The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival honored Morgan Freeman with the King Vidor Lifetime Achievement award on Saturday, March 11 at the classic Fremont Theatre in San Luis Obispo. Mr. Freeman's appearance in town coincided with the West Coast Premiere of his newest film, "Lucky Number Slevin". On hand to pay tribute to the versatile Freeman were friends Malcolm McDowell, Field of Dreams director, Phil Alden Robinson and Dances with Wolves editor, Neil Travis. Mr. Freeman told the pack...

Important eventsSection Latin America the XXIst: With the years this section has fortified and taken more importance inside the festival. This year there were 18 movies that have been presented. Among them the public loved: "Cachimba" by Caiozzi (Chile) and "Machuca" by Wood (Chile) The winning movie was, “Sums and subtractions” by Gaviria ( Colombia), “Voces inocentes” by Mandoki (Mexico) and “One day without Mexicans” by Arau (Mexico). Nevertheless, the rest of the films wer...