Four days are the ones that will dress the streets of the city with courage with the Film Festival «BraveMaker» in Redwood City, which seeks to champion courageous stories, elevating new or overlooked voices.
Thus, from July 7 to 10, Redwood City will host the fourth edition of the BraveMaker Film Festival, which returns to its in-person edition after having made its debut only in 2019 with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that forced its organizers to implement two annual versions entirely digital.
This pause gave rise to the arrival of the Festival version «BraveMaker» made into a podcast under the names «BraveMaker Podcast" and "WheelQueens Podcast».
However, this 2022 the face-to-face edition has been relaunched, which will feature filmmakers, actors, dancers, defenders of justice and creators of all kinds of content who will participate in the delivery of different events ranging from guided debates to breakfasts, discussion panels, screenings of films and documentaries as well as concerts, parties and VIP events, all of them indicated in the programming festival official.
Actor and director Tony Gapastione, who has lived in the Bay Area since 1998, is the founder of the project and has emphasized that the festival is intended to mentor, support and elevate brave voices through film and transform the community.
He is also convinced that artists and storytellers are “prophets and creative forces” who speak about justice, beauty, diversity, equality and spirituality.
"BraveMaker" will feature guest appearances by actors and actresses including Jesse Garcia from "Flamin' Hot"; Alley Mills from "The Wonder Years Bold and the Beautiful" as well as Angela Harvey from "MTV's Teen Wolf Wiki" and Jeffrey Lieber from "Lost," "NCIS" and "Charmed."
The festival organisers have called on the public to take photos and tag the foundation ‒@bravemakerorg‒ through their social networks and use the hashtag #BraveMaker to help inspire and impact culture with their creative work.
The festival has 22 monthly donors and invites people to join as tax-deductible donors by texting the word “BraveMaker” to 44-321.
The brave stories that make the festival possible are sponsored by Nikon, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Republic Metropolitan, Caltrain, Prince Street Partners, Redwood City parks and arts foundation, KQED, MDT, Guerrilla Wanderers, Actors Lounge, Cyclismo Cafe and Hella Mediterranean.
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