This year’s festival is expected to draw over 24,000 attendees. Filmmakers, film lovers, and industry professionals have enjoyed the Carmel International Film Festival which showcases the best of independent cinema and contemporary art, music and photography from around the globe including narrative feature, documentary, short, student, retrospective and premièring films. Looking to educate and entertain, the festival also includes an interactive lecture series including a film score demonstration in real time, the Art of Wine gallery tour and wine paring, Filmmakers Welcome Party, Legends Dinner, a Women in Film luncheon, film and panel discussion, and an emerging artists music café.