The Ventura Film Festival is an international
film festival that raises awareness for environmental issues such as forest and ocean preservation and restoration, through a yearly film festival and related events.
[img]http://media2.picsearch.com/is?dvmjLFQH3gLrqcVh_8zLLAFCj3H8kya2tAg-PsHTMQg&height=219[/img]The Ventura Film Festival was
founded in 2004 by Jordan Older and has screened hundreds of films, usually over
200 films each summer, and has attracted attention from the international film community.
Some of the highlights have been hosting award winning
filmmaker Dylan O’Neil, the first ever world champion surfers Peter “PT” Townend and Ian Cairns, 4
time world champion Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/MMA fighter
Fabio Leopoldo, and the 50th Anniversary of West
Side Story, which included hosting the entire Academy
Award winning cast of West Side Story, including Academy Award winner/Golden Globe winner George
Chakiris and Golden Globe winner/Academy Award nominee Russ Tamblyn.
Jordan Older, the Ventura Film Festival founder and executive director, was selected to
take part, along with many of Hollywood’s top stars, in the 50th Anniversary of West Side Story and Hollywood’s footprint/handprint
ceremony for Academy Award winners Rita Moreno,
George Chakiris, and Golden Globe winner Russ Tamblyn at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
This event also doubled as the official BluRay release by Fox and MGM of West Side Story,
which is widely considered by critics and fans to
be the best musical of all time.