 3rd year in Ventura with VFS @ The Museum 2011. The VFS consistently brings poignant, unrivaled, touching, and masterful human stories to the community, through the generous support of major donor Barbara Meister- Barber Automotive Group, along with a growing team of dedicated film sponsors, supporters, and volunteers. Over time the VFS has become an integral part of Ventura's arts and culture landscape. Their goal, pure and simple, is to help filmgoers "Discover The World Around You". "Our ambition," says DeStefano, "is to help Cinema be appreciated as the most public of the arts, coexisting in a seamless and cooperative way with the latest trends in new media. We like to bring people together in the dark." VFS screenings and special events engage the community in a dynamic, connected place where neighbors and friends mix with people and generations not usually part of their experience. The screenings at the Museum, which began on February 1, have become a gathering place for inquiring, creative and intelligent people looking for an alternative to mainstream American cinema.
NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS
http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/no_dogs_or_music_allowed/8733/
No dogs (or music) allowed
Film takes a haunting look at Iran's ban on secular music
By Chris Jay 03/31/2011
VFS @ the Museum 2011
805 LIVING-March 2011
VC Reporter - February 24, 2011
Extraordinary people
Ventura Film Society at the Museum presents Philosopher Kings
By Michel Cicero
“A single conversation with a wise man is better than 10 years of study.” — Chinese Proverb
In a world where one’s occupation is inextricably linked to one’s identity, how do those who spend their days cleaning the bathrooms of America’s great universities feel about the man (or woman) in the mirror and the world that often marginalizes them?
It’s a compelling premise: find a handful of custodians working at various prestigious American institutions of higher learning, and discover their thoughts about life, love, career and calling as they go quietly — and often unnoticed — about their daily business.
The 2009 documentary, directed by Patrick Shen (Flight From Death), is an exploration into the “philosophies” of those who tend to be overlooked by society but who, because of the difficulties life has presented them, provide a wealth of inner strength and insight. As Shen writes in his production notes, “It’s commonly believed that a person should not be measured by his intellect, his economic status, or his possessions, yet we all perpetuate a value system that does little to honor people for who they are.”
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VENTURA COUNTY STAR – DEC 11, 2010 “IN BRIEF – FILM SOCIETY PLANS MUSEUM SCREENINGS”
VENTURA — The Ventura Film Society will increase its offerings in the new year with a series of twice-monthly film screenings at the Museum of Ventura County's newly opened pavilion. The series will feature 21 screenings from Feb. 1 through Dec. 6., to be shown the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The films will be at 7 p.m. inside the museum's Martin V. and Martha K. Smith Pavilion, 100 E. Main St.
They will include "Seraphine," based on the life of the French painter Séraphine de Senlis; "Terribly Happy," a thriller from Denmark; "Memories Of Overdevelopment" from Cuba; the Oscar-nominated "Frozen River"; and Oscar-nominated documentary "Burma VJ."
The MUSEUM 2011 series was made possible by a donation from Barbara Meister and the Barber Automotive Group, said Lorenzo DeStefano, Film Society founder and director.
Meister, recently named Ventura County Philanthropist of the Year by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, has been a longtime supporter of the Rubicon Theatre Company and the Ventura Music Festival and sees the Ventura Film Society as "a welcome addition to the cultural arts scene in Ventura," she said in a statement.
The Film Society is an educational not-for-profit organization under the sponsorship of Bell Arts Factory, a 501(c)(3) arts advocacy organization. It has screened more than 200 alternative and independent films at the Elks Lodge, the Working Artists Ventura theater and other innovative venues, and brought to Ventura diverse filmmakers, including Paul Mazursky, George Segal, Ondi Timoner, and Robert M. Young, along with giving screen time to scores of local voices.
More information can be found online at http://www.venturafilmsociety.com or by calling the society's information line at 628-2299.
VENTURA BREEZE – JAN 26, 2011
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FESTIVAL 2010
DEC 17 Benefit Screening - Thy Will Be Done
Fall 2009 Screening
Festival 2009
