Special Events
The Camera Cinemas present a wide variety of unique events, festivals, programs and special screenings. In addition to Midnight Movie Madness and our long-running Camera Cinema Club, we host Cinequest, the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, the Arab Film Festival, the International Latino Film Festival, the San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival, and other events and promotions tied to our regular film openings.
Some of the current and upcoming events are listed on this page. For a recap, including pictures, of past events, go to CAMERA EVENTS
Cinequest, San Jose Film Festival, Returns Feb. 24-March 7 to Camera 12 and Camera 3
Camera 12 Cinema and Camera 3 Entertainment proudly host the 20th Annual Cinequest, San Jose Film Festival Feb. 23rd-Mar 7th in downtown San Jose. This showcase of maverick filmmakers and films has been recognized as one of the world's top 10 festivals, with additional screenings and events at the S.J. Repertory and California Theaters. Featured celebrity guests this year include Maverick Award recipients, Benjamin Bratt (Pinero, Traffic and TV's Law and Order), who will present his "La Mission", and Indian spiritualist and filmmaker Deepak Chopra.
Go to our CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL page for more information.
Thrillville Retro Fest Now at Camera 3
The popular Bay Area cult movie cabaret series, Thrillville, has arrived at Camera 3 Cinema, featuring monthly event nights with cult flicks, retro bands, burlesque and prizes. All events, hosted by Will The Thrill and Monica Tiki Goddess, begin at 7:30pm, and admission is $10.
- THURSDAY, FEB. 25th
- THRILLVILLE'S TRIBUTE TO MAMIE VAN DOREN
Untamed Youth (1957) -- Mamie rocks with Eddie Cochran
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Sex Kittens Go To College (1960) -- Mamie is a tassel-twirling professor, featuring the rare topless burlesque scene!
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San Jose surf band Aardvark and the Rockabilly Models live!
- THURSDAY, APRIL 15th
- THRILLVILLE'S 13th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) -- Mad science runs amok!
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Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) -- Sinister swamp suckers and sexy Yvette Vickers are on the loose.
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Special guest Mr. Lobo ("Cinema Insomnia") and live music by Actual Rafiq!
What is Thrillville? A mainstay at the now defunct Bay Area Speakeasy theaters, Parkway and Cerrito, the series has been a favorite of Bay Area cult film fans for years, produced and programmed by local lounge lizard Will "the Thrill" Viharo since April 1997, co-hosted by his lovely assistant and patient wife, Monica "The Tiki Goddess" Cortes Viharo. This statement from their website (www.thrillville.net) sums it up best -- "Thrillville is a City of B Movie Dreams in a State of Culture Shock, where Time stands still and aesthetics supercede politics; where monsters, babes, hipsters and swingers mingle and mate over Martinis and Mai Tais; where Style rules over Fashion, Elvis is King, the Rat Pack rules, and Will the Thrill, a beatnik lounge lizard, is Mayor. Mr. Thrill and his lovely assistant and bride, Monica, Tiki Goddess, host a live cult movie cabaret celebrating Classic Retro Pop Culture, from the Atomic Age to Zombies.
HEY THERE HEPCATS, SEX KITTENS, LOUNGE LIZARDS, TIKI WORSHIPPERS, B MOVIE BUFFS AND ALL AROUND THRILL SEEKERS: WELCOME TO THRILLVILLE!"
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