Submitted Press Release:
Brooks Institute to Serve as Festival’s First-Ever Ventura Venue; Hosting Screenings, Workshops, Panels and Special Events on Nov. 5 – 8, 2009
OJAI, CALIF. (July 21, 2009) ? The Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival, formerly Ojai Film Festival, and Brooks Institute are proud to announce that the Institute will serve as the host for all Festival programming in Ventura as the event marks its 10th anniversary by expanding its footprint into the City of Ventura.
Running from November 5 – 8, 2009, this milestone year will render opportunities for a broader regional and national audience to take part in a variety of Festival events at the Brooks Institute campus. Formerly a motion picture studio, the Institute will host many of the Festival’s screenings, the annual filmmaker party and all of the Festival’s workshops and panels. Additionally, Ventura Marriott has signed on as a hotel sponsor. Ojai continues to serve as the Festival’s headquarters with screenings held at various Ojai venues.
About the Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival
Established in 1999 as the Ojai Film Festival, the Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the art of the motion picture through the presentation of an annual multi-day festival in which films submitted by filmmakers throughout the world are publicly exhibited at several venues in and around the picturesque cities of Ojai and Ventura, Calif. Accredited by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), many of the Festival’s films have subsequently received widespread distribution, honors and awards, including Academy Awards. The Festival is overseen by a passionate board of community leaders, film industry veterans and members of the greater business community. The Festival also boasts a litany of high-profile advisory board members including Ellen DeGeneres, Colin Farrell, Robert Friedman, Matthew Perry, Peter Strauss, Sally Kellerman, Malcolm Mc Dowell and Diane Ladd.
For more information about the Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival, please visit www.ojai-venturafilmfestival.com or call (805) 640-1947.
About Brooks Institute:
Brooks Institute celebrates more than 60 years of educating students in the visual and media arts. With campuses in Santa Barbara and Ventura, California, the school offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in fields including Professional Photography, Visual Journalism, Film and Video Production and Graphic Design, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Photography. Brooks’ graduates are visible nationally and internationally, working for distinguished organizations including National Geographic, Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times and other national media outlets, including Hallmark Publishing, Cousteau Society, HBO, Kodak and other industry leaders in the visual media arts fields. Brooks is part of the Career Education Corporation network of schools (NASDAQ: CECO). For more information about Brooks Institute and the school’s programs, visit www.brooks.edu, or call 805-966-3888.
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lisa brooks institute is the worst of predatory capitalism. please tell us are you gaining any benefit of plugging this institution???i ve known 5 people who graduated from brooks owing 30 000 dollars and wern t placed in a job brooks job placement rate is less then 5% are you a brooks graduate?
Oh, come on, the release is from the Film Festival and not from Brooks. Why would you accuse Lisa of being on the take? That’s absurd.
ridiculous
Brooks is expensive yes but they are an attribute to this area. This has the potential to add to Brook’s interest and Ojai’s.
Meanwhile Lisa on the take? She is one of the most ethical, toughly honest people I know.
relax tyler et all i didn t accuse lisa i asked when someone brings in a press release that glorifies an institution ie brooks institute which i know to be corrupt i owe it to the public to respond
George, your run-on sentence doesn’t even make sense. You specifically asked Lisa (with three question marks, no less!) if she is “gaining any benefit of plugging this institution.” That to me sounds like an accusation, and worthy of response.
It sounds like most of the events are moving out of Ojai to Brooks. Is that the case?
I guess that might be good for Ventura hotel & restaurant biz.
Good for petrol sales too. Any plans for a shuttle?
“For more information about the Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival, please visit http://www.ojai-venturafilmfestival.com or call (805) 640-1947.”
Better call, the website only has “coming soon” for the schedule and event information.
George, George, George. What would ever cause you to make such accusations towards either Lisa or Brooks? Obviously there is some deep personal cause for your anger and your inappropriate and untrue accusations. Perhaps some anger counseling would be beneficial? (???)
Thank you all for your comments, interest and questions regarding the Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary year. This new partnership with the Brooks Institute is key to our continued growth so that the festival can continue to be a positive economic and cultural force in our communities. While the Festival will continue to be headquartered in Ojai, containing the majority of festival activities including opening and closing night celebrations, screenings and the golf tournament, Brooks Institute will be a great home in Ventura offering state-of-the-art facilities for screenings and panels as well as easy parking. We are working to make shuttles available for people to commute between the two cities for festival-related activities and would ask that potential shuttle sponsors contact the Festival’s executive offices.
). But we did set up a Facebook and Twitter page to help us share information a little easier – follow us here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ojai-Ventura-International-Film-Festival/100140801502?ref=nf for real time updates!
Regarding the Festival website, the very nature of the festival demands that it be a work in progress right up until the event. Be assured that as details are finalized, we will be updating the website so that you can stay informed about all the great things coming online. You wouldn’t believe all the details that go into producing a festival (any volunteers?!
Thanks for all of your input! Keep it coming!
David Shor, Chairman