The Catalina Film Festival celebrates 9 years of IMAGINATION – EDUCATION – DESTINATION! Our Long Beach Launch starts the party on the mainland Wednesday and Thursday aboard our partner, the iconic Queen Mary, docked in Long Beach (our sister city across the sea). Two days of films, panels and parties put you in the independent film spirit before our Friday and Saturday charter boats sail off from the Queen Mary Terminal (in front of the ship) for a magical weekend on Catalina. On Sunday, we invite the mainland media and audiences to come see Catalina’s “Best of Fest” film winners back on the Queen Mary, celebrating who’s won this year’s Catalina Film Festival! What festival gives you ships, boats, helicopters, islands, and historic Hollywood history?… Catalina does!