Be sure to attend the
Danville International Children's Film Festival

Nancy Cartwright 2009 Humanitarian Award Emmy Award-winning actress Nancy Cartwright is best known as the voice of spike-headed underachiever Bart Simpson, but also gives voice to Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders and various others in the town of Springfield. Cartwright actively supports many nonprofit organizations that help children, including Famous Fone Friends, Make-a-Wish Foundation, The Way to Happiness Foundation and World Literacy Crusade, in addition to her own non-profit organization, Happy House.

Raini Rodriguez 2009 Rising Star Award At the age of 15, Raini has gained such great experiences through her passion for acting and singing. Raini had the time of her life filming in Boston playing Kevin James' daughter "Maya Blart" in the huge hit "Paul Blart Mall Cop". Most recently, Raini recorded for Marc Williams of Indasoul Entertainment and filmed the movie "Gordita" playing the role of "Tatiana."

SEMINARS Town Hall . 201 Front Street . Danville, CA 94526 Saturday, May 16th & Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Acting For Kids! - 11AM - 12PM Ever want to know the secrets of acting? Now is the time to learn from veteran actor Richard Van Vleet (All My Children & Guiding Light) and director of kids' film Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure.

Make an Independent Film that Sells! - 12PM - 1PM Panel includes Wendy Madden (Dead & Breakfast); Leonard Pirkle and Derek Zemrak (Producers, Fallen Angels and Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure)

The Steps of Animation - 1PM - 2PM Join Daniel Racusin and Jennifer Koster, the creative masterminds behind Danamation Studios, for a behind the scenes look at the creation of the short film "I'm Bandrilla" and learn the steps that go into the creation of an animated film.

Editing for Kids! - 2PM - 3PM Learn the secrets of film editing from Chad Caines, editor of Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure.

Be sure to attend these great seminars!

Read more about our featured films and guests at DICFF.org!

The Eleventh Annual California Independent Film Festival
Was a Great Success!

From Thursday's SOLD OUT Opening Night at the Bankhead Theatre featuring How To Be
 - to Friday's showcase of Shorts and Films at the Vine Cinema
featuring Mark Rydell and a showing of his film On Golden Pond
 - to Saturday's Iron Filmmaker Contest, more showcases at the Vine Cinema
featuring Barry Morrow and Kim Peek and a showing of their film Rain Man
- to Saturday's SOLD OUT Gala Awards Night at the Blackhawk Auto Museum honoring Diane Ladd
- to Sunday's Closing featuring Rock Slyde, Camille, and War Eagle, Arkansas
the Festival enjoyed record-breaking attendance, record-breaking sales,
and record-breaking entertainment.
Our thanks goes out to all our generous attendees, sponsors, members, and celebrities.
Without you, this would not have been possible.