This film
festival is one that we look forward to.
We attended the first annual Fallbrook Film Festival in 2008 and were
overly impressed by their professionalism and organization. At that time it was held in downtown
Fallbrook and the atmosphere of the small town gave even more to the
presentation of this film festival.
There were multiple viewing areas for films including an outdoor screen
set up in a lot, all surrounded by restaurants, bars and stores. This year’s festival was relocated to a small
plaza shopping center in Bonsall and regretfully, the
quaint atmosphere is lost here. Most of
the center is empty, except for a few eateries and a market, although the pizza
parlor we ate at was extremely good. The
theater in which the films were shown was clean and comfortable and everything
seemed to run fairly smoothly. Now, when
we attended the final evening, we will have to say, we were a bit disappointed
in the way it was set up. There was an
array of vendors with merchandise and food set up in a horseshoe surrounded by
rope to keep everyone within the circle... regretfully, this circle was about
the size of a large apartment trying to hold in about a hundred people. It was cramped to say the least; we kept
getting stepped on and run into and found that we could only handle being there
for about fifteen minutes before we both felt so claustrophobic that we had to
leave. Being unsure as to the ‘why’ they
had to move locations, we wish they would consider moving it back to Fallbrook,
after all it is the Fallbrook Film Festival... still, this is a worthwhile
festival to attend and the staff are wonderful to deal with.
2010 WINNERS
Frank Capra Award: Man in the Chair, directed by Michael Schroeder
Best Student Film: Fiasco
Best Narrative Short: La Nina del Desierto
Best Narrative Feature: Unitards
Best Documentary Short : The Art of Surfing:
Best Documentary Feature : Bring Me Hope - Hannah's Story
Best Animation: Prayers for Peace
Audience's Choice: Botso
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