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Arcadia Weekly Feb 06, 2014
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The Inaugural festival stars Wednesday, February 12 and continues through Sunday, February 16
Cal Tech’s ‘a cappella group, “Out of Context”, will perform next Wednesday February 12. Screenings start at 1pm and continue until midnight at the Laemmle Playhouse 7 Theatre in Pasadena.
The Opening Night “Great Gatsby” Black Tie Gala takes place Thursday, February 13, at the Westin Pasadena Hotel featuring the Pasadena Symphony-POPS, complete with a red carpet event, where actors Michael Gross (Family Ties), James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Mimi Kennedy (Midnight in Paris), Alicia Witt (Law and Order: Criminal Intent), and Jay O. Sanders (The Day After Tomorrow) will be honored, among others.
Seminars with entertainment industry professionals such as Melissa Fitzgerald, Katy Fox, Monika Skerbelis, Greg Laemmle, Eric Sherman, John Ottman, and Bert V. Royal, will lead talks on such topics as, “The Transformational Power of Women in Film”, and “The Future of Film!KWhere are we HeadedA!X” at the Pasadena Public Library, Central Branch, Saturday, February 15, 2014.
Every evening hosts a party at a different local venue, as well as screening the very best independent short, feature, documentary films, and web series from around the world. Thirteen countries are represented including Romania, Slovenia, South Korea, and Brazil. Pasadena International Film Festival is one of the few festivals that promises 80 percent of its programming is from submissions, not curated.
The Pasadena Museum of History hosts “Old Hollywood: The History of Film in Pasadena” featuring the world-renowned historian Marc Wannamaker, as well as a screening of the 1912 film, “When Kings Were The Law” followed by a wine and cheese reception, Sunday, February 16, 2014. The five-day event is capped off with an Award Ceremony at the Laemmle Playhouse 7 Theatre awarding the best of the fest with the Jury Awards, with an after-party at the Vertical Wine Bistro to follow; Sunday, February 16.
For more information visit www.pasadenafilmfestival.org.
