‘Lyrebird’ dances with the Stars!
Image: Wiritjiribin – the First Lyrebird on D’harawal country “when the 3 sisters align” in Yandel’ora ‘The Land of Peace between Peoples’ by artist and director, Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman.
The Message of the Lyrebird has been chosen as an “Official Selection” to the 12th annual Catalina Film Festival, one of the world’s premier film events, garnering 100 billion media impressions worldwide.
Hosted completely within Los Angeles County cities and the namesake island, the Catalina Film Institute is showcasing this years films via a hybrid live and online festival, which starts in Catalina’s sister-city, Long Beach, California, for the “Catalina Launch” with multiple screenings, panels and parties before venturing to Catalina Island for a weekend of fun.
The festival’s on-line competition is for all films to have greater exposure to attendees, industry executives, press/media, distributors, and investors hosted on the FilmFestivalFlix.com platform.
An annual celebration of film on the only California Coast resort island, featuring 200+ films. ***
An annual celebration of film on the only California Coast resort island, featuring 200+ films. ***
Catalina is Hollywood's famous and historic “Island to The Stars”. It is where Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille all screened the first “talkie” films in the world’s first movie theatre, built for sound (the Avalon Theatre, a 1,184-seat Art Deco movie palace).
Many names in the entertainment business vacationed, filmed, or lived on Catalina over the last century like Carey Grant, John Barrymore, Errol Flynn, Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Rooney, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, John Wayne and so many more.
Past industry award winners at the Catalina Film Festival include stars such as Stan Lee, Sharon Stone, Tony Scott, Kate Bosworth, Patricia Tiffany Arquette, William H. Macy, Andy Garcia, Nicholas Cage, Kristin Davis, Richard Dryfuss and Mira Sorvino to name a few.
From top left to bottom right: Andy Garcia, Emma Rossum, William H. Macy and Roman Coppola hit the red carpet, F. Gary Gray recipient of the Stanley Kramer '“Social Artist” Award, Nicholas Cage “Charlie Chapman ICON” Award, Kate Bosworth - Avalon “Gem of The Ocean” Award, Mena Suvari - Avalon “Gem of The Ocean” Award, Bailee Madison - Crest Award, and Kristin Davis - “Conservation Activist” Award. Pics from Catalina Film Festival FilmFreeway
Claimed to be the most historic and unique film festival in the world, with the Catalina Film Society, Catalina Film Distribution, Catalina Film Radio Program, The Lions’ Den® pitch panel, and the Catalina Film & New Media Summit, the Catalina Film Institute strives to offer educational seminars, introspective Q and A’s, workshops, industry panels and networking events, including festival party cruises, yacht services and transport ferries that will take attendees from Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego.
Catalina is a competitive festival with awards in 11 film categories, as well as prestigious industry honors. The Message of the Lyrebird will screen in competition during Catalina’s conservation online series, September 30 - October 9, 2022.
Tickets coming soon.