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The 10th Napa Valley Film Festival takes place November 10-14, 2021 in the four walk-able villagesof Napa, Yountville, St. Helena, and Calistoga. Each year the festival features 125 new independent films, 300+ filmmakers and film industry guests, 150 wineries, 30 chefs, and an array of culinary demonstrations, wine tasting pavilions, and special events.
The Napa Valley Film Festival is produced by Cinema Napa Valley, a registered 501c3 non-profit organization headquartered in Napa, California. The festival's co-creators (and Cinema Napa Valley Founders) are Brenda and Marc Lhormer, producers and distributors of the feature film BOTTLE SHOCK, about the historic upset victory by Napa Valley wines over the French at the infamous 1976 wine-tasting competition in Paris. BOTTLE SHOCK premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival before going on to international theatrical distribution. The husband-and-wife team also ran the successful Sonoma Valley Film Festival from 2001 through 2008. In addition to producing the annual Napa Valley Film Festival, Cinema Napa Valley presents special film programs throughout the year and provides support to student filmmaking programs in Napa Valley schools. To learn more, visit www.napavalleyfilmfest.org.
9th ANNUAL NAPA VALLEY FILM FESITVAL.
The ninth annual Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) is an immersive five-day event that blends the art of film, food and wine together. From lively film screenings to cinema-inspired culinary demos, audiences connect with a variety of artists through interactive and thought-provoking programming. Discover the best new independent films of the year, watch this year’s award season contenders, savor exquisite cuisine ...
Robert Solomon is an award-winning actor and pianist from Atlanta, GA. He started acting in high school theater before attending the Georgia Institute of Technology to study applied mathematics. In 2017, he was a member of the Shakespeare Academy @Stratford ensemble were he trained and performed under the tutelage of Brian McManamon. Later that year, he temporarily halted his studies to fly to Los Angeles where he acted the eponymous role in the short film, Duke. For this leadi...
Napa Valley Film Festival Announces Appointment of Tom Tardio as CEO
Cinema Napa Valley Board of Directors Expands with Addition of Robert Bassett, Zoe Fairbourn, Geyer Kosinski and Daniel Schryer
Napa Valley – The Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) announced the hiring of Tom Tardio as their new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Tardio assumes the role immediately and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the annual film festival including managing the current s...
Napa, CA (February 4, 2019) – The Board of Directors of Cinema Napa Valley (CNV) has announced the retirement of founders Brenda and Marc Lhormer from Cinema Napa Valley and their respective roles as Co-Director and Executive & Artistic Director of the Napa Valley Film Festival.
In June 2009, the Lhormer made a decision to commit their time, talents and personal funds to creating a world-class film festival for the Napa Valley community. Their vision included su...
Thiago Dadalt
Brazilian born Los Angeles, California resident Thiago Dadalt is an award-winning and celebrated writer, director and editor. He got his start in the entertainment business as a teenager by writing and directing plays in a Minas Gerais, Brazil. After moving to Sao Paolo at the age of 17, he got work as an editor for a production company then later as a 1st assistant director to high profile Brazilian advertising directors, of whose clients included Unilever, Mercedes-B...
Actor/Producer/Director Jeff Grace began his entertainment career on the stage at Improv/Olympic in Chicago, Illinois. After moving to LA, he wrote for IFC's The Henry Rollins Show then later went on to make performance appearances on major TV series Mad Men, How I Met Your Mother, Silicon Valley, Narcos and more. As producer, he his titles include: The Scenesters (2009), It's A Disaster (2012), Mothers & Daughters (2016) and Folk Hero & Funny Guy (2016), which was his director...
Director Vanessa Knutsen
Film still of Ivy Matheson and Micah Hauptman
Vanessa Knutsen's feature film Only Humans (2018), an arresting and lyrical tale about love in varying forms, is making its way around international film festivals; it most recently screened at the Napa Valley Film Festival. Known for her work on such high profile films as The Interpreter (2005), Maps to the Stars (2014) and The Deep End (II) (2008), Only Humans is her directorial debut.
Is the film ins...
