LA TIMES: Newport Beach film festival Awards
The Newport Beach Film Festival on Monday announced the winners of its 17th annual edition, which wrapped up Thursday. The selection committee reviewed more than 2,500 films, and the 50,000 viewers who turned out for the weeklong festival watched more than 400 films from 50 countries. Each movie competed for honors in three categories: Jury Awards, voted on by a panel of film experts and industry insiders; Festival Honors, given by the event's staff; and Audience Awards, dete
OC WEEKLY: Dirty Old Wedge is Biggest Ticket Seller Ever at Newport Beach Film Festival
Facing a boisterous audience at the Lido Theatre that had given Dirty Old Wedge a fourth sellout at this month's Newport Beach Film Festival, NBFF CEO Gregg Schwenk announced Wednesday night that the action-sports documentary had just become the biggest ticket seller in the festival's 17-year history. ...con't click here for full article: http://www.ocweekly.com/news/dirty-old-wedge-is-biggest-ticket-seller-ever-at-newport-beach-film-festival-7153298 #ocweekly #dirtyoldwedge
Fish: The Surfboard Documentary is accepted into Newport Beach Film Festival
Fish: The Surfboard Documentary is proud to announce it is an official selection of the 2016 Newport Beach Film Festival. For more information and ticket info click the link below: http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/event/fish-the-surfboard-film/ #newportbeachfilmfestival #fish #fishthesurfboarddocumentary #robmachado #surf #surfing #surffilm #surfdvd
Dirty Old Wedge sets world premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival
The Wedge is a piece of shoreline along the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, CA famous for its waves. Beginning in the thirties with the construction of the new Newport Harbor entrance and its accidental creation of the Wedge, follow its backstory and how it made an impact on a community of beach natives all the way to present day, as well as the history of body surfing, surfing, boogie boarding, and the creation of the blackball flag. Check this link for ticket info: https
