Sept. 30 through Sept. Oct. 2 — Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC) presents Sight + Sound Film Festival Returns

OXNARD — Oxnard Performing Arts Center Corporation’s (OPAC) annual Sight + Sound Film Festival hits screens across the city of Oxnard later this month after a multi-year COVID-19 hiatus. The event returns September 30 – October 2, 2022 and will be held in three different venues: Friday at OPAC, Saturday at Oxnard College, and Sunday at Plaza Cinemas in downtown. Tickets start at just $10 and students will receive free admission thanks to this year’s presenting sponsor, Oxnard College. Day-of festivalgoers can also get free admission if they walk, bike, or take public transit as part of California Clean Air Day. Tickets are on sale now at sightplussound.com.

The festival melds the sites/sights and sounds of the City through the chosen locations, curated independent films – narratives, documentaries, music videos, shorts, student works, and others – as well as through afterparties with live music (co-produced with Midnight Society Productions) and interactive activities throughout the day. Sight + Sound was inspired by the incredible local talent in Ventura County as well as the robust Film, Television, and Electronic Media program at Oxnard College and aims to nurture and support a strong network of cultural creatives in our community.

Submissions feature not only local work (highlighted in yellow), but international selections as well, creating a beautiful platform for cultural exchange and dialogue.

 

FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 @ Oxnard Performing Arts Center

6:30 pm: OPENING NIGHT FILMS
Interrupted,  dir. Jozua Malherbe, South Africa

La Puerta Giratoria (The Revolving Door), dir. Luis Güereca, USA

 

Afterparty feat.: Dr. Know, Stalag. 13, Head Cut, Crucial Thought

 

SATURDAY, OCT. 1 @ Oxnard College 

12 pm: FILM + DISCUSSION

Bad Hombrewood, dir. Guillermo Casarin, USA

(followed by Panel Discussion)

 

1:30 SCREENING BLOCK #1

Only You, dir. Angela Rockey, Wyatt Chang, USA

Sweet Press, dir. Laura Iancu, USA

Art Into The Desert, dir. Tony Ramos, USA

The Desert King, dir. Lev Mergian, USA

Hindsight, dir. Shubhi Sahni, Canada

Eye for an I, dir. James A Grisom, USA

+ OC Student Films TBA

3:30 SCREENING BLOCK #2

My Dinner with Edie, dir. Adrienne Picciotto, USA

Fuego, dir. Edwin FrankO, USA

Aamal, dir. Josselyn Refauvelet, France

The Panes – Gimme Some Time, dir. Paige Dahl, USA

+ Music Videos TBA

 

Afterparty feat.: Osteoblasts, Bonnie Boy, Crawdads, Camino Muerto

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 2 @ Plaza Cinemas in Downtown Oxnard

12 pm: SCREENING BLOCK #1

Greyland, dir. Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque, Canada

The Starlight Hotel, dir. Brett Baxley, USA

The Ebola Incident, dir. Kyle Karges, USA

Neurodivergent, dir. Afton Quast Saler, USA

Mariposas del Campo, dir. Bill Yahraus, USA

2:30 SCREENING BLOCK #2

Shepherds of the Earth, dir. Iiris Härmä, Finland

Saved by Jane, dir. Damian Sciberras, Malta

What They Left Behind, dir. Vicky Xingyu Gu, China

Born Under Punches, dir. Gaoyang Ganjin, USA

U.S. VS BELTRAN, dir. Miranda Montenegro, USA

YABÁ, dir. Rodrigo Sena, Brazil

Nightmare Delivered, dir. Sean Cruser, USA

My Partner Giraffe, dir. Salaheddin Noori, Iran

Childfree, dir. Sara Bahramjahan, Iran

Please note, schedule is subject to change.

This year’s festival sponsors include Oxnard College, Visit Oxnard, the City of Oxnard’s Festival Comeback Grant, Found Creative, California Clean Air Day, and iPitch.tv.

Sight + Sound Film Festival

Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2022

www.sightplussound.com

Tickets: $10-$30

Students receive free admission, but must pre-register.