Scriptwriter Marcela Garces
Director Yuri Morejon
Spanish director Yuri Morejon and scriptwriter Marcela Garces screened their 54 minute film 'The Txoko Experience. The Secret Culinary Space of the Basques' (2017) at the 8th annual Napa Valley Film Festival. In homage to the film, a Txoko food demonstration at the Studio by Feast it Forward, hosts of the NVFF.
In an interview with Yuri and Marcela about their film, here is what they had to say:
Can...
The Human Project (2017) is a heartfelt short about siblings dealing with the death of their father in conflicting ways. Reminiscent of Lars Von Trier's Melancholia (2011), the story is told with a poetic, albeit melancholy, depth that reels the viewer in with each intense moment, enlightening yet leaving one in suspense. Written by David Beatty, directed and edited by Spencer K. Jones and starring Chelsea Alden, their film screened at the 8th annual Napa Valley Film Festival. ...
A graduate from Colgate University, writer and director Chris Paine also studied documentary film at Stanford University. He is most known for his two documentary features 'Revenge of the Electric Car' (2011) and 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' (2006), which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Paine also works as a prolific producer. Some of his producing titles include independent documentaries- 'Bikes vs Cars' (2015), 'Faster' (2003) and 'No Maps ...
New York based Italian writer/director Marco Calvani's latest short film 'The View from Up Here' (2017) is a drama about contrasts in culture, worldview and perspective in today's geopolitical climate. Set in New York, neighbors Claire (Melissa Leo) and Lila (Leïla Bekhti) face a complicated situation when forced to live beside each other despite their polarized differences. Produced by Falling Up Films and Move Movie, it held its world premiere at the 2017 Savannah (SCAD)...
Katie Locke O'Brien is an award winning actress, writer, director and producer for stage, TV and film. Known for her appearances in TV series 'Community' (2009), 'Justified' (2010) and 'I'm Dying Up Here' (2017), she has also worked on numerous independent feature films and written, directed and produced three short films. Her latest oeuvre 'Have It All' (2018) has recently swept up the Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the 8th annual Napa Val...
Vancouver native writer/director Kelly Tatham screened her directorial debut film 'Multiverse Dating for Beginners' (2017) at the 8th annual Napa Valley Film Festival. With a background in acting and writing, Kelly only recently began directing her own work. Her previous credits include webseries 'The New Romantics' (2017).
I interviewed her during the Napa Valley Film Festival about her film. Here is what she had to say:
What were the events that inspir...
Mira Sorvino
WanderLuxxe headed to Napa Valley Film Festival for a pop up filmmakers lounge Nov. 8-11th at the annual Northern California cinematic celebration for outstanding and uplifting storytelling combined with Napa Valley's world class food, wine and hospitality, located at the festival hub at Feast It Forward studios. Guests such as Mira Sorvino, Lamorne Morris (New Girl), Kelly Dodd (Real Housewives of Orange County), Emma Bell (Dallas), Brenda Strong (13 reasons why / Dallas), Ki...
Photos by Jason Merritt/Radar Pics
Alexandra Shipp, Billy Magnussen w/ Meghann Fahy, Camila Mendes, Rosa Salazar, Taissa Farmiga, Tye Sheridan & More at NVFF.
On Saturday at the Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) six up-and-coming talented stars were honored in the fest’s second annual Rising Star Showcase. Tribute honorees included Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story, The Nun), Billy Magnussen (Maniac, Game Night), Camila Mendes (Riverdale, The New Romantic), Rosa Sa...
Alice Eve, Billy Bob Thornton and Laurence Fishburne
The annual Celebrity Tributes program rounded out day 2 of the festival with Hollywood’s finest being honored including Laurence Fishburne (Charles Krug Legendary Actor honoree), Billy Bob Thornton (Caldwell Vineyard Maverick honoree) and Alice Eve (Raymond Vineyards Trailblazer honoree). Access’ Scott Evans hosted the annual event, which was also attended by Camila Mendes, Rosa Salazar, and Tye Sheridan who were ...
On Friday, November 9th, the Napa Valley Film Festival was pleased to honor The Groundlings Theatre & School with the Miner Family Winery Legacy Ensemble Tribute in a special presentation that consisted of an on-stage conversation with Groundlings alumni including Jordan Black, Stephanie Courtney, Tracy Newman, Cheri Oteri, Julia Sweeney and Michaela Watkins, moderated by current Groundling Michael Churven. The theater was filled with laughter as the group looked back on their time a...
