16th edition of annual fest bestows awards to conclude a five-day run at Raleigh StudiosThe 16th International Family Film Festival wound to a close Sunday night with an awards program including the presentation of the annual “Friz Award” for Excellence in Animation Arts, which this year was bestowed to legendary voice actor Bill Farmer, known for his portrayal of Disney’s Goofy and many other animated characters.The 2011 IFFF awards celebration was held in the Chaplin Theater at Raleigh S...
Located in Hollywood, Caliofornia
Screens films by professionals, film students and youth in separate categories
Scvepts films and screenplays both long and short formats
Films are suitable for a generasl audience
Second week of March annually
"Welcome to the 15th annual IFFF held at the Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California. We like the sound of "15". IFFF celebrates cultural diversity, creativity, tolerance and global unity in its exhibition of excellent family films and screenplays. Over the five days, the festival screened 86 film products from 14 countries and 15 professional film schools that attest to our emphasis on multi-cultural themes and global collaboration. On behalf ...
IFFF HONOREE: MARCO MARENGHI : A FAMILY GUYThe 2008 Friz Award HonoreeMarco Marenghi, Animation Supervisor, Sony Pictures Imageworks, will receive the coveted 2008 International Family Film Festival "Friz Award" (named for the late Isadore "Friz" Freleng, Head Animator at Warner Bros.) for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Animation & Visual Effects, Sunday March 2nd at 6:30PM at Raleigh Studios.Originally from Rhondda Valley, South Wales, United Kingdom, Marenghi's rise from humble beginnings ...
"When I think about the upcoming 2008 International Family Film Festival, I begin humming that great hit by the O’Jays, Love Train. To me, this song personifies the IFFF like no other. The first stanza reads, “The next stop that we make will be England. Tell all the folks in Russia and China too. Don’t you know its time to get on board? And let this train keep on riding, riding on through. People all over the world, join hands, start a love train, love train!” by Yvonne Farrow The ...
Seven individual students and four class entries numbered among film and screenplay winners, as the International Family Film Festival concluded its 12th annual What IFFF? Kids Film Festival and Film Camp.An awards ceremony, held June 30, capped events of the festival and film camp, which began June 26 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood. The Fest moved from its longtime home in Santa Clarita to the new site this year."We're all pleased to say that the new site was a booming success...
Five schools of L.A. Unified School District's lauded film-education program, Beyond the Bell, to send participants to five-day Hollywood eventElementary and middle schools based in five communities throughout the L.A. Unified School District will send students' films to participate in the 12th annual What IFFF? Kids Film Festival and Film Camp, set for June 26-30 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood.Schools sending student produced films to participate in the fest and camp include B...
HOLLYWOOD LACER STARS HEADING TO WHAT IFFF KIDS? FILM FEST AND FILM CAMPBudding young filmmakers from after-school program to participate in 12th annual event, screen film during Fest Some 50 students from Hollywood-based middle schools' LACER Stars after-school program will take part in the 12th annual What IFFF? Kids Film Festival and Film Camp, to be held June 26-30 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood.LACER--which stands for a program emphasis on literacy, arts, culture, educatio...
