FILM/SNEAK PEEK; OJAI FILM FESTIVAL FINDS ITS 'LOST HORIZON'.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Film festivals seem to be breeding faster than Starbucks cafes. While half of Hollywood is in Park City, Utah Park City is a city located in Summit County, Utah, United States. It is one of two major resort towns in Utah, the other being Moab. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back and a part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. , for the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, Ojai is laying the groundwork for its own festival, which will bridge the geographic gap between Santa Barbara's exhibition and the one in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. hosted by the American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase . The first Ojai Film Festival, mounted by the Ojai Film Society, is set for Nov. 15-19. Organizers are proud to have the endorsement of Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, who says, ``There is no doubt the Ojai Film Festival will further advance the magic and excitement of filmmaking.'' The slate for the festival won't be announced for some time, but it already has a theme: ``Horizons Lost and Found, Enriching the Human Spirit Through Film.'' Ojai was the backdrop for Shangri-La in the 1937 classic ``Lost Horizon,'' which opens the festival at an outdoor screening at the Libbey Bowl. Festival organizers say Jill Clayburgh Jill Clayburgh (born April 30, 1944) is a twice Academy Award-nominated American actress of stage, motion pictures, and television. Biography Early life , Ron Shelton, Matthew Perry and James Whitmore plan to participate in an actors-on-acting panel discussion. Volunteers and potential sponsors are asked to call Ramona Benitez, the festival's development director, at (805) 649-4621. A founding sponsorship of $500 includes two passes to all screenings and several parties, as well as invitations to a gourmet picnic on March 18 at the estate of producer-director David Zucker. L.A. Cinematic Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, has been host to many film shoots, of course, but often it has had to work in disguise, passing for anywhere from Manhattan or the Sahara to the Midwest or the Middle East. USC's School of Cinema-Television believes it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for a closer examination of the area's image in films. Toward that end, a series of more than 20 films set in and around Los Angeles will be shown beginning tomorrow and continuing each Saturday through Feb. 19. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. says the series will be the most comprehensive look at representations of Los Angeles on film since 1981, when the Los Angeles County Museum Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Calif. The original museum opened in 1913. Among its important patrons was William Randolph Hearst, whose enormous collection brought the museum major status among the country's art houses. offered ``L.A. on Film.'' This weekend's program is titled ``Classic Visions'' and focuses on early works, beginning with ``Kids' Auto Races at Venice'' (1914) and continuing through ``Double Indemnity'' (1944). The Feb. 5 schedule focuses on how Los Angeles is depicted in foreign films, while on Feb. 12 the topic is the different perspectives of the independent crowd. The series wraps up on Feb. 19 with postmodern works: ``Blade Runner'' (1982), ``Zoot Suit'' (1981) and ``L.A. Confidential'' (1997). For schedules and other information, call Kevin Brownridge at (213) 740-2857 or go to www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/scw/ on the Web. - Valerie Kuklenski |
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