9th Annual Catalina Film Festival Wraps With Academy Award-Winner, Mira Sorvino, Receiving the Avalon Award; Best of Fest Winners Announced (Catalina Film Festival)

5-Day Film Fest Featured Premieres, Parties & Events on The Queen Mary in Long Beach & Catalina Island; Other Notable Attendees Included Jaeden Martell (It, It Chapter 2), Kevin Alejandro (Lucifer), Jessica Sipos (Dark Harbor), Lesley Ann Warren (Victor/Victoria) & More

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The five-day Catalina Film Festival (CFF) wrapped its 9th annual festival in coastal sister cities with premieres, parties, and panels in iconic and historic film venues－The Queen Mary in Long Beach and the Avalon Casino Theatre on Catalina Island.

Catalina Film celebrates the 9th annual festival at the iconic Avalon Casino Theatre as special guests continue the tradition of signing the famed projection room wall - the first ever theatre to play a sound film. (Pictured left to right) Actor Kevin Alejandro, Catalina Film Festival Founder Ron Truppa, Academy Award-winner Mira Sorvino, and Actor Kevin Makely. Credit Jonas Yuan.

The 9th annual Catalina Film Festival honored Academy Award-winning actress Mira Sorvino with the Avalon Award on Saturday, Sept 28 at the Avalon Casino Theatre on Catalina Island. Sorvino starred in Catalina Film Festival's World Premiere screening of BADLAND, alongside Kevin Makely, Bruce Dern, Trace Adkins, and Wes Studi. Credit Hutchins Photo.

Festival highlights included the Avalon Award presentation to Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino who starred in the world premiere of "Badland" alongside Kevin Makely, Bruce Dern and Trace Adkins. Fan favorite, Thriller Thursday, featured the Wes Craven block of horror films, along with the world premiere of "Dark Harbor," directed by Joe Raffa, starring Joel McHale (Community, The Soup) with cast in attendance: Jessica Sipos, Xander Berkeley, Sterling Hurst, Connor Trineer, Reiko Aylesworth, Nickolas Wolf and Jillian Armenante. Also in attendance were Kevin Alejandro (Lucifer, True Blood) with the short films "The Talk" & "Smile," plus Jaeden Martell (It, It Chapter 2), Nick Jandl (Nashville), Mike Doyle (New Amsterdam). The Festival also featured the Film & New Media Summit, with panels that included film finance discussions with Forrest Road Company and a spotlight interview with iconic actress Lesley Ann Warren, moderated by film historian, Jim Hemphill.

Source: Catalina Film Festival

Photo Cred: Jonas Yuan