Results containing 'film festival'
News Article
Date: 8/9/2013
After a very successful and intriguing first year, the Baja International Film Festival returns to Los Cabos this fall, November 13-16. Founded by Eduardo Sanchez Navarro, Juan Gallardo, and brothers, Scott and Sean Cross, the much anticipated festival returns with another all-star line up of Hollywood elite that last year included film actors and directors from both the USA and Mexico.
Ed Norton, Matt Dillon, Esai Morales, Gael Garcia Bernal, Melissa Leo, Octavio Spencer and Allison Janney were all part of the famous entourage of movie stars that were present during the 7:30 p.m. red carpet reception of 2012 and are invited...
News Article
Date: 2/28/2013
When it comes to anyone having to forecast Cabo or even predict the new year for Cabo, 2013, we can be certain of a few simple things. One, it's going to be warm and sunny at least 340 days of the year. It might rain anywhere from 3-4 days in 2013, and with added flights scheduled to Los Cabos and the San Jose del Cabo airport, there will undoubtedly be more tourists and guests arriving by air.
Access to Cabo made simpler: While there will unfortunately be less visitors to this vacation paradise getting here by sea; as cruise ships have dwindled...
News Article
Date: 2/15/2013
The 10th annual Todos Santos Film Festival makes its return on Wednesday, February 20, celebrating a 10 year anniversary that began with humble, modest, beginnings in 2003. The event is spearheaded by community leaders who continue to promote their special city. Peter Buck of REM and founding member of the Todos Santos Music Fest, joins a very long list of local, affluent people, helping to bring the Film Festival back for another spectacular run.
The festival kicks off with the screening of the Mexican documentary, ''Leonardo, Querido'' (My Beloved Leonardo). All of the films entered in the festival are in Spanish with...
News Article
Date: 12/28/2012
Initially founded as a Mission in 1724, Todos Santos has undergone a radical change from its sugar cane producing origins; becoming a haven for artists, craftsman, travelers, surfers and musicians. The city's warm climate and friendly hospitality are cause for the much welcomed growth, which now includes a yearly Art and Film Festivals as well as this new years second annual 2013 Todos Santos Music Festival, spearheaded by REM guitarist, Peter Buck which takes place from January 10-26.
Todos Santos used to be a tiny, soft, whisper of a village. A once quiet and little known town, which the Government of Mexico...
News Article
Date: 11/20/2012
The Baja International Film Festival started out Thursday night in royal fashion and continued to amaze everyone present with their unique touches of extravagance and style with a Thursday night outdoor screening at the Wirikuta Cactus Nursery grounds at Puerto Los Cabos of the Mexican film, ''Hecho En Mexico'' which many commented was akin to a lengthy tourism video of Mexico.
The seemingly endless tasty hors d'oeuvres, food and hosted cold beers and succulent wine complimented the ambitious efforts put on by festival organizers which included live music and friendly gathering of such noteworthy stars like Edward Norton, Esai Morales, Jacob Vargas,...
News Article
Date: 11/15/2012
Opening night at the first annual BIFF (Baja International Film Festival) proceeded in duplicate fashion similar to the very legendary film festivals of Cannes, Venice and Sundance which this newly minted grand event aspires to be like. There were the streaming hollywood premier night lights cascading against the dark San Jose del Cabo evening, as if beckoning to everyone in beautifully warm Los Cabos, ''Here we...
News Article
Date: 11/13/2012
Joining the ranks of world recognized film festivals like Cannes and Sundance this week is the Baja International Film Festival, which kicks off its inaugural gathering of filmmakers, film enthusiasts, and celebrities on Wednesday November 14 with an opening party of cocktails, appetizers and the full red carpet treatment.
The outdoor screenings will be free to the general public and indoor screenings will have a modest fee of 40 pesos per film while a VIP ticket to every screening and party carries a not so modest cost of $ 300 hundred US dollars a day or $ 1, 500 for the...
News Article
Date: 11/23/2011
Todos Santos: the name evokes an air of magic and mystery, of mysticism and romance. Discover it all in this pueblo mágico, or magic village, nestled deep in the desert on the edge of the wild Pacific...
Date: 3/7/2015
This annual showcase for Mexican and Latin American films was founded in...
Date: 7/29/2014
Baja International Film Festival is the premier cultural event in Los Cabos and is held every...