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Film Buffs
Over 100 films from around the world (in addition to our several celestial film nights) screen at special venues throughout Napa and Sonoma Valleys. The Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival stands for quality films that engage, inspire and deepen our common humanity. Many of the films are simply unavailable elsewhere. Our tradition of showcasing remarkable international cinema continues, providing a familiar environment which dedicated filmfestgoers find comforting. Our program of features, docs, shorts and animation promises to be the strongest slate ever.
See a little of this, a little of that or zero in on one or more of our festival's theme programs which include:
- World Cinema
- EcoCinema (eco-friendly films about people and the planet)
- American Independent Films
- Arts in Film
- Music in Film
- Food on Film
- Cinema of Conscience (films about social and political issues) and a few surprise Hollywood premieres!
Groups are Welcome
Bring your business groups for a truly constructive and unique team experience. Contact Justine Ashton at 707•996.2536 for group rates. She and our team will create a memorable special event for you. Recent participants include Acura, Daimler-Chrysler, Washington Mutual, Volvo, Country Living Magazine, Samsung, Diablo Publications, Wine Country This Week, The Napa Valley Historical Society.
Sponsorship Information
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Rinko Kikuchi - NSWCFF SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOR - attends Sideways, World Premiere!
Rinko Kikuchi who plays the free spirited Mina in the Japanese version of Sideways will attend the World Premiere Sunday September 27th, at Napa Valley Expo.
Rinko Kikuchi, born Yuriko Kikuchi, is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award (2006 Best Supporting Actress in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel) in 50 years. She is Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories, since Miyoshi Umeki, who won in 1957 for Sayonara.
Soon after, in 2001, she starred in the acclaimed Kazuyoshi Komuri-directed film Sora no Ana, which was featured across several international film festivals, including the Rotterdam Film Festival. In 2004, she appeared in the critically acclaimed Katsuhito Ishii-directed film Cha no Aji , which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
Kikuchi is also the fifth actress in Academy Award history to be nominated for an award for a role in which they do not speak a word. (The others were Jane Wyman, Patty Duke, Holly Hunter, and Samantha Morton.) Kikuchi’s emotionally intense role in Babel has led to her being noticed by many international directors, such as Rian Johnson, auteur director of Brick. She starred in his second film, 2009's The Brothers Bloom, which was her first fully English-language feature. Though she plays a main character, she only speaks three words in the film; her character is said to only know three words of English.
Kikuchi is a fan of Chanel and its designer Karl Lagerfeld. She is constantly being outfitted by the label, and says that she only wears something if she "digs it" and "...Chanel is how I feel right now."
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