Greetings Friends/ Filmmakers!
Thursday, April 7th at 12:00-3:00 p.m. at the
Claremont Hotel Club and Spa, The Oakland
Film Society is hosting a "Thinking International/Meet the Filmmaker" Press Conference.
Invited guests include: representatives from the
Oakland International Airport, The Oakland Museum, and several filmmakers featured in years OIFF9.
Our vision is to connect Oakland filmmakers to the
global film industry.
Our strategy is to network filmmakers at this years Oakland
Film Market at the
Claremont Hotel Club and Spa ( we call the Film House), April 8th and 9th - 10:00 - 5:00 p.m.
During
the Oakland Film Market, a number of panelist consisting of directors,
producers, crew, distribution companies, will share their background and
where the filmmaking industry is going. Pay passes for each day are
just
$50.00. The 9th
Oakland International Film Festival screenings run from April 7th -15th at
The Art Deco Auditorium, The Grand Lake Theater and other
venues in the East Bay.
The Opening night
films are held at the Grand Lake Theater beginning at 6:00 p.m-8:15 p.m. Followed by another set of films from 9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Four films will screen during the first session opening night:
Mine - Story of Sacred Mountain, Sick Wid It, The Emergence of Urban Communities and So Right So Smart. Along with the films, meet the filmmakers that make them!
Tickets: $10.00
On April 8th at the Washington Inn Hotel enjoy four films, Native Time, El Premio, Method, and Oakland B-Mine, followed by