By Managing Editor 08/03/2021 On August 8th, the Coronado Island Film Festival and the Hotel del Coronado will kick off the Summer Surf Series in partnership with Dana Brown Films to celebrate the world of surfing and those who have immortalized the sport. The series launches with a screening of the iconic film STEP INTO LIQUID (2003) a documentary about surfing directed by …
By Brad Willis 05/29/2021 The Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) is moving full steam ahead for 2021 with its summer Classic Movie Series soon to begin and rolling out the red carpet for a full festival November 10-14. This past week, the Village Theatre operator partnered with CIFF to show Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window as a fundraiser for …
CIFF Back with Summer Classic Movies, and Village Theatre Plans to Reopen Read More »
Written by Tyra Wu of the Coronado Times 01/25/2021 The Coronado Island Film Festival is partnering with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to advocate for diversity and equality in the film industry. GDIGM is a research-based organization that is working to create gender balance and reduce negative stereotyping in the entertainment industry. They kicked …
Coronado Island Film Festival Advocates for Diversity in Film Through New Partnership Read More »
Reviewed by Steve Leonard In the documentary “My Father’s Brothers,” director Shawn Kelley attends a reunion of the 173rd Airborne to talk with his father and his father’s comrades regarding their experiences as soldiers in the Vietnam War. The film takes the form of a series of talking head interviews with the old soldiers, whose …
Reviewed by Steve Leonard Documentary film “Fish & Men” explores the struggles of fishermen in Gloucester, Massachusetts as they fight to survive dwindling fish populations, tightening federal regulations, and increasingly powerful competition from larger corporations. The filmmakers interview independent fishermen, government regulators, chefs, writers, and activists in a thorough, urgent depiction of the economic, …
PRESS RELEASE Media Contact | Coronado Island Film Festival info@coronadofilm.com 619.778.0848 The Coronado Island Film Festival (CIFF) and the Geena Davis Institute of Gender in Media (GDIGM) at Mount St. Mary’s University, are proud to announce a formal alliance and partnership focused on a shared mission of inclusion, diversity and gender representation in media. Founded …
Reviewed by Steve Leonard “Miranda Veil” depicts the morbid road trip of a would-be murderer and a young woman with a mysterious supernatural ability. Through a series of surreal vignettes, the two uneasy companions encounter cryptic strangers and wrestle with their own personal demons as they make their way through the California desert. The film …
Coronado Island Film Festival Announces Top New Festival Award In the midst of a year that will surely be remembered as one like no other, Coronado Island Film Festival is pleased to add a significant new award to this year’s festival lineup: The Leonard Maltin Tribute Award, the first of which will be presented by …
There are few things in life that bring us together like a good film and food. Fostering a sensory, immersive, and a communal experience whether at a table or in front of a big screen —when shared, makes friends of strangers and friends become family. The Coronado Island Film Festival welcomes our film community to …
Brought to you from a safe social distance by Coronado Island Film Festival, this marks the second in a series of suggested “viewing opportunities” available to us as we continue to shelter in place in front of our TV sets. This week, we put the question to our CIFF board of directors and staff, asking …