 The
City of Angels Film Festival planning group
welcomes you to the 2003 Festival. We have engineered and organized
a movie-going experience we believe will provide both entertainment and
education. Our festival has always attempted to screen exceptional
films that exhibit the texture of city living with a spotlight on the
spiritual / religious dimensions of daily life.
We live in a time of intense cultural debate about what we value – what kind of society we want. Often, referred to as the “Culture Wars”, this ferocious argument has brought an aridity and acidity into our life together. We are convinced that this year’s festival: “Revelations / Revolutions: A Century of Cinema” will bring some desperately needed enchantment into our cultural wasteland. Now in its 10th year, the City of Angels Film Festival (CAFF) was born amidst the “Rebuild L.A.” impulse following the intense social upheaval of 1992. The festival was created, in part, as a gift from spiritually sensitive filmmakers and cinematically informed theologians to help revitalize this great city. Responding also to Cardinal Roger Mahony’s stirring pastoral letter to filmmakers and moviegoers to listen to and learn from each other, the coalition behind the CAFF emerged with a specific mission: to identify and showcase movies that probe the ambiguities of human life, which includes the longing for transcendence. Over the years, the festival has specialized in retrospectives of feature films with panel discussions on their cultural capital and spiritual significance. The eventual inclusion of a Documentary and Short Films Program at the festival added a component of freshness to the annual event that demonstrates CAFF’s entrepreneurial spirit as well as its commitment to honor masterpieces of the past. We offer an exhibition of visual art in the theater lobby to complement the cinematic art. Past themes of the festival make clear why it has become “One of the Top Then Coolest Things to Do in L.A.” (Los Angeles Magazine): 1994 – Los Angeles in the Movies: Dreams / Conflicts / Lifestyles
Scott
Young
Come explore a Century in Cinema. Let the past inspire your future... |
