Oceanside Intl Film Festival

09/07/2024

THE BUILDOUT Director Zeshaan Younus and its Producers joined Michael E. Vasquez on the OIFF 2024 Red Carpet to discuss the inspiration behind the aesthetic and story of the introspective thriller, as well all that went into producing a feature within the remote environments in which its narrative takes place.

09/07/2024

The Oceanside Intl Film Festival was thrilled to have famed musician & industry Innovator Beatie Wolfe attend our 13th Annual Event in Downtown Oceanside. She joined OIFF's Michael E. Vasquez on the Red Carpet to discuss the premiere of she and Ross Harris' TREES AND SEAS, as well as her career's influence on the audio and environmental corners of artistry.

We are still accepting submissions for OIFF 2025 throughout this weekend. Submit your work to the 14th Annual event today, only on FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/OceansideInternationalFilmFestival

09/03/2024

Andy Kastelic, Director of the award-winning period short, THE COUNTRYMAN, joined Michael Vasquez on our 2024 Red Carpet to dig deeper behind the task of writing, directing and starring in one's own production.

09/02/2024

In this latest flashbak to OIFF 2024, Red Carpet Correspondent Michael E. Vasquez spoke with the artists behind the stunning environmental animation short, MANŌ as to what the musically resonant film represents for the preservation of both wildlife and its natural surroundings. Submissions for OIFF 2025 are still open for 6 more days! Head over to FilmFreeway today and participate in our latest celebration of indie cinema!

09/01/2024

In Another Lookback at OIFF 2024, Director of Local Award Winning Feature To Fall in Love, Michael Foster, Discusses Proess Behind its Production with Festival Correspondent Michael E. Vasquez.

7 Days Left to Submit to the 2025 Oceanside Intl Film Festival! Submit Today: https://filmfreeway.com/OceansideInternationalFilmFestival

08/31/2024

There is Still One More Week to Submit to OIFF 2025! As we roll-out preparations for the Latest Edition of the Oceanside Intl Film Festival, we look back at some more moments from our 2024 Event! One highlight incuding our Interview with Writer/Director of the locally produced thriller FORGET ME AGAIN, Noah Hecht, as they spoke with Michael E. Vasquez on the OIFF 2024 Red Carpet.

Submit your Work Today, Only on FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/OceansideInternationalFilmFestival

05/29/2024

SUBMIT TODAY for 2025! The Oceanside International Film Festival is Accepting Films of All Genres, Languages and Lengths. Send in Your Latest Work & Participate in the 14th Annual OIFF! Visit osidefilm.org or Find us on FilmFreeway at https://filmfreeway.com/OceansideInternationalFilmFestival

05/14/2024

San Diego Filmmaker Aiden Keltner is interviewed on stage at the Brooks Theater by Creative Director/Co-Programming Director Carly Starr Brullo-Niles about the in-depth research and real-world inspirations behind his powerful short, AMAZNG GRACE.

04/24/2024

Special Guest correspondent Morgan McCray warmly welcomed & spoke cinema with the Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Writer Hong-rae Lee & Co-Lead Actor Keun-young Jang of the feature film, THOSE WERE THE GOOD DAYS who traveled all the way from South Korea to attend the 13th Annual Oceanside Intl Film Festival.

04/08/2024

Our thrilling and psychologically shocking Impostor Syndrome shorts program was paired with an exciting Q&A discussion at The Brooks Theater moderated by OIFF Creative Director and Co-Programer, Carly Starr Brullo-Niles. Appearing on stage were select cast & crew members of award-winning films, FORGET ME AGAIN & ACCIDENTAL STARS.

OIFF is now accepting submissions for its 2025 season. Visit osidefilm.org for more info!

04/03/2024

The cast and crew of OIFF alum Filmmaker Michael Foster's feature romance, To Fall in Love, with the festival's co-programmer and creative director Carly Starr Brullo-Niles on the Brooks Theater Stage for an in-depth q&a on the vision and ex*****on of the award-winning production.

04/01/2024

Enjoy the full Q&A for OIFF 2024's Horror & Genre block, THE IDENTITY ENTITY, which screened at The Brooks Theater, Oceanside on Wednesday, February 21st. Featured in this block were the films, TRAILHEAD, AND YET THEY SPEAK, THIRTEEN STEPS, THE MAD DOCTOR OF THE INTERCONTININTEL HOTEL, LOCKDOWN.

