{"id":11431,"date":"2022-07-07T16:28:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T23:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=11431"},"modified":"2022-07-07T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T23:28:59","slug":"bravemaker-film-festival-in-redwood-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/bravemaker-film-festival-in-redwood-city\/","title":{"rendered":"BraveMaker film festival in Redwood City champions brave stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker.jpeg\" alt=\"BraveMaker film festival in Redwood City champions brave stories\" class=\"wp-image-11433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker.jpeg 974w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-18x10.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-150x84.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-696x391.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Four days are the ones that will dress the streets of the city with courage with the Film Festival <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemaker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00abBraveMaker\u00bb<\/a> in Redwood City, which seeks to champion courageous stories, elevating new or overlooked voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This pause gave rise to the arrival of the Festival version \u00abBraveMaker\u00bb made into a podcast under the names \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemaker.com\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BraveMaker Podcast<\/a>&quot; and &quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/bravemaker.com\/podcasts\/wheelqueens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WheelQueens Podcast<\/a>\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/bravemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/22BRAV038_program_6_22_22B.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">programming<\/a> festival official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-2.jpeg 497w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-2-210x300.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-2-8x12.jpeg 8w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-2-150x214.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BraveMaker-2-300x429.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is also convinced that artists and storytellers are \u201cprophets and creative forces\u201d who speak about justice, beauty, diversity, equality and spirituality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;BraveMaker&quot; will feature guest appearances by actors and actresses including Jesse Garcia from &quot;Flamin&#039; Hot&quot;; Alley Mills from &quot;The Wonder Years Bold and the Beautiful&quot; as well as Angela Harvey from &quot;MTV&#039;s Teen Wolf Wiki&quot; and Jeffrey Lieber from &quot;Lost,&quot; &quot;NCIS&quot; and &quot;Charmed.&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival organisers have called on the public to take photos and tag the foundation \u2012@bravemakerorg\u2012 through their social networks and use the hashtag #BraveMaker to help inspire and impact culture with their creative work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival has 22 monthly donors and invites people to join as tax-deductible donors by texting the word \u201cBraveMaker\u201d to 44-321.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/chinatown-artists-in-san-francisco\/\">San Francisco's \"Chinatown\" artists to receive monthly funding of $1,000<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuatro d\u00edas son los que vestir\u00e1n de valent\u00eda las calles de la ciudad con el Festival de cine \u00abBraveMaker\u00bb en Redwood City, el cual busca defender las historias valientes, elevando las voces nuevas o ignoradas. 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