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Glamour, film and celebs to descend on La Jolla in July Village ready for International Fashion Film Festival By TERRI STANLEY
Nine feet of defective fireworks discharged on the ground during the show, as shown in this photo.
La Jolla Cove fireworks fizzle on the Fourth No one was injured, but La Jolla's Fourth of July fireworks display was interrupted – and shortened – by defective fireworks that prematurely exploded more than halfway through the show. “Nine feet of defective pyrotechnics which come in 'cakes,' discharged on the ground 14 minutes into the 25-minute show,” said Deborah Marengo, La Jolla fireworks organizer. “At that point, the fire marshal came in and inspected,
noticing that another 9-foot cake had been damaged, the finale fireworks, and deemed that not usable.” “The show continued and, gratefully, no one was injured,” Marengo said noting the Independence Day display was halted “for a good five minutes,” while the fire marshall was inspecting. She added both the unidentified pyrotechnics company, and the fireworks manufacturer, were both notified of the snafu.
PHOTO BY DON BALCH
By DAVE SCHWAB
“We're waiting to hear back from them,” noted Marengo, adding “I do feel the companies are responsible for this, and we will be pursuing some form of credit to the community for the mishaps.” “We're investigating the incident further, gathering more information, and we will meet to see what we're going to do next year to ensure this doesn't happen again,” Marengo said.
When the 2016 La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival gets rolling in a few weeks it promises to be the most glamorous, well attended, artistic, and important edition of the annual gathering to date. Filmmakers, media and film festival jurors will fly in from across the globe for the three-day event, which runs from July 28 through 30, to meet and connect in this burgeoning art genre called the “fashion film.” The festival shows only short films, usually less than five minutes in length, in which fashion plays an important part or has some significance and are meant to emotionally connect the viewer to the fashion brand that creates the film. Several of the films that will screen this year will be world premieres and the first time the public will be able to
see them. Known as the “Cannes of the fashion film world,” the festival has two films that previewed at Cannes this year, highlighting the creativity and talent this festival attracts. Because the LJIFFF has completed its seventh year, it is now eligible to become an Academy Award-qualifying film festival, which means more recognition for the filmmakers and more important-
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