The Festival is now accepting films for our 2025 Season. Head over to https://filmfreeway.com/OceansideInternationalFilmFestival and Submit Today!

03/26/2024

That time has come once again, filmmakers! We are excited to Announce our Call for Entries for the 2025 Oceanside Intl Film Festival! Open to all genres and mediums of filmmaking, head over to https://filmfreeway.com/OceansideInternationalFilmFestival to Submit your Latest Work to our 14th Annual Event! 🎥

Returning February 18th - 22nd 2025 & established in 2009, OIFF is an opportunity for independent filmmakers to have their work screened and juried. It also ...

03/19/2024

The Innovative musician, composer, producer & inventor, Jason Hill, was featured as the 2024 Oceanside Intl Film Festival's opening night special guest at The Brooks Theater in Downtown Oceanside on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024. Interviewed by OIFF Executive director, Lou Niles we're excited to present the Full conversation with Jason Hill, including intimate stories, reflections and bts video clips that further illustrate the process behind Jason's incredible work.

02/25/2024

Congrats to the Winners of the Oceanside Intl Film Festival! See our new link below for our full list of category winners. We thank our community, filmmakers, and our presenting sponsors at Visit Oceanside for making this 13th annual event everything it was. We’ll see everyone again in 2025: https://osidefilm.org/2024winners/

02/20/2024

Screening Saturday, February 24th at 6:00PM is the Tony Olmos Directed comedy-thriller, HEMET, OR THE LANDLADY DON’T DRINK TEA.

- Equal parts horror movie, fairy tale, and satiric political allegory, this darkly comic crime thriller follows a tyrannical landlady in Hemet, California who lords it over her tenants during an epidemic, pitting them against each other in a web of paranoia spun for deadly results.

- Content Warning for crude language and situations. Paired with the short animation SPEEDMAN by director Joe Bowers. Tickets on Sale now. Link In Bio.

- Directed by Tony Olmos | Ramona, CA | 90 min | Dark Comedy, Thriller

- Starring | Kimberly Weinberger | Brian Patrick Butler | Aimee La Joie | Matthew Rhodes | Nick Young | Merrick McCartha | Randy Davison | Derrick Acosta | Mark Atkinson

02/20/2024

ATTENTION OIFF 2024 Attendees: Due to advanced weather conditions, the Oceanside Intl Film Festival will need to call off the 4:30pm - 6:00PM Oceanside Museum of Art Portion of our Festival's Opening Night Reception. Our Red Carpet Welcome WILL INSTEAD be starting at 6:00pm at The Brooks Theater, Oceanside, located at 217 N. Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA.

All programming at The Brooks Theater from 6:00pm - 9:00pm will continue as currently scheduled. We thank you for your understanding in this disappointing yet unavoidable situation. We look forward to seeing you at The Brooks Theater at 6:00pm tomorrow evening.

02/19/2024

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Congratulations to our Official Award Nominees of the 2024 Oceanside Intl Film Festival! See our link for the full list of award nominees for our 13th annual event: https://osidefilm.org/2024noms/

We'd also like to mention that in addition to our Grand Jury nominations, we've also added a new category to this year's presentation; Best Feature Screenplay. The OIFF '24 Award Show will take place at The Brooks Theater on Saturday, February 24th, 2024 at 8:30pm. See you at the Movies!

02/18/2024

We regret to inform that our feature presentation of the film TASMANIA has been cancelled due to reasons outside of the festival’s control. However, our 8:00PM slot on Friday, February 23rd has been re-curated with our FRIENDS TO THE END Shorts Program.

- This lineup of coming of age shorts showcases the many forms of friendship, whether they be platonic or romantic in nature. Exploring the delicate balance they provide and the effect when these support systems potentially fail. Tickets are on sale now. Visit our link in bio for full schedule and more info.

