Commendatore Lido Cantarutti - Father of the Marin Italian Film Festival

Many people look forward to the fall months of September, October, and November. With them come cool breezes and milder temperatures. But the San Francisco Bay Area has a far more rewarding and entertaining cultural experience that heralds the arrival of fall. That experience would be the Italian Film Festival of Marin County. And a festival it is in every sense of the word.

L’Italo-Americano was fortunate to meet and speak with the man responsible for what has become a highlight of San Francisco Bay Area culture, festival director Commendatore Lido Cantarutti. Originally an informal, one-time only presentation of Italian movies in a college lecture hall, the Italian Film Festival of Marin County has grown over its 41 years into a perennial favorite.