Newport Beach Film Festival
The Newport Beach Film Festival each year showcases more than 350 films from around the world, offering an ambitious and international selection of features, shorts, documentaries and animation that will compete for both Jury and Audience awards.
The Festival is proud to treat its audience to World and U.S. premieres, Academy Award entries, Sundance Selections, a Spotlight Series, and Children’s Festival, from both the independent and studio worlds. With submissions from Asia, Europe, South/Central America and Africa, classic and contemporary filmmaking will provide a unique mix of genre and culture.
Since its beginnings, the Festival has presented many acclaimed films, including Crash, Layer Cake, Dust to Glory, Sexy Beast, Spellbound, Dogtown and Z Boys, Joint Security Area, and Castle in the Sky, as well as anniversary screenings of classics such as The French Connection, Sunset Boulevard, 50th anniversary of Jim Henson Company and The Outsiders. As a result, the Newport Beach Film Festival has quickly gained recognition both from filmmakers and audiences, and is expected to attract more than 30,000 cinephiles in 2006.
In addition, the Newport Beach Film Festival offers a rare opportunity to meet the filmmakers. Directors, screenwriters and cinematographers eager to share their work will provide an exclusive inside look at the industry during post-screening Q&A’s.
Set in beautiful Newport Beach, a few blocks away from spectacular coastline and less than an hour from Hollywood, the Festival will host several premieres, galas and yacht parties for a singular festival experience. Films will be shown throughout the city that boasts one of the largest movie consumer groups in the world, a rich filmmaking history as well as fine dining, shopping, and exceptional recreational activities.
This is the film I really want to see!
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation
Feature Film
1994, 100 min, Color
(In English)
Directed By: Eric Zala
Producer: Chris Strompolos
Editor: Jayson Lamb
Cinematographer: Jayson Lamb
Cast: Chris Strompolos, Angela Rodriquez, Eric Zala
Long before the dawn of the fan film phenomenon, three 12 year old boys with video cameras in hand set out to make a near shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark after seeing it on the big screen in 1982. Finally wrapping production 7 years later, the resulting labor of obsessive love is a classic homage to the original. Complete with its own giant rolling boulder, live snakes, burning bar fight, and heart pounding chase scene, the film has gained the praise of Steven Speilberg himself. ..I saw and appreciated the vast amounts of imagination and originality you put in your film. – Steven Spielberg..Twenty-one years later, their fan film creation has become an underground hit receiving attention from media elites such as CNN, Vanity Fair and even a nod from Steven Spielberg himself. With the help of the Adaptation’s creators, Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb (who have come to be known as The Raiders Guys), The Indy Experience.com has compiled a wealth of exclusive information about the film including a photo gallery, fan reviews, press archives, biographies and an exclusive interview with the filmmakers themselves!..Come see the inspiration of movie magic in its purest form.
Filmmakers Eric, Chris & Jason will be in attendance for Q&A!
