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San Diego 'Moms With Issues' and LJCDS Present Young Leaders Film Festival June 22-24
Five independent films - showcasing courage and social justice - to screen at La Jolla Country Day School. Tickets are just $7 per film for all ages (except opening night which is $15).
Young Leaders Film Festival (YLFF) will present five acclaimed independent films June 22-24, 2012 on the San Diego campus of La Jolla Country Day School. The two-day world premiere event is designed to appeal to students ages 14-18, with films sourced from leading North American showcases, including the famed Sundance Film Festival.
Tickets can be purchased online at youngleadersfilmfestival.com. Tickets are $7 per film for all ages, except for the Friday night opening night reception, which is $15 and features special guests and a screening of the Harry Belafonte biopic, “Sing Your Song.”
Young Leaders Film Festival is a project of Moms with Issues (MWI) production company, a partnership of San Diegans Kathryn Brinton of Del Mar, Pat Hughes of Del Mar, and Rancho Santa Fe resident Carol Tager. This trio of film-loving friends traveled to the Sundance Film Festival last year. On the flight home to San Diego – reflecting on the important films they had just experienced – Brinton, Hughes and Tager dedicated themselves to creating a platform for such worthy films. On that flight, the concept of the Young Leaders Film Festival was born.
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“At Sundance, we saw a number of extraordinary films, primarily documentaries, that rarely make it to the theaters,” says Festival Producer Pat Hughes. “So after screening hundreds of films, including over 40 that we saw at Sundance, we selected five features that fulfill our mission to inspire the minds of our 14-18 year old young leaders.”
Young Leaders Film Festival concludes Sunday at 7 p.m. with “Sunday Night Shorts,” 6 short films, plus StoryCorps, and films from the 1st Annual LJCDS Student Video and Film Festival.
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Young Leaders Film Festival is produced for La Jolla Country Day School by Moms with Issues production company. All films will screen in the Four Flowers Theater on the campus of La Jolla Country Day School. 9490 Genesee Avenue, La Jolla, near UTC. For more information or to buy tickets, visit youngleadersfilmfestival.com.
Watch my next blog post for a full description of the festival films, which include "Inside Hana's Suitcase," "5 Broken Cameras," "The Hammer," and "Musical Chairs."
