Topanga Film Festival unveils 2010 key scheduled events
The Topanga Film Festival to be held August 19-22, 2010, today rolled out the most ambitious screening schedule in the festival’s history. Since its inception six years ago, the Topanga Film Festival was a short film festival known for its eclectic mix of global content, with a reputation for “the smallest film festival with the [...]
Name this Topanga Actor
Shades of Ron Jeremy, this prominent Topanga actor is currently starring in a comedy depicting fictitious local contractors, where he plays a building inspector.
The first person to identify him wins a cup of coffee.
Topanga is not for sale: Anastasia Fite says no Hollywood sexploitation of the canyon
Long-time Topanga Film Festival supporter/programmer, filmmaker Anastasia Fite is up in arms about Hollywood coming to Topanga with an eye to create a sexploitative reality series. Anastasia's stance is that if something walks, talks and quacks like a duck, it is likely a duck. Such is her take on a producer David Basinski, who started his [...]
Youth Salon at 6th annual Topanga Film Festival sponsored by Family Magazine Group
Nurturing creativity in youth has always been a strong motivator in Sara Baur’s life, a common denominator with Family Magazine Group publisher, Mary Potter.
As co-founder of the Topanga Film Festival, the mother of three children and an artist herself, Sara proudly announced that she expects “even a larger participation than in past years” of Sunday’s [...]
Dear Diary: A Message (and film) from Heaven
Dear Diary,
It is Saturday. Les jeux sont faits.
Last night we worked into the wee hours sorting through the final submissions to the festival as Friday, July 16, 2010 marked the close of entries to the 2010 Topanga Film Festival, with the knowledge that two stragglers were given a 12-hours reprieve to bring their shorts.
We got [...]
The Piece Process signs on as 2010 Topanga Film Festival sponsor over the weekend
North Carolina-based philanthropic connector Dena Patrick — who operates three parallel non-profit organizations dedicated to the arts and creative empowerment of artists, artisans, writers, musicians, filmmakers, digital artists and others — came on board as a sponsor of the 2010 Topanga Film Festival.
Although Dena also operates One Voice Rising and Wishadoo, the official festival sponsor [...]
Support Theatricum Botanicum KPFK Benefit 8PM TONIGHT Friday, July 16, 2010
Topanga Film Festival urges you to support TONIGHT'S event at the Theatricum Botanicum:
A BENEFIT FOR KPFK RADIO AND THEATRICUM BOTANICUM! TICKETS ARE $25 AND $30. KIDS ARE FREE (18 AND UNDER). BRING YOUR FAMILY TO THE CANYON FOR THIS EDUCATIONAL AND INSPIRING PERFORMANCE! Upper Tier are CARRY IT ON!
A Celebration in Word and Song of [...]
Dear Diary: Local artist Rebecca Catterall to conjure Coveted Coyote Award
Sinisa Balandzic once said that the older you get the shorter days get. Nothing seems more true as August 19th draws near.
His explanation in a very Slavic, factual, authoritative, mathematical manner went something like this (read with implied heavy accent): "When you are five, one day represents 1/365 of five years, or, 1/1825 of your life. [...]
Dear Diary: A tent saga
There is progressively less and less space in the office as submissions to the 6th Annual Topanga Film Festival converge from everywhere. Yesterday's offerings came from New Mexico, Sao Paolo, Brazil and Madrid. No doubt, this year's selection will have more of an international flair but now that we've got the films . . . [...]
Topanga Chamber of Commerce latest sponsor of 2010 Topanga Film Festival
With six weeks remaining until the 6th Annual Topanga Film Festival, the Topanga Chamber of Commerce has given its vote of confidence to the 2010 event by coming on board as an official sponsor of the festival. In addition, the Chamber reached out yesterday to its general membership encouraging local businesses to support the film [...]
