The Santa Monica Film Festival & Moxie Awards is an annual film series and awards show held in Santa Monica, California, United States.
In 2001, deQuay decided to focus exclusively on his activities with New Media Agency in Venice Beach, and handed all festival management activities to Dallas-based non-profit group Deep Ellum Film Festival,[1] until it was later dissolved in 2003.
Films shown included classics such as “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso” and “Grease” projected in their original format.
Proceeds went to benefit the Santa Monica Art Museum charity.
[citation needed] Past participating filmmakers included Spike Jonze, Gore Verbinski, Jason Reitman, Dennis Franz, and Joe Mantegna.