It’s hard to believe Anna Halprin is 91 years old. A postmodern dance legend, based in Marin County, she is still performing, teaching, and creating new dances, as she has for the past seven decades.
The Second Annual San Diego Christian Film Festival runs 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. through Dec. 30 at La Jolla Marriott Hotel, 4240 La Jolla Village Drive. A special screening of the invited film “Hardflip,” is set for 5:30 p.m. Dec. 29. The film tells the story of a young skateboarder who struggles through a number of difficult life situations to find faith and re-unite with his father. “Hardflip” was filmed in and around San Diego and stars a number of professional skateboarders including Christian Hosoi, Bryan Sumner and Tim Byrne to name a few. The film also features in the lead roles, Rosanna Arquette, Randy Wayne, and John Schneider.
La Jolla Library will present a showing of “A Christmas Carol” at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 14.
Warren Miller Entertainment’s newest film, “Like There’s No Tomorrow,” will air at 6 and 9 p.m. Dec. 3 at San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla.
Seventeen “smart and provocative short films that will delight, engage, and challenge moviegoers,” constitute the ninth annual “alt.pictureshows,” set for 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 in the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St.Organized by filmmaker and MCASD’s film curator, Neil Kendricks, this year’s works push the envelope of what can be achieved in the short-film format, ranging from the winner of Best Short Film at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Matt Piedmont’s “Brick Novax’s Diary,” to the hard-hitting, kitchen-sink realism of British film director Daniel Mulloy’s “Baby.”
The work of UCSD student filmmakers will be on display for the fourth annual “Up & Coming Film Festival, “ beginning at 8 p.m., Thursday May 19 at The Loft, in the Price Center on campus. The evening will kick off at 7 p.m. with an eclectic mix of music performed by the JANKS and a pizza party. The student films begin screening at 8 p.m. followed by an awards ceremony and panel discussion.
Organizers of the 18th annual San Diego Latino Film Festival are expecting to break a record this year by drawing more than 20,000 attendees to the 11-day celebration of Latino culture that begins on March 10.
Showing on four screens at the UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center in Mission Valley, the festival will present 195 films, including 56 feature-length motion pictures, of the highest artistic as well as entertainment merit from Latino filmmakers in the U.S., Spain and across Latin America.
Why not start 2011 at the premiere of Coming of Age, San Diego’s first annual festival of movies on aging hosted by the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) and San Diego State University’s Gerontology Student Association.
Media Arts Center San Diego is seeking films and videos for its 18th annual San Diego Latino Film Festival, March 10-20. Comedies, family movies, musicals, and animated films are most in-demand. Regular deadline: Nov. 5; late deadline: Dec. 5.
Spike & Mike is bringing back its “New Generation of Animation” festival to La Jolla this fall, and fans can expect to be in for a treat. About 20 new shorts representing a variety of styles, mediums and countries will be shown, along with one repeat, “Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl,” which is back by popular demand.
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