Katie Locke O'Brien wins for 'Have It All'
Winners include “Tomorrow,” “TransMilitary” and “Fear Us Women”
Cinema Napa Valley Announces Dates for 2019 Festival
Napa Valley, CA (November 10, 2018) – The 8th Annual Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) announced this year’s juried and audience award winners at the Uptown Theatre in Napa on Saturday, November 10, 2018. The Festival, held from November 7-11, sc...
Actor Paul Sloan, screenwriters Nick Vallelonga and Brian Currie and composer Kristopher Bowers
The 2018 Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) kicked off on Wednesday, November 7 with a screening of their Opening Night film Green Book. Screenwriters Nick Vallelonga and Brian Currie, actor Paul Sloan, and composer Kristopher Bowers were in attendance and participated in a Q&A for audiences following the screening. Actors William Fichtner and Kim Coates w...
BILLY BOB THORNTON TO RECEIVE CALDWELL VINEYARD MAVERICK TRIBUTE AND ALICE EVE TO RECEIVE RAYMOND VINEYARDS TRAILBLAZER TRIBUTE AT THE 8th ANNUAL NAPA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
Thornton and Eve join fellow Tribute honorees Geena Davis and Laurence Fishburne, Rising Stars Taissa Farmiga, Billy Magnussen, Camila Mendes, Rosa Salazar, Tye Sheridan and Alexandra Shipp, and Groundlings Theatre & School esteemed alumni
Napa, California – The eighth annual Napa Valley Film Fes...
Co-founder and co-director of the Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) Brenda Lhormer is an 8th generation Northern Californian native who runs the festival with husband and co-founder Marc Lhormer. The festival began in 2011 and has been growing exponentially ever since its inception in size, attendance and vision. This celebratory miscellany of specialty cuisine, wine, independent film and the arts started in the 1980s as just a pipe-dream for the married couple, an idea that has metamorphosed d...
Eighth Annual Napa Valley Film Festival Announces Film Line-Up,
Special Events and Celebrity Tribute Honorees
Festival to Open with Green Book, Close with Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Honorees Include Geena Davis, Laurence Fishburne, Rising Stars Taissa Farmiga, Billy Magnussen, Camila Mendes, Rosa Salazar, Tye Sheridan and Alexandra Shipp
Stephanie Courtney, Taran Killam, Laraine Newman, Cheri Oteri and Julia Sweeney to Accept Miner Family Winery Legacy Ensem...
THE STARS COME OUT TO NAPA!
KATIE CASSIDY, KIM COATES, STEPHANIE COURTNEY, GEENA DAVIS,
TATE DONOVAN, TAISSA FARMIGA, WILLIAM FICHTNER, LAURENCE FISHBURNE,
CHEF TYLER FLORENCE, FRANK GRILLO, JOHN KARNA, ALEX KARPOVSKY,
TARAN KILLAM, MATTHEW LILLARD, BILLY MAGNUSSEN, CAMILA MENDES,
LOGAN MILLER, LAMORNE MORRIS, LARAINE NEWMAN, CHERI OTERI, DEBBY RYAN, ROSA SALAZAR, SKYLER SAMUELS, TYE SHERIDAN, ALEXANDRA SHIPP,
JULIA SWEENEY AND MORE TO ATTEND 8TH ANNUAL EVENT
The Napa Valley ...
8th ANNUAL NAPA VALLEY FILM FESITVAL
The Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) is the ultimate celebration of film, food and wine, in the picturesque towns of Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga at the most colorful time of year, November 7-11. Now in its 8th year, the Napa Valley Film Festival will feature over 100 new independent films to be screened alongside awards season contending films screening in beautiful venues throughout the Valley, as visiting filmmakers and celebrities interact...
Festival to showcase films starring Danielle Campbell, Katie Cassidy, Tate Donovan, William Fichtner, Jim Gaffigan, Anna Gunn, Matthew Lillard, Missi Pyle, Debby Ryan and more
Napa, California – The 8th annual Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF), scheduled to take place November 7 - 11, announced its Narrative and Documentary Feature Film lineups in core competition today. The complete program lineup of approximately 100 films, including special presentations, award season ...
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