The VFF is a venue for new independent work by Valley residents as well as American and international filmmakers.
Founded in 2000 by Tracey Adlai,[3][4] the VFF is the first and longest continually running film festival in the San Fernando Valley.
[5] Over the years, the festival has taken place in the fall, mostly at the El Portal Theatre in the North Hollywood (NoHo) Arts District.
[6] VFF alumni include film and television director John Putch,[7] actor and director of The Help Tate Taylor,[8] producers Laurence Malkin[9] and Straw Weisman,[10] three-time Emmy award winner Richard Gale,[11] and two-time Emmy Award-winning video journalist Renee Sotile.
One of these was a 2007 screening of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which included a Q&A with Robert Romanus and Amy Heckerling.