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Deadlines eased for upcoming film fest

OCEANSIDE — Oceanside International Film Festival, to be held Aug. 3 through Aug. 10, has extended the entry deadline to June 15, for its new category that celebrates Oceanside’s image.
This category is free of submission fees and will be accepting films up to 5 minutes that have something directly to do with Oceanside, either documentary, music video, narrative fictional story or historic account. Participants can go to facebook.com/likeOIFF and message their YouTube or Vimeo link to the organizers.
Candidates can mail their DVD, but must be sure it arrives by the deadline. Filmmakers will be notified of qualification and voting will be on Oceanside International Film Festival’s Facebook page.
Do you have a film longer than five minutes or not about Oceanside? Filmmakers can still participate at OIFF under regular submission process, with a June 16 deadline, 2014, as detailed at ocaf.info)
Celebrities currently expected at this year’s festival include Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominee Sally Kirkland, veteran casting director D. Candis Paule, writer and director Charles Kaufman and actor Saginaw Grant.
Oceanside International Film Festival is an annual event conceived and once again underwritten by Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation.