2011, 44TH ANNUAL HUMBOLDT INT’L FILM FESTIVAL
About the Festival
Our film festival has been bringing independent and alternative short films to Humboldt County for forty-three years. As the world’s oldest student-run film festival we have created a unique venue for traditional films and alternative digital media that enjoys an international reputation for supporting and celebrating independent filmmakers working in traditional, experimental, and non-traditional modes. Founded in 1967 by a group of film-loving HSU students the Humboldt Film Festival has expanded over the years to feature several days of public screenings, workshops and presentations by guest filmmakers each spring. The festival promotes the art of film, not only as means of entertainment, but also as a vehicle for self-expression and a stimulus for dialogue about social, political, and cultural issues.
FILM FESTIVAL JUDGE
KEVIN KEARNEY
Kevin is an artist, business executive and screenplay writer who served on the board of directors of Public Media Works during the transitional years of 2008-2009 as the company sought to re-brand itself to become the multi-faceted company it is today. Kevin was classically educated as a figurative painter and earned his Master’s degree in Fine Art from U.C. Davis where he spent two years as the assistant to Californian artist Wayne Thiebaud. Currently Kevin is adapting and co-writing a screenplay based on the short story “Girl with Lizard;’ with the writer Bernhard Schlink, the author of “The Reader.”
While teaching painting and drawing at Mills College and pursuing a career as a professional artist, Kevin founded a construction and design company that he grew to over $180 million in sales. Since 2002 Kevin has served on the board of directors of Promia, a nationally recognized cyber-security software company based in San Francisco that has developed and deployed top secret security products for the U.S. Navy, National Security Agency as well as numerous Fortune 500 corporations.