- FEATURED:

- THE PROS AND CONS OF KILLING YOURSELF | Directed by Ravi Steve Khajuria | Toronto | 18 Min | Drama, Dark Comedy | 8:00PM

- HEART CANDIES TASTE LIKE CHALK | Directed by Aiko Lozar | Carlsbad | 8 Min | Romance, LGBTQ+ | 8:18PM

- DREAM CYCLE | Directed by Don Sano | San Diego/Idaho | 8 Min | Drama, Experimental | 8:26PM

- ASK YOUR FRIENDS | Directed by Joshua Carone | Los Angeles | 16 Min | Comedy, Romance | 8:34PM

02/17/2024

Playing one week from today, Saturday, February 24th is the feature length found footage dramatic thriller, THE BUILDOUT. In the film, a friendship is tested as two women experience something strange in the desert. Tickets are now on sale for the presentation of this paranormal feature: https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/film-screenings--saturday-feb-24-2024-oceanside-february-925542

- Directed by Zeshaan Younus | 70 Min | Anaheim, CA | 4:00PM | Saturday, 2/24

- Starring Jenna Kanell & Hannah Alline

02/17/2024

Join the Oceanside Intl Film Festival and our sponsors at Soroptimist International Oceanside Carlsbad on the morning of Saturday, February 24th at The Brooks Theater for our special shorts program, REEL WOMEN.

- This curation of female directed narrative and nonfiction shorts tackles a multitude of pertinent topics, including environmental sustainability, preservation of history as well as inclusion on a global scale. Proceeds from this event will go toward Soroptimist Intl Oceanside Carlsbad’s LIVE YOUR DREAM SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, with the annual goal to provide $40,000 in grants to assist talented and underserved women as they overcome incredible challenges to realize their dreams. Visit their website for Tickets: https://www.sioceansidecarlsbad.com/reel-women-film-shorts.html

- (Note: Separate Admission for this Event. REEL WOMEN is not included with the Saturday or Full Screening Pass).

- FEATURED IN THIS PROGRAM:

- MANŌ | Directed by Brittany Biggs | Honolulu | 10 Min | Animation

- A’AI | Directed by Kalie Granier | San Francisco | 5 Min | Experimental

- LOS COURAGE CAMPS: CREANDO OLAS | Directed by Yesenia De Casas | Los Angeles | 9 Min | Surf

- SPEAR. SPATULA. SUBMARINE. | Directed by Shannon Morrall | Fort Lauderdale | 12:45 Min | Documentary

- PLEASE ASK FOR IT | Directed by Allison Waid | Inglewood | 20 Min | Documentary

- ANGELES | Directed by Hannah Fay Folingo & Alexis Grace Adams | Los Angeles | 17 Min | Drama

- FIGMENT | Directed by Lieke Anna Haertjens | Netherlands | 30 Min | Documentary

Tickets at https://www.sioceansidecarlsbad.com/reel-women-film-shorts.html

02/16/2024

Big thanks to The Coast News for the amazing shout out for our festival next week, as well as our opening night ceremony with the also amazing Jason Hill. Tickets on sale now at www.osidefilm.org

The Oceanside International Film Festival is returning for its 13th year at the historic Sunshine Brooks Theater in downtown.

02/15/2024

The Oceanside Intl Film Festival is thrilled to bring back its annual tradition of surf themed narrative and nonfiction shorts. Beginning at 6:00PM on Friday, February 23rd at The Brooks Theater, Oceanside, enjoy an array of local and international glimpses into modern surf culture across the globe. Tickets on sale now: https://events.com/r/en_US/tickets/film-screenings--friday-feb-23-2024-oceanside-february-925539

- FEATURING:

- DUST | Directed by Ben Bloom | 4Min | New Zealand

- RICK GRIFFIN INTERLUDE 01, PACIFIC VIBRATIONS | Directed by Dave Tourje and Steve Barilotti | 4Min | Pasadena

- SURF FRIEND | Directed by Annie Keenan Winerip | 4Min | Los Angeles

- EL GORDO | Directed by Alejandro Maytorena | 11Min | Mexico

- FIFTH TIDE | Directed by Lena Kemna and Christina Gindl | 19Min | Germany

- BUARCOS - THE UNRIDDEN ONES | Directed by Joao Traveira | 39Min | Portugal

- To Be Followed by a Q&A Panel Discussion with Attending Filmmakers.

