Short Film Wins Bill Paxton Award
For the first time the Ojai Film Festival (OFF) named a short film as recipient of the Bill Paxton Award. This distinction honors achievements among the filmmaking community of Oja
21st Annual Ojai Film Festival Goes Virtual
The theme “Enriching the Human Spirit through Film” continues to guide the Ojai Film Festival. At a time when people’s spirits need uplifting more than ever before the global
Ojai Film Festival Announces Winning Screenplay for 2020
“Immigrants” Emphasizes the Importance of Family Immigrants, a richly detailed story of family struggle and survival from Nazi Germany to the melting pot of New York, won Best
A Letter from the OFF President
Dear members of our Festival Family, As you can imagine, the Coronavirus situation created quite a confusing situation for us as festival planners, and I write this note to keep yo
Screenplay Competition Finalists Announced for 2020
Congratulations to the 2020 Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition Finalists. Entries came from as far away as Edinbridge, Kent, UK, as well as from all over the US. Several of
Interviews Champion Women Filmmakers
Season Two of Ojai Film Festival’s “Dialogue” The second season of the “Dialogue” web series which focuses on conversations with filmmakers at the twentieth annual Ojai F
“Festival Film Buff” = FREE Convenient Mask
During this time of Cronavirus the Ojai Film Festival decided to make our “Festival Film Buff” available for use as a convenient mask. This one-piece fabric has a multitude of
New Free Online Film Series
Festival Highlights: Sixteen Films Over Six Weeks In this time of self-quarantine the Ojai Film Festival presents frustrated moviegoers with a new online film series. “Festival H
Submission Now Open for 21st Ojai Film Festival
The Ojai Film Festival, ranked as one of the top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway, continues to grow in prestige as one of the country’s premier destination festivals.
Local Filmmaking Award Named for Bill Paxton
Monday, November 4 The Ojai Film Festival honors the late Bill Paxton with a new award named after him for best locally produced film. An accomplished actor/director and Ojai local