Festival Events

FOCUS 2010
Events and Festivals

Photo of a boy on a horse"The Horse Boy" Thursday, April 29, 6:30 to 9:00 PM, The Big Room at Sierra Nevada (1075 East 20th Street) Chico. An intensely personal yet epic spiritual journey, The Horse Boy follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in an attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. $10 general admission $6.00 students with ID. Meet Special Guest: Producer, Author, Parent, Rupert Isaacson.  6:30 to 7:00 PM drumming by Djembe Kan.
           
link to buy tickets   link to trailer   link to press release   link to event poster
For more information: www.horseboymovie.com and www.chicocafeculture.com
     

  
Under Our Skin photoFOCUS at the COVE presents "Under Our Skin" Tuesday, March 23, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, at The COVE (565 Pearson Road) Paradise. FREE admission. A dramatic tale of microbes, medicine and money, this eye-opening film investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, a tick-borne ailment, and emerging epidemic larger than AIDS. For more information: www.underourskin.com

link to press release   link to trailer


Cover of Living with Fragile X
"Living with Fragile X" Thursday, April 22, 10:30-12:30 PM, at The Redding Library (1100 Parkview Ave.) Redding. Living with Fragile X takes a rare and intimate look at the lives of several families who live with a member affected by fragile x syndrome. Dr. Christine Austin will answer questions following the screening. You must register for this training:(530) 222-4791 x3386 For more information: www.livingwithfragilex.com

link to trailer    link to registration form

SAVE THE DATE! 6th Annual FOCUS Film Festival and Short Film Competition, Opening Night: October 13 at Sierra Nevada Big Room and continuing October 14 at Bell Memorial Union Auditorium, Chico

FOCUS 2009
Events and Festivals

5th Annual FOCUS Film Festival and Short Film Competition, October 20, opening night at Sierra Nevada Big Room and October 21, Bell Memorial Union Auditorium, Chico

 picture of film offerings

....program  ....screening schedule  ....trailers  ....competition winners  ....class syllabus  
 
....opening night pictures (by Doug Churchill)
....day 2 pictures (by Sharon DeMeyer)

 


   "Under Our Skin" Tuesday, September 22, 6:00  
   p.m., Redding Library Community Room. This eye-
   opening documentary investigates the untold story 
   of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic larger than
   AIDS. Also screening in Quincy, Feather River
   College Gallery, 10/8 
                                  ....poster
 

   Sneak Preview! Friday, August 14 at 7:00 p.m., Old City Hall Arts  
   Center, Redding. What is it like to be a deaf performer in a hearing   
   world? Follow the journeys of four extraordinary entertainers
   through a single year as their stories intertwine and culminate in
   some of the largest events of their lives. See poster for details.
   Special Guest: Hilari Scarl, Director
  ....poster  ....pictures


    FOCUS at the People First of California Convention, June 
   12,The Doubletree Hotel, Sacramento. Follow Karen, a
   woman with Down Syndrome, as she swims Lake Tahoe in
  
Crossing Tahoe: A Swimmer’s Dream and follow five zany
   reporters as they hit the red carpet at the Grammy awards
   for MTV in How's Your News.
  ....poster

    FOCUS at the COVE: "The Way Bobby Sees It", March
   9, Paradise. Special Guest: Meet downhill racing legend
    Bobby McMullen
who will answer questions and sign  
    posters following the screening. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. A free event!

  ....press release

   "Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life," February 12,
   The Sierra Nevada Big Room, Chico Special Guests: Meet
   the film's star, Darius Weems, Director Logan Smalley, and
   all the cast and crew! 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Click "press
   release" for details.
   ....press release ....poster ....travel blog ....pictures ....pictures day 2