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Napa Valley Film FestivalThe 10th Napa Valley Film Festival takes place November 10-14, 2021 in the four walk-able villagesof Napa, Yountville, St. Helena, and Calistoga. Each year the festival features 125 new independent films, 300+ filmmakers and film industry guests, 150 wineries, 30 chefs, and an array of culinary demonstrations, wine tasting pavilions, and special events. The Napa Valley Film Festival is produced by Cinema Napa Valley, a registered 501c3 non-profit organization headquartered in Napa, California. The festival's co-creators (and Cinema Napa Valley Founders) are Brenda and Marc Lhormer, producers and distributors of the feature film BOTTLE SHOCK, about the historic upset victory by Napa Valley wines over the French at the infamous 1976 wine-tasting competition in Paris. BOTTLE SHOCK premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival before going on to international theatrical distribution. The husband-and-wife team also ran the successful Sonoma Valley Film Festival from 2001 through 2008. In addition to producing the annual Napa Valley Film Festival, Cinema Napa Valley presents special film programs throughout the year and provides support to student filmmaking programs in Napa Valley schools. To learn more, visit www.napavalleyfilmfest.org. The Groundlings Theatre & School and Geena Davis Receive Tributes at Napa Valley Film Festival
On Friday, November 9th, the Napa Valley Film Festival was pleased to honor The Groundlings Theatre & School with the Miner Family Winery Legacy Ensemble Tribute in a special presentation that consisted of an on-stage conversation with Groundlings alumni including Jordan Black, Stephanie Courtney, Tracy Newman, Cheri Oteri, Julia Sweeney and Michaela Watkins, moderated by current Groundling Michael Churven. The theater was filled with laughter as the group looked back on their time at The Groundlings, giving the audience a peek into the early days of SNL and working with other amazing talents that have come up through the Groundlings program.
Later that evening, the festival screened the documentary film, This Changes Everything, which was followed by a special tribute program for Geena Davis, who received the Davis Estates Visionary award. Award-winning journalist Stacey Wilson Hunt moderated an on-stage conversation where Davis spoke about the importance of eliminating unconscious bias and highlighting gender balance by creating roles for strong female characters in the entertainment and media. Backstage, Davis was interviewed by two young, budding female journalists from Napa Valley’s local middle schools (dubbed “Teen Press”), and gave them some words of wisdom as a women in the entertainment and media industry.
Earlier in the day, Top Chef star and 2018 James Beard Award-winning Chef Nina Compton participated in a culinary demonstration on the Monogram Appliances Demonstration Kitchen Stage to a packed audience.
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