VENTURA, Calif., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ventura Film Festival will open its 2009 events on Monday, February 16, 2009 at the Majestic Ventura Theater in Ventura, California with a "fun day." The event marks the 5th anniversary of the Ventura Film Festival which was started by Jordan Older and his father in 2004. The Ventura Film Festival board of directors will be present to show their selection of currently received entries for the 2009 Ventura Film Festival. The festival board includes Hollywood film makers Dustin Dean and Dylan O'Neil, and U.S. Olympian John Godina who is the most decorated shot putter in U.S. athletics history. Ventura Film Festival is a green organization and accepts entries and submissions online at the festival's official web site, http://venturafilmfestival.org. Part of the profits from the Ventura Film Festival will go directly towards environmental issues such as forest and ocean preservation. The "fun day" will serve as a warm up for the main event of the 2009 Ventura Film Festival which will take place in July. The event will take place at 2pm at the Majestic Ventura Theater on 26 S. Chestnut St. in Ventura, CA.
