Our Mission
To expand minds, open hearts, and entertain people through worldwide independent cinema.

Our Vision
Provide a year-round destination for international independent cinema, promoting diversity, understanding, education, and inclusion through engaging storytelling.  Our world-class annual festival in San Luis Obispo County, along with events throughout the year at the SLO Film Center, provide a venue for international and local filmmakers, exposing an ever-expanding range of audiences to new ideas and experiences.

Schedule of Events:

10:00 am: Panel #1: The Festival Circuit And Beyond
10:30 am: There Was, There Was Not
10:45 am: Shorts #4: Love In A Hopeless Place
11:00 am: The Cigarette Surfboard
11:00 am: Mozart's Sister
11:15 am: Bring Them Home
11:30 am: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
11:30 am: Driver
12:00 pm: Panel #2: Understanding Light
01:15 pm: Corina
01:30 pm: Made In Ethiopia
01:45 pm: Third Act
02:00 pm: Speak
02:00 pm: Porcelain War
02:15 pm: 40 Acres
02:15 pm: Shorts #5: True Grit
04:00 pm: Middletown
04:15 pm: american Cats: The Good, The Bad, And The Cuddly
04:30 pm: The Summer Book
04:30 pm: Row Of Life
05:00 pm: Shorts #3: Rites Of Passage
05:00 pm: Music Video Showcase
05:30 pm: Shorts #1: All In A Day's Work
06:00 pm: Community Of Skate
07:00 pm: The Players
07:00 pm: Sew Torn
07:15 pm: Magic Hour
07:15 pm: Paper Flowers
07:30 pm: Tokito : The 540-Day Journey Of A Culinary Maverick
07:30 pm: Aontas
08:00 pm: Shorts #6: Red Eye Shorts