Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization, founded in 1997, headquartered in Sonoma, California .
11-767: Founded in 1997 by friends Carolyn Stolman and Jerry Seltzer , the Sonoma International Film Festival was created to promote Sonoma, California, and its sister cities , as a destination festival to showcase the cinematic arts. Early festivals focused on the breadth of Bay Area filmmakers with work from industry veterans such as Francis Ford Coppola , John Lasseter , and Danny Glover showcased. SIFF programs full-length features, documentaries, as well as shorts programming in animation, comedy, culinary, documentary, dramatic and foreign categories. Cash and production completion grants are awarded annually to Jury and Audience Award winners. The festival
22-627: A legitimate sport, and to be in the Olympics , further adding that with the contemporary grassroots movement of roller derby, including the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), Modern Athletic Derby Endeavor (MADE) and USA Roller Sports (USARS), he thought roller derby could now be an Olympic sport . He is known as "The Commissioner" by some participants in modern roller derby. Seltzer blogged about his involvement in Roller Derby and
33-593: A private first class, he was assigned to Austria, and served in the 430th Counterintelligence Corps detachment. He received a bachelor of science in business administration in 1956 after a stint in the army. At one time the league was broadcast on 120 television stations in the United States and Canada, and filled Madison Square Garden , the Oakland Coliseum (34,000, 1971) and Chicago White Sox Park (50,114, Sept 15, 1972). In 1959, Seltzer moved
44-658: The Sonoma Valley Film Festival (now Sonoma Filmfest) and served on a number of community boards, including the Bay Area American Red Cross , and he helped produce the 30th anniversary special for Cecil Williams Glide church. He later was employed by Brown Paper Tickets in sales. As of mid-2010, Seltzer was serving as an advisor to gotdibbs.com and working as a volunteer consultant to new amateur roller derby leagues. Seltzer said that his father had always wanted roller derby to be
55-614: The Sonoma International Film Festival was created to promote Sonoma, California, and its sister cities , as a destination festival to showcase the cinematic arts. Early festivals focused on the breadth of Bay Area filmmakers with work from industry veterans such as Francis Ford Coppola , John Lasseter , and Danny Glover showcased. SIFF programs full-length features, documentaries, as well as shorts programming in animation, comedy, culinary, documentary, dramatic and foreign categories. Cash and production completion grants are awarded annually to Jury and Audience Award winners. The festival
66-538: The franchise, and had investors from four of the major franchises in the American Football League , a majority of NHL owners (the "old establishment", not the younger owners or from newer teams) voted to sell the team to Charlie O. Finley , the flamboyant owner of Major League Baseball 's Oakland A's . Finley had little luck convincing Bay Area residents that the Seals were a worthwhile attraction, and
77-565: The operation to the San Francisco Bay Area and established the most fabled team in the history of the sport, the longtime champion San Francisco Bay Bombers . Stars included Charlie O'Connell , Joanie Weston , and Ann Calvello . In 1970, Seltzer attempted to buy the struggling Oakland Seals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Although he put in a better offer and had a more detailed plan for reviving
88-514: The role his father played. Seltzer died July 1, 2019, of pulmonary fibrosis . He is buried at Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito, California. Sonoma Valley Film Festival Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization, founded in 1997, headquartered in Sonoma, California . Founded in 1997 by friends Carolyn Stolman and Jerry Seltzer ,
99-664: The team pulled up stakes in 1976, moving to Cleveland, Ohio and later amalgamating with the Minnesota North Stars (now the Dallas Stars ). In the 1970s, Seltzer co-founded Bay Area Seating Service (BASS) Tickets, a San Francisco Bay Area computerized ticket service. From 1983 to 1993, he was a vice president of sales and marketing for Ticketmaster . On his return to the Bay Area he joined Bonjourfleurette.com as marketing and sales director and COO. He co-founded
110-499: Was named "One of the 25 Coolest Festivals" by MovieMaker Magazine and one of "America’s Top Ten Destination Film Festivals" in 2019 by USA Today as part of their Readers Choice Awards. 38°17′30″N 122°27′23″W / 38.2916°N 122.4565°W / 38.2916; -122.4565 This article about an American film festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jerry Seltzer Gerald Edwin "Jerry" Seltzer (June 3, 1932 – July 1, 2019)
121-649: Was the second and final owner of the original Roller Derby league. The league and the sport of roller derby were created in 1935 in Chicago by Leo Seltzer , Jerry's father. Jerry assumed ownership of the league in 1959 and ran it until its demise in 1973. Seltzer attended Stanford University in 1950 and then enrolled at Northwestern University in 1951. He joined the United States Army in March 1954 and went to basic training at Fort Ord , California. As
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