5th Annual Ag & Art Film Festival

International Films - Local Food & Wine - Filmmakers - Parties - Art

The 5th Annual Ag & Art Film Festival is now open for submissions!

Submit your film or Web series on FilmFreeway until July 25th

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Bringing Ag & Art - and Film- To Vacaville

The Ag & Art Film Festival celebrates agriculture and art through storytelling & cinema.

The Ag & Art Film Festival was started in 2019 by filmmaker and small farm advocate, Lisa Murray. As one of the founders of the Pleasants Valley Agriculture Association, Lisa helped the farmers in Vacaville by creating a marketing presence and by holding a few local events for the community like PVAA's Open Farm Days.

During the formation of "VACA Arts Week", lead by Visit Vacaville, Lisa realized film wasn’t represented in the arts week and so the Ag & Art Film Festival was born. The first year the festival was held at DeVille Theatre (now "Journey Downtown") located on Main Street in Downtown Vacaville.

The second year was the year of Covid and the horrific LNU Fire. Lisa pivoted the festival to be all outdoors at farms, ranches and wineries and when 80% of her outdoor locations were directly affected by the LNU fire, she pivoted again to new outdoor locations and the festival marched onward. Not only did the festival make it through that year, the festival raised money for some of the local farmers who were affected by the fire. The third year, the festival remained outdoors as Covid variants loomed in the air.

For the festival’s 4th year, the festival moved back indoors at what is now Journey Downtown (formerly “DeVille Theatre”). Kick-off party and special events were held for Festival Pass holders the evenings in Solano/Yolo Counties.