The Cambria Film Festival is entering its 8th year! 

Our mission is to showcase wonderful films in our charming seaside town. For our 2024 festival, nearly 400 independent films from around the world were entered into the competition.  Approximately 60 were chosen for the competition...

Schedule

Saturday, February 8,2025

Hospitality Tent

9 AM - 3 PM @ Hospitality Tent

Located right off the hallways of the Cambria Center for the Arts, our heated and fully lighted enclosed tent is a convenient place to connect with other filmgoers between screenings, get information about the area, or have a complimentary coffee, soda, or snack. The Hospitality Tent is open to any Pass or Individual ticket holder.

Shorts Program - More Than Meets the Eye

10 AM - 12 PM @ Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre

Sometimes, life isn’t all that it seems. These short films cleverly demonstrate that there is more to our lives than meet the eye - in every way imaginable. Sponsored by The Bluebird Inn | Mar­a turns 19 and says goodbye to her mother to take the train. It is a Thursday in March 2004. | Jenny's father has been diagnosed with Cancer. To cope, this deeply creative child makes scenes inside shoeboxes into which she escapes.

No Way Home

10 AM - 12 PM @ Gallery Theatre

Sponsored by Ted & Suzy Siegler | Set in an industrial wasteland, a young boy discovers an injured man who he thinks is his father.

Reflections in a Room

10 AM - 12 PM @ The Otter Theater

Sponsored by Tom Alexander | Berta, a mature woman from the upper class, has been hiring the services of Alberto, a professional escort, for some time. One day, Alberto can't make it, so he sends another escort, Hugo, a much younger and inexperienced guy from his neighborhood. Berta distrusts Hugo and insists him to leave, but Hugo wants to finish the job because he needs the money.

Film Talk - Putting the Movie on the Page: Tips from the Author of The Hollywood Standard

12 - 1 PM @ Hospitality Tent

The ever-popular Film Talks return! Join professional screenwriters/filmmakers Christopher and Kathy Riley for in-depth workshops over a boxed lunch in the Hospitality Tent! Lunch from The Spot is available for purchase. Pre-order at the box office by 10 am each morning for pick-up at the Film Talk! Putting the movie on the page: Tips from the author of The Hollywood Standard Screenwriters imagine movies, extravaganzas of sights and sounds, that they have to pin to the script...

Shorts Program - Growing Pains

1 - 3 PM @ Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre

Change can be difficult, but it’s the lessons we learn along the way that make change - good or bad - worth it in the end. Enjoy these short films that showcase the ins and outs, ups and downs, and good and bad parts of growth - and what it means to be human in the end. Sponsored by Judy & Ed Stokely | Clara and Bertie have been friends for nearly 60 years, but when Clara wants to add a new man into the mix, Bertie's devotion to her friend is tested.

Breakup Season

1 - 3 PM @ Gallery Theatre

Sponsored by Walt Andrus & Loree Parall | When a young man brings his girlfriend to his rural Oregon hometown to meet his family for Christmas, things do not go as planned.

Maji

1 - 3 PM @ The Otter Theater

Sponsored by Tom Alexander | Across continents, one man's quest against the water crisis: five challenges, five countries, one cause.

Shorts Program - Voices Through Time

4 - 6 PM @ Gallery Theatre

Short films focused on stories of strength, courage, dignity, freedom, humanity, and independence from foreign voices unheard - voices that shape us, voices that guide us, and voices that strengthen us. Sponsored by: Miguel and Odette Hernandez | El Ojo Comienza En La Mano is a tribute to campesino histories in rural CA through the artwork of an artist largely absent from critical conversations on Chicanx art, Ruben A. Sanchez, as well as an unsentimental reckoning with the fate of man...

Awards Gala

6:30 - 9 PM @ Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre

6:30 pm Reception 8:00 pm Awards Ceremony 8:45 pm Coffee and dessert Join us as we celebrate the films and filmmakers of the 2025 Cambria Film Festival at our 8th annual Awards Gala! Wear your best and enjoy a wine reception before the presentation of the festival awards - who will take home the prize this year? Guests can watch the ceremony from the Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre, or on large screens throughout the venue including the Hospitality Tent and the Gallery Theatre.

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Date: February 5-9, 2025