San Diego Film Week

San Diego Film Week is an annual film festival in San Diego, California. It was founded in 2017 by Jodi Cilley and hosted by Film Consortium San Diego.
History
The inaugural festival began at Lafayette Hotel on February 10, 2017 and wrapped up February 19th. The festival partnered with seven other festivals which included San Diego International Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival and GI Film Festival San Diego. Miguel Rodriguez of Horrible Imaginings Film Festival held a panel during the event with a plan to focus attention on local filmmaking and film festivals. During its second year, the opening night gala was held at Sunset Temple in North Park and the San Diego Film Awards ceremony at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay on Shelter Island. At the third annual festival, Cilley talked about the extended goals for local filmmakers. The San Diego International Film Festival screened the "Best of Selections" in 2020. In 2021, a Black Lives Matter Film Challenge was held with the "Best of" selections screening at Film Week.
Notable films
* and screened and Daisy Belle won five of seven nominations in 2018.
* The Samuel Project screened in 2019.
* , , and The Power Agent were among the Best of Film Week to screen at San Diego International Film Festival as part of their 2020 Virtual Locals Theater.
* had two nominations in 2020 and screened in 2021.
Venues
* Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas
* Museum of Photographic Arts
* Digital Gym Cinema
* The Sunset Temple
San Diego Film Awards
Cilley founded the San Diego Film Awards prior to Film Week, which held three earlier events. Steve Garbade won for Musical Composition/Arrangement.
Notable attendees
* Kimberlin Brown
* Frank Collison
* Erika De La Cruz
* Kevin Faulconer
* Larry Groupé
* A Martinez
* Marc McClure
* Marc Fusco
* Thomas Joseph Irwin
* Hal Linden<ref name=":2" />
* Ryan Ochoa<ref name=":2" />
 
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