Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization, founded in 1997, headquartered in Sonoma, California.
History
Founded in 1997 by friends Carolyn Stolman and Jerry Seltzer, the Sonoma International Film Festival was created to promote Sonoma, California, and its sister cities, as a destination festival to showcase the cinematic arts.
Early festivals focused on the breadth of Bay Area filmmakers with work from industry veterans such as Francis Ford Coppola, John Lasseter, and Danny Glover showcased.
SIFF programs full-length features, documentaries, as well as shorts programming in animation, comedy, culinary, documentary, dramatic and foreign categories. Cash and production completion grants are awarded annually to Jury and Audience Award winners.
Awards
The festival was named "One of the 25 Coolest Festivals" by MovieMaker Magazine and one of "America’s Top Ten Destination Film Festivals" in 2019 by USA Today as part of their Readers Choice Awards.
References
- Dlugosz, Jessica (2022-03-09). "The Sonoma International Film Festival — 25 Years In The Making". Marin Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- "Sonoma gears up for 17th film festival". Sonoma Index-Tribune. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- "The 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2018 - Page 22 of 26 - MovieMaker Magazine". www.moviemaker.com. 9 July 2018.
- "Best Film Festival (2019) - USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards". 10Best. 22 March 2019.
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