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First you dream. Then you act. Stories that inspire us begin with dreams, often seemingly impossible dreams. “Breathe Breana,” a feature-length documentary candidate for Best Documentary and Best Director at the 2019 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema chronicles a young girl’s daring dream — to become a tandem surfing champion while handicapped by cystic fibrosis….
Highway 74 from Palm Desert and Highway 371 is no longer restricted access. The highway is open to anyone. Caltrans Public Information Officer Shane Massoud said this week that Highway 243 north of Idyllwild is expected to open in five to six weeks. No estimate was given on Highway 74 from Mountain Center to Hemet….
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership Series comes back from a brief holiday and winter-weather hiatus on Monday, March 11. In the Idyllwild Arts campus’ Fireside Room — a comfortable setting on what could be a chilly morning — three key players will share their excitement about their work for Idyllwild…
Dancer from New Zealand’s South Island next up at Idy Talks By Don Stoll Idyllwild Arts Foundation Manager of Communications and International Student Relations Ask Hannah Wakelin if she can still do a Highland Fling and the smile that creases her face most of the time becomes even wider. The Idyllwild Arts Academy Dance major…
Idyllwild Arts Academy Theatre Chair Bonnie Carpenter has no doubt about the benefits of her department’s recently begun partnership with Fiasco Physical Theatre (fiascophysicaltheatre.com). A handful of Fiasco ensemble members take turns driving up the mountain from Los Angeles to teach at the academy for two-week stints. They train Academy Theatre majors in improvisation, acrobatics,…
The 10th-annual Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema will present its sixth-annual Children’s Film Festival. The CFF is the brainchild of Andrea Charles, IIFC filmmaker liaison. “This year’s films are amazing. We have four animated films and all are so well done,” she said. “There’s also a short film that is a spoof of ‘Superman.’” In…
Kate Dennis is such a hot commodity as a director these days that she needs an administrative assistant to schedule time for her to breathe. Yet the Australian-born Dennis’ respect for the Idyllwild Arts Academy Film and Digital Media Department will bring her up to inhale the fresh air of the mountains on a…
In less than a month, the 10th-annual Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema opens its door for another week of exciting and new motion pictures, from full-length and shorts to documentaries and animation. More than 800 films from all over the world were submitted for inclusion in the 2019 IIFC. “There are more than 15 foreign…
Mark Davis is the next speaker at the Spotlight on Leadership series, sponsored by the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation. The talk is at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in the Fireside Room in Nelson Dining Hall on the Idyllwild Arts campus. The event is free to the public. Davis became director of Summer and…
By Connie Jones Pillsbury
