16th edition of annual fest bestows awards to conclude a five-day run at Raleigh StudiosThe 16th International Family Film Festival wound to a close Sunday night with an awards program including the presentation of the annual “Friz Award” for Excellence in Animation Arts, which this year was bestowed to legendary voice actor Bill Farmer, known for his portrayal of Disney’s Goofy and many other animated characters.The 2011 IFFF awards celebration was held in the Chaplin Theater at Raleigh S...

  "Welcome to the 15th annual IFFF held at the Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California. We like the sound of "15". IFFF celebrates cultural diversity, creativity, tolerance and global unity in its exhibition of excellent family films and screenplays. Over the five days, the festival screened 86 film products from 14 countries and 15 professional film schools that attest to our emphasis on multi-cultural themes and global collaboration. On behalf ...

Sunday March 2nd 2008, the International Family Film Festival culminated four days of diverse feature films, shorts films, student shorts, industry panels and workshops, the Screenwriter’s Showcase & Award Ceremony, the Freshi Road Show, receptions, interviews and networking, with the prestigious IFFF Awards Ceremony & Banquet. At the black tie event, Chris Shoemaker, one of the festival founders and IFFF’s Executive Director, said of the 13th IFFF, “Yesterday afternoon the Goodyear Blimp...

IFFF HONOREE: MARCO MARENGHI : A FAMILY GUYThe 2008 Friz Award HonoreeMarco Marenghi, Animation Supervisor, Sony Pictures Imageworks, will receive the coveted 2008 International Family Film Festival "Friz Award" (named for the late Isadore "Friz" Freleng, Head Animator at Warner Bros.) for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Animation & Visual Effects, Sunday March 2nd at 6:30PM at Raleigh Studios.Originally from Rhondda Valley, South Wales, United Kingdom, Marenghi's rise from humble beginnings ...

"When I think about the upcoming 2008 International Family Film Festival, I begin humming that great hit by the O’Jays, Love Train. To me, this song personifies the IFFF like no other. The first stanza reads, “The next stop that we make will be England. Tell all the folks in Russia and China too. Don’t you know its time to get on board? And let this train keep on riding, riding on through. People all over the world, join hands, start a love train, love train!” by Yvonne Farrow The ...

This year’s International Family Film Festival has selected Alice, Upside Down, by writer/producer/director Sandy Tung, as its opening night feature presentation, screening Thursday, February 28th at 8:00pm at the landmark, Raleigh Studios. The premiere is followed by a fiesta-filled reception at the famous, Lucy’s El Adobe Café on Melrose. Funny and poignant, Alice Upside Down is the story of a young girl in her “tweens”, grappling with finding her identity after the loss of her moth...

Seven individual students and four class entries numbered among film and screenplay winners, as the International Family Film Festival concluded its 12th annual What IFFF? Kids Film Festival and Film Camp.An awards ceremony, held June 30, capped events of the festival and film camp, which began June 26 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood. The Fest moved from its longtime home in Santa Clarita to the new site this year."We're all pleased to say that the new site was a booming success...

Five schools of L.A. Unified School District's lauded film-education program, Beyond the Bell, to send participants to five-day Hollywood eventElementary and middle schools based in five communities throughout the L.A. Unified School District will send students' films to participate in the 12th annual What IFFF? Kids Film Festival and Film Camp, set for June 26-30 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood.Schools sending student produced films to participate in the fest and camp include B...

HOLLYWOOD LACER STARS HEADING TO WHAT IFFF KIDS? FILM FEST AND FILM CAMPBudding young filmmakers from after-school program to participate in 12th annual event, screen film during Fest Some 50 students from Hollywood-based middle schools' LACER Stars after-school program will take part in the 12th annual What IFFF? Kids Film Festival and Film Camp, to be held June 26-30 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood.LACER--which stands for a program emphasis on literacy, arts, culture, educatio...

The International Family Film Festival is celebrating its twelfth year in Valencia at the Regal/Edwards Cinemas on Town Center Drive September 22-September 30, 2006. According to Chris Shoemaker, IFFF Executive Director, “This is a special year for the festival. Not only is it our twelfth year in the Santa Clarita Valley but it is the 100th Anniversary of Friz Freleng, the Father of Warner Bros. animation and the namesake of our Lifetime Achievement Award, The Friz. There are lots of thrill...