02/14/2024

Kicking off our programming at The Brooks Theater, Oceanside for Friday, February 23rd at 5:00pm is the special presentation of Eco-Doc TREES AND SEAS from visionary artist Beatie Wolfe.

- Shot by filmmaker Ross Harris, this short environmental think piece uses Wolfe’s guitar (and its materials) as a lens to explore key local conservation efforts in California, from a NOAA abalone rewilding project, to CAL FIRE’s reclaimed urban wood initiative; looking at how we can build new sustainable circular economies, while drawing wisdom from the true custodians of the land. Tickets are on Sale Now for all five days of cinema at https://osidefilm.org/buy-2024-tickets/

- 5:00PM | 15 Minutes | Documentary | To Be Followed by Q&A with Beatie Wolfe and Team

02/12/2024

Headlining our programming for Thursday, February 22nd is Hong-Rae Lee's meditative and introspective drama, THOSE WERE THE GOOD DAYS. Join us for this feature presentation and special q&a discussion with the filmmakers directly afterward. Tickets are on sale now: https://shorturl.at/emxLX

When Hyun-ji's relationship with her boyfriend, a poet, ends, her sadness from the break up leads to a quiet and antisocial lifestyle. While Hyun Ji's sorrows build, old friends Ga-young and Yu-jun meet on the street by happen chance, with Yu-Jun failing to remember Ga-young. Chance has it, the two are headed to the same poetry reading event, coincentially hosted by Hyun-Ji's ex-boyfriend. This sets in motion a series of events that reunite old friends and bring about much needed closure. This meditative and interconnected narrative explores the moment of impact when conflict becomes the catalyst for inner-healing.

- Directed by Hong-Rae Lee

- Starring Hyun-ji Park, Jay Jeong-woo Oh, Keun-young Jang, Hyun-seo Woo, Ga-young Park, Yu-jun Ko

- 85 Minutes | Republic of Korea | Presented in Korean with English Subtitles

02/11/2024

Headlining our programming for Wednesday, February 21st is Oceanside born filmmaker Michael Foster’s feature-length romantic drama, TO FALL IN LOVE.

When a woman estranged from her husband meets with him as a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, they grapple with psychologist Arthur Aron’s famous relationship tool, “The 36 Questions TO FALL IN LOVE,” and she must decide whether their love is enough to keep them together.

- Directed by Michael Foster

- Written by Jennifer Lane

- Cast: Beth Gallagher & Eric Casalini

- Runtime: 87 Minutes

- Tickets on Sale Now at https://osidefilm.org/buy-2024-tickets/

02/09/2024

Our programming on Thursday, February 22nd continues with our IMPOSTOR SYNDROME shorts program, featuring four psychological shorts exploring the importance of trust in everyday dealings, personal surroundings and above all, one’s own decisions. Tickets are now on Sale for all 5 days of 2024 cinema: https://osidefilm.org/buy-2024-tickets/

INCLUDED WITH THIS BLOCK:

- STUNNER | Directed by Marianne Williams

- ACCIDENTAL STARS | Directed by Emily Bennett

- FORGET ME AGAIN | Directed by Noah Hecht

- BURIAL | Directed by Jerzy Czachowski

View our Full Schedule Today: https://osidefilm.org/oiff-2024-schedule-home/

02/09/2024

Thursday, February 22nd at the Oceanside Intl Film Festival will begin at 5:00pm with our EVERYDAY HEROES shorts program at Oceanside Theatre Company. This emotionally driven block of narrative and nonfiction storytelling demonstrates that one does not need to wear a cape to enact daily feats of heroism. Tickets are now available for OIFF 2024, including this powerful shorts lineup that gives an in-depth look into this undeniable truth: https://shorturl.at/anCP0

EVERYDAY HEROES INCLUDES:

- TWIN OAKS | Directed by Sean O'Connor - Story Gorge

- PATRIMONY | Directed by Stefan Tomić

- EL HALCÓN | Directed by Arlene Ibison

- THE VESSEL | Directed by Brendan Garvey

- AMAZING GRACE | Directed by Aiden Keltner

- THE SINGER: A MONTFORD POINT MARINE | Directed by Eliciana Nascimento