
20th Oakland International Film Festival
September 15-24th, 2022
For the past two years, The Oakland International Film Festival has made some adjustments during this global Covid pandemic. Two years ago, at the height of Covid- 19, we canceled all of in-person events and streamed films from our website and held panels and film conversations on Zoom. In 2021, we thought we were out of Covid-19, but it spiked just before our festival. So we canceled all of our indoor events, added outdoor screenings/events and streamed films and held zoom interviews once again.
While Covid numbers continue to drop, we are hopeful we will be able to resume indoor screenings and outdoor screenings, while enabling film lovers to view our films on-line and in -person. We learned somethings during this pandemic, that we feel can be of use down the line as we continue to advance towards our mission of promoting indie filmmakers and the stories they tell.
Films selected into OIFF20 will be screened through the Official Oakland International Film Festival website: oiff.org internationally and possibly at theaters in Oakland and The East Bay (depending on Covid-19 by September 2022).
We seek stories of the often voiceless that speak truth to power. We seek to connect these stories to what is happening in Oakland, CA and around the world to inspire community empowerment, equality and justice for all.
If your film is for the people, its for The Oakland International Film Festival.
Peace and love.
OIFF20
Best Narrative Film:
Films that demonstrate originality in storytelling
Best Short Film:
NEW CATEGORY - 2022
BEST TOWN: "Made in your Town"
A film that best illustrates "THE PEOPLE" in your city, community, neighborhood. Showcase the best group effort towards building community from "the people" up!
Films that speak to ending global hunger. Films that share new techniques in growing food, empowering communities to feed themselves. Films that promote African -American farmers and other under-served / discriminated against farmers around the world. We seek to amplify these voices to bring more awareness and support from around the world.
For more information, visit : http://oiff.org/feed_the_planet
NEW CATEGORY - FAMILYHOOD
Familyhood is a global, inter-generational initiative that defines schools as the center of the communities development. Familyhood is driven by two motto's: 1) Every school shall have a functioning Student Government Association, Parent Teacher Association and Alumni Association 2) Every School shall have a garden, a farmers market and a grocery store.. Everybody else, meaning not a student, parent, alumni of a school would be "friends of the school. This coalition of organizations and community leaders/partners are the school's Familyhood. 1st Saturdays, the first Saturday of every month, is the official monthly volunteer /recruitment day to "do now" for schools to begin their journey of growing Familyhood in their community. The main goal is to PRODUCE ALUMNI who ill mentor the next generation of STUDENT GOVERNMENT LEADERS. For the Familyhood category, we are seeking to help promote schools around the world starting Familyhood, in their community.