Filmed in Mendocino

1904: First film, The Sequoia Sempervirens, shot in Mendocino
1940: Noyo Theatre founded in Willits
1954: East of Eden
1965: The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1970: Summer of ‘42
1978: Same Time, Next Year
1982: Cujo stalks the streets of Mendocino
2006: Sydney Pollack helps found the Mendocino Film Festival
2007: Albert Maysles attends
2009: Danny Glover and Robert Elfstrom attend
2010: Wavy Gravy and Daniel Ellsberg perform magic show; Haskell Wexler wins Albert Maysles Award
2011: Roko Belic attends; Les Blank wins Albert Maysles Award
2012: Fort Bragg and Point Arena programs established
2013: Philo and Willits programs established
2013: Alloy Orchestra accompanies Silent Film Program
2014: Leslie Sbrocco, Claudia Lennear, and Warwick Ross attend
2015: Tenth Anniversary Celebrations
2016: Q&A panelists include Andre Leon Talley of Vogue (First Monday in May) and Robert Trujillo of Metallica & Paul Marchand (Jaco)
2017: Keely & Pierce Brosnan (Poisening Paradise) and Dolores Huerta (Dolores) attend
2018: Special screening of Mi Familia (1995) with actors Jimmy Smits and Esai Morales, and director Greg Nava
2019: Jonathan Rhys Meyers attends with the film The 12th Man
2020 – 2021: Canceled due to Covid-19
2022: Artists Bill Plympton and Tom Killion attend; screening of Crabs! filmed locally