LISA ADAMS WALTER
The Yountville International Short Film Festival (YISFF), which last year was one of the last in-person events held in the Napa Valley before the pandemic, returns this year with a special âat homeâ edition that anyone can enjoy from the comfort of their home.
The fourth annual YISFF opens Feb.11 and runs all through the holiday weekend including an all-film on-demand, encore day on Monday, Feb. 15. This year, the now-virtual, streaming event features a lineup of more than 80 world-class short films that range in length from two to 25 minutes.
âWhen it became clear that we couldnât present a live festival safely we got to work coming up with a really innovative and exciting way to present these films, yet still incorporate the Town of Yountville the way that we normally do live,â said YISFF Co-Founder and Festival Director Bill Hargreaves, who feels that they did a pretty good job coming up with the next best thing to being li