Napa Valley Fest: Film, Food & Wine

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Parent Category: Film Festivals

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Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2011 05:00

Written by L E Shannon

The inaugural Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) is being held November 9 - 13, 2011 at numerous venues in the Napa Valley communities of Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga, California.

The Napa Valley Film Festival is produced by Cinema Napa Valley, a registered 501c3 non-profit organization headquartered in Napa, California. The co-chairs, Brenda and Marc Lhormer, ran the successful Sonoma Valley Film Festival from 2001 through 2008.

NVFF features

• new independent films
• studio sneak previews
• conversations with attending directors, actors, producers and writers
• wine-tasting pavilions
• culinary demonstrations
• VIP receptions and dinners with Napa Valley's own celebrity chefs and winemakers

NVFF will honor actor Jeffrey Wright with the Humanitarian Award.

The Opening Night film is the new George Clooney starrer, The Descendants, directed by Alexander Payne, and co-starring Judy Greer, who is the Festival‛s "Spotlight On" honoree. The film is about a suddenly widowed father of two daughters who must not only repair his relationship with his children, but also come to grips with a new revelation about his wife.

The Closing Night film is the Sundance Grand Prize winner Like Crazy, directed by Drake Doremus, with Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones, the Festival‛s "Rising Star" honoree.

Some other films screening are:

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
directed by Patrick Meaney
The popular graphic novelist, television writer and futurist Warren Ellis is profiled.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi
directed by David Gelb
The 85-year career of Japan's most celebrated sushi chef is examined, as he runs his 10-seat, $300-a-plate restaurant in Tokyo.

The Brothers Warner
directed by Cass Warner Sperling, Harry Warner's granddaughter
An intimate portrait of the four brothers who pioneered the film industry when they founded Warner Bros. studio, which they ran for over 50 years.

Somewhere Between
directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Nearly 80,000 Chinese girls have been adopted by U.S. families. This film relates the stories of four of them.

Becoming Santa
directed by Jeff Myers
This film follows the experiences of one man who decides to go the distance in becoming a Santa Claus for one Christmas season.

It would not be Napa Valley without the award-winning wines to accompany the critically praised cuisine, and attendees will be able to enjoy both in all the Festival villages.

For more information, go to napavalleyfilmfest.org.

Napa Valley Film Festival
November 9 - 13, 2011

Napa:

Napa Valley Opera House
1030 Main Street
Napa, CA 94559-2641
707-226-7372

Jarvis Conservatory
1711 Main Street  
Napa, CA 94559-1844
707-255-5445

Silo’s Jazz Club
530 Main St # C  
Napa, CA 94559-3379
707-251-5833

The Lounge at Hatt Hall
Napa River Inn
530 Main Street
Napa, CA 94559-3379
877-251-8500

Oxbow Screening Room  
500 1st St
Napa, CA 94559

Yountville:

Barrel Room 1870
Village Inn & Spa
6481 Washington Street
Yountville, CA 94599
707-944-8877

Generations Screening Room
Yountville Community Center
6516 Washington Street
Yountville, CA 94599
707-944-2959.

Lincoln Theater
100 California Drive  
Yountville, CA 94599
707-944-9900

St. Helena:

Cameo Cinema
1340 Main Street  
St. Helena, CA 94574-1905
707-963-9779

Native Sons Hall
1313 Spring St.
St Helena, CA 94574

Calistoga:

Gliderport at Indian Springs
Lincoln Avenue
Calistoga, CA

Calistoga Elementary School
1327 Berry Street  
Calistoga, CA 94515
707-942-4398

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