May 22, 2014 -

Can you believe 10 years have passed since Urs and Sara Baur started the Topanga Film Festival (TFF) with a projector, a handful of films, and a large white sheet tied up in the trees of their own back yard?

The great success of that first year has taken the TFF family on a truly wild ride. Honored as one of the 25 coolest film festivals in the world by Filmmaker Magazine, the open-air festival has come to reflect the international and eclectic taste of its community.

TFFs 10th Annual festival will be held July 17- 20 and will include premiers of documentary and feature films, a short film competition, a dance film showcase, industry panels, workshops, interactive installations, networking opportunities, awards, and parties.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF BRUCE ROYER

Maestro Kim Allen Kluge, acclaimed conductor, composer and pianist, will perform with his wife, Kathryn, at Topangas Tuscali Mountain Inn.

The Kluges have recently moved to Topanga, drawn by the climate and natural beauty of Southern California. They are both cinephiles and have started to compose film music together at their Moon Valley Ranch Studio (Moonvalleyranchmusic.com). Recent film composing projects range from a commission from The National Gallery to working with acclaimed Hollywood director and producer, Barnet Bain, on a film adaptation of Eckhart Tolle's acclaimed book, Milton's Secret.

Musics unique power to affect positive change in the world is the theme that resonates throughout the Kluges work and permeates everything they do from Kathryn's piano teaching to their composing for cause-based films.

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Topanga Film Festival 10th Anniversary Celebration Event, June 6