FILM FESTIVAL

The Newport Beach Film Festival

Abstract

The topic is about The Newport Beach film festival which held in south California every year. It is one of the most famous events that happen in the United States. This event attracts thousands of viewers and movie lovers every year. The history of the Newport Beach film festival is not very old. The idea emerged in the year 1999 after the failure of another festival. The festival, which showcases hundreds of movies, takes place at the Newport Beach, which is one of the beautiful beaches of the world. The festival is not just about movie screening, it involves partnering of movies with different non-profit organizations. This partnering allows these organizations to deliver their message across. Apart from the main event of movie screening, the fringe activities of the event include red carpet, celebrity appearances, chance to meet film producers and others. The purpose of this festival includes providing a platform to the people to come and integrate will people of diverse cultural background. Moreover, the ultimate experience provided by the event, itself defines the purpose. Important implications of the festival includes, cultural building, pleasure and fun.

The Newport Beach Film Festival

Introduction

The topic stated above is based on tourism. In specific, the discussion is about “The Newport Beach Film Festival, which includes the background, purpose, analysis and implications of this festival.

The Newport Beach Film Festival is a yearly event of the United States. It is a famous film festival in the United States which takes place in Newport Beach California. The event shows more than 300 films and an average of 30,000 people attends this event each year.

Background

The Newport Beach film festival, founded for the first time in the year 1999. The emergence of this festival resulted after the failure of an early film festival, which used to take place at the same place. The Newport Beach film festival shows films from around the world and mainly from the United States (Borenstein, 2006). The festival, since its beginning, has presented a number of famous movies. Some of the famous names include Crash, Dog town and Z-Boys, Dust to Glory, Just like the Son, Joint Security Area, Layer Cake, Sexy Beast, and The cove, The Outsiders, French Connection and Sunset Boulevard. Apart from the movie showcase, The Newport Beach film festival, also conducts an outreach program through the community. For this program, the festival partners with more than 30 not-for-profit organizations in Orange County. These non-profit organizations include diverse sectors such as arts, human services, health, environment, education, and children causes, and alumni club.

The community outreach program of The Newport film festival serves as the platform for the partnering orgazitaions to pursue their mission through co-hosting the festival and using the films as a medium for their purpose (Garofoli, 2006). The theme of the event is designed in such a way that each of the organizations pair with at least two movies, which attract a number of viewers, who not only come ...