September 25–27, 2026
The upcoming 16th Catalina Film Festival continues the festival’s island identity with submissions open and public festival dates announced for late September.
Festival Archive
Previous Editions
Explore sixteen Catalina Film Festival editions through poster artwork, archive notes, festival memories, awards, guests, and island history.
Edition archive
Posters through the years.
Explore sixteen Catalina Film Festival editions through their poster artwork, festival year, and short archive notes. Replace each poster image with the official artwork for that edition.
Archive descriptions should be checked against official festival records before publication. Poster files below should be placed inside assets/images/posters/ and named by year.
15th Anniversary
The 2025 festival marked fifteen years of Catalina Film Festival, with anniversary branding, red carpet coverage, panels, guests, and commemorative festival design.
Hollywood’s Island returns
The 14th annual festival ran September 26–29, 2024, with awards activity at the Catalina Casino and honorees including Marcia Gay Harden and Emmanuelle Chriqui.
Thirteen years of cinema
The 13th annual celebration was announced for September 20–24, 2023, with festival programming, red carpet activity, official film selections, and awards coverage.
Mainland to island
The 12th annual festival returned with Long Beach programming before sailing to Catalina Island for a destination weekend of screenings, parties, and red carpet premieres.
Back to Avalon
The 11th anniversary edition wrapped at the historic Catalina Casino / Avalon Theatre with the world premiere of The Cleaner, starring Luke Wilson and other notable cast members.
Carpool Cinema
The 10th anniversary festival adapted to the pandemic era with Carpool Cinema and a Drive-Thru Red Carpet in Long Beach, offering socially distanced screenings and festival moments.
Avalon Award year
The 9th annual festival wrapped with Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino receiving the Avalon Award and Best of Fest winners announced.
Awards in 14 categories
The 8th annual festival closed with awards in 14 film categories and featured honorees including Richard Dreyfuss and Rob Riggle.
100+ films and summit energy
The 7th annual festival took over Hollywood’s Island with more than 100 films, the Film & New Media Summit, filmmaker pitch activity, and awards in 14 competition categories.
Avalon Award and island events
The 6th annual festival took place September 28–October 2, with Avalon-based screenings and events. Jaime King received the Avalon Award during the festival.
Fifth anniversary edition
The 5th annual festival, held September 24–27, featured honorees including Diane Warren, Mena Suvari, Kristin Davis, and Lucas Till, with a strong red carpet and tribute presence.
Five days, 87 films
The 4th annual festival ran September 24–28 and had grown into a five-day event with 87 films, multiple premieres, and honorees including Nicolas Cage, William H. Macy, Andy Garcia, and Emmy Rossum.
Career tributes and indie cinema
The 2013 festival included independent film coverage and career recognition, with Patricia Arquette receiving a Catalina Career Tribute Award and Best Man Down featured in festival reporting.
Top films and 2,000 moviegoers
The 2nd annual Catalina Film Festival delivered top films and brought approximately 2,000 moviegoers, with a major opening event at the historic Casino Theatre.
The inaugural festival
The first Santa Catalina Film Festival was scheduled for May 6–8, 2011, in Avalon as a three-day independent film festival with screenings and industry discussion panels.
Archive note
A permanent home for festival memory.
This archive can later be expanded with individual pages for each year, including official selections, awards, press releases, galleries, programme PDFs, and partner acknowledgements.
Official selections
Each edition can preserve selected films, screening blocks, filmmaker names, countries, runtimes, and programme notes.
Winners & honorees
Awards, honorees, jury notes, audience recognition, and special tributes can be archived by festival year.
Photos & coverage
Press releases, red carpet photography, sponsor moments, panels, and festival highlights can remain discoverable.
Previous editions
A record of cinema on Hollywood’s island.
The Catalina Film Festival archive keeps each edition visible beyond the weekend: posters, films, awards, guests, press, partners, and the island atmosphere that frames the festival.