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1st annual Imperial Valley film festival tackles the Salton Sea

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October 28, 2020 7:20 PM
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The festival will feature films made by local filmmakers regarding the Salton Sea.

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The first annual Imperial Valley Film Festival will be aired locally on November 1, 2020, on Fox 9 at 8 p.m.

The festival was created by local filmmaker and journalist Roy Dorantes, who wanted to bring awareness to the Salton Sea issues.

“The Salton Sea is a ticking health hazard. If the state doesn’t do anything about it the Imperial Valley will become uninhabitable,” said Dorantes.

The festival will feature films made by local filmmakers regarding the Salton Sea.

“I can’t give too much away but there’s a lot of different angles taken some are even musicals,” said Dorantes.

Coming up on the Evening Edition, News 11 Gianella Ghiglino tells us more about the first annual Imperial Valley Film Festival.

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Gianella Ghiglino

Peruvian-born and LA raised Gianella Ghiglino joins the team from the San Fernando valley. “LA is the place that taught me how to breath and Peru is my breath.” She says she was inspired by the community she grew up in and began documenting her experience through poetry at the age of 7. “I wrote about everything I saw, felt and everything that inspired me.” When she entered High School she joined her school news station and realized that broadcast journalism allowed her to pursue her passion and her purpose all at once. Gianella attended Cal State Northridge and received a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Spanish Broadcast Journalism, and Political Science. She did several internships while in College but most notably interned for PBS’s local LA station for three years. “My purpose is to share my story and of those in my community, my passion is writing.”

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