Poppy Jasper Film Fest brings “breath of fresh air” to South Bay

The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival celebrates it’s red carpet “Poppy Bash” event on April 14th 2023 at Capos Event Center in Gilroy.Mattie Scariot always wanted to make movies. But growing up in the ’70s, the Gilroy native never saw women featured as filmmakers on the posters of the movies she loved. Now after more than a decade in Hollywood, she’s determined to change that for the next generation through the local Poppy Jasper Film Festival.

The event was a success, and grew into a regional hit that put Morgan Hill on the film industry map. “It seemed like a perfect location for us to help the community and bring the community together,” said Leaman. “I had to recreate everything,” said Scariot. Together with a group she assembled, she rebranded the festival, revamped the website, spread the festival over several days, and added nearby Gilroy as another stop.

“It just brought out a lot of energy towards film, which was really exciting for me. It’s creating another community, a common love for film which you just never really had here in our county before Poppy Jasper came to town,” said Fran Fitzwilliam, a Hollister resident and self-identified “film geek” who organizes the Hollister and San Juan Bautista events for the festival.

The inspiration is intentional, part of a mission that Scariot adopted to encourage women and other under-represented groups to “tell their stories through film.” The festival has several days dedicated to different underrepresented filmmakers, such as a Women’s and LGBTQ+ film day, along with educational programs meant to help introduce people across generations to the art of filmmaking.

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