Opening night of SLO Film Festival features spotlights, wine tasting, Q&A, but no red carpet

Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net The SLO International Film Festival (SLOIFF) started off Wednesday night with a “Red Carpet Gala” in Cal Poly’s Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre. The event featured plenty of wine, a full house, spotlights and a film documenting the…

Surf Nite 2013 makes a splash at SLOIFF

Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Movie and surf enthusiasts alike gathered at the Fremont Theatre for San Luis Obispo International Film Festival’s eighth annual Surf Nite on Thursday. “This was one of the best ones. Sometimes you just hit on the right…

Surf’s up at SLO Film Fest

Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net Gidget and Duke “Big Kahuna” may not be ruling California’s surf scene anymore, but surf enthusiasts from past and present can still shoot the curl Thursday at the SLO International Film Festival’s 8th annual “Surf…

Lights, camera, red carpet

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com The smell of salty, buttered popcorn. Old, two-armed chairs holding soft drinks and dimmed, cinema lights. An adventure ensues when the red curtains draw back, though many moviegoers are not aware of the behind-the-scenes process of filmmaking.…