Attendees and VIPs at this year’s Catalina Film Festival will be introduced to the functional benefits of fulvic minerals as blk. functional beverage debuts on the Red Carpet as presenting sponsor of the 11th annual film festival.
Catalina Film Festival 2021, presented by blk., is an annual non-profit celebration of film in Southern California with screenings and live events in Long Beach and at historic sites on Catalina, known as “Hollywood’s Island.”
At two weekends of screenings of more than 200 brand-new film releases, cinema-lovers will enjoy opportunities to try blk., an ALL NATURAL functional beverage, which only uses organic ingredients and helps support a healthy lifestyle.
Celebrity guests who have attended in the past include Nicolas Cage, Jon Favreau, Stan Lee, Kevin Hart, William H. Macy, Andy Garcia, Sharon Stone, and more.
“We are excited to support creativity and the American and international film industry at the Catalina Film Festival,” said Sara Bergstein, CEO of blk.
“Filmmakers foster the imagination, and we know their influence can help lead others to a more healthy lifestyle,” Bergstein said. “We want them to discover the amazing benefits of fulvic acids – utilized by many cultures for centuries – including removing toxins from the body, helping with digestion and more,” she added.
The “blk. Hydration Station” will be available to festival goers throughout the events. Drinks-tray servers will offer the functional water, in its iconic black bottles.
At VIP events, film festival mixologists will present a specialty cocktail, featuring blk., created just for the event.
blk., which stands for “balance, love and kindness,” is a plant-based water, infused with fulvic trace minerals – a super nutrient and one of the most powerful polyphenols known.
“We appreciate the support of blk. as presenting sponsor for the Catalina Film Festival,” said Ron Truppa, the founder and CEO of the Catalina Film Festival. “What better for an island celebration than a health-benefiting water beverage?”
The festival begins in Long Beach Friday, Sept. 17 through Sunday, Sept. 19 at the Ernest Borgnine Theater at the Scottish Rite Cultural Center. The festival will include industry tributes and a Long Beach Community Day (open to the public) featuring food trucks, a classic car show, interactive games, and red carpet photo opportunities, including feature films every night. On Friday, Sept. 17, the Opening Night Film is Voodoo Macbeth.
On Sunday, the festival will announce the winner of the Wes Craven Horror Award, and will screen the Los Angeles feature film premiere of A Savannah Haunting.
The festival continues the next weekend at multiple historic venues on Catalina Island Friday Sept. 24-Sunday Sept. 26, including premiere screenings at the historic 1,184-seat Avalon Theatre at the island’s Art Deco masterpiece, the Catalina Casino.
At the festival’s infamous “Lions Den Pitch Panel,” accredited investors matchmake with aspiring independent filmmakers to line up funding for new film projects.
Premieres, VIP galas and celebrity tributes continue through the weekend with an Island BBQ party and send-off to wrap the festivities.
The film festival also offers an online virtual experience Sept. 17-26 via FilmFestivalFlix.com and OhYay.co.
At the OhYay blk. virtual sponsor lounge, visitors can check the map and cross paths with other festival goers, or arrange their own meet ups to hang out in the digital space.
Find out more and buy tickets to the Catalina Film Festival here: www.catalinafilm.org.
