SLO County News BlogGolf, Wine, Real Estate, Business & Travel NewsSLO Film FestivalFriday, October 22, 2004Time to start adding in some local news to the SLO Pages Blog...The 11th annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Thursday with "Opening Night Reception: A Celebration of Festivals Past and Present" at First Bank of San Luis Obispo downtown. Tickets for the opening night event are $15. Passes for the film festival, which runs Oct. 21-24 and Oct. 29-31, are available at Boo Boo Records in San Luis Obispo, from the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce, on the Web at www.slofilmfest.org or by calling 546-3456. Passes cost $20, $40, $125 and $200. On Friday, the Founder's Selection of "Marty" from 1955 will be presented as a tribute to longtime festival director Mary A. Harris at 6:30 p.m. at the Palm Theatre on Palm Street. The festival will honor Academy Award-winning actress Eva Marie Saint with the King Vidor Lifetime Achievement Award at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Fremont Theatre on Monterey Street. Saint will be on hand to accept the award and view the screening of "All Fall Down," a 1962 film in which she co-starred with Warren Beatty. More than 90 films were screened by a panel for the festival, and the best of the best will be shown at 4 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Palm Theatre. An awards ceremony will follow the screenings. The festival will conclude Oct. 31 at the Festival 10 Cinemas in Arroyo Grande with a Halloween Night Sing-Along featuring "Grease," starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, from 7 to 9:20 p.m. For more information and a schedule, call 546-3456 or visit www.slofilmfest.org. Passes now on sale for SLO Film Festival - tpr Read More
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