Action On Film International Film Festival

The Action on Film International Film Festival was founded in 2004 by Del Weston.{{cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/festival-103606-film-aof.html|title=Action on Film Festival springs into action|last=Choi|first=Sarah|work=The Orange County Register|date=2008-07-23|access-date=2014-02-18}}{{cite news|url=http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/action_makes_a_comeback/7525/|title=Action makes a comeback|last=Kozlowski|first=Carl|work=Pasadena Weekly|date=2009-07-23|access-date=2014-02-18}} After being disappointed by a bad experience, Weston sought to create a festival where filmmakers could showcase their films.{{cite news|url=http://pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/lights_camera/6208/|title=Lights, Camera...|last=Kozlowski|first=Carl|work=Pasadena Weekly|date=2008-07-24|access-date=2014-02-18}} It was first held in Long Beach, California as a part of the Long Beach International Martial Arts Championships.

In 2008, it moved to Pasadena, California.

In 2012, it moved to Monrovia, California.{{cite news|url=http://monrovia.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/action-on-film-festival-to-invade-monrovia|title='Action on Film Festival' to Invade Monrovia|last=McIntire|first=Nathan|work=Patch Media|date=2012-08-14|access-date=2014-02-18}}

In 2017, it was moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.

The festival accepts all major genres and is not limited to action films.

Each year the festival recognizes outstanding actors and projects in nearly eighty categories including the Action On Film Lifetime Achievement Awards. Winners of this award are:

• Art Camacho
• Bill (Superfoot) Wallace
• Bob Wall
• Cynthia Rock
• Don (The Dragon) Wilson
• Ronnie (Mr. Olympia) Coleman
• Tazito Garcia

• David Carradine{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/105457/Carradine-found-dead-in-hotel|title=Carradine found dead in hotel|work=Daily Express|date=2009-06-04|access-date=2014-02-18}}
• John Saxon
• Bill Duke
• John Savage
• W. Morgan Sheppard
• Talia Shire
• Bill Plympton
• James Best
• Robert Loggia
• Bo Svenson

• Neil Johnson - Science Fiction Starship Apocalypse
• Amber Benson - Comedy - Shevenge
• Christopher Di Nunzio - Guerilla Film- A Life Not to Follow-
• James Christopher - Best Indie Film Quad X: Rise of the Beaver Slayer
• Bryan Martin - Webisode- Dark Memories
• JD Glasscock - Film Noir Series{{cite web|url=http://media.wix.com/ugd/28ac82_86a3e558882e43c081bcfb7053389a30.pdf|access-date=7 April 2023|website=media.wix.com|title=Action On Film 2015 Film and Video Nominations|year=2015}}

• Kim Coates
• Deborah Kara Unger
• Nick Mancuso
• Tom Sizemore
• Michael Paré

• Tracey Birdsall{{Cite web|url=http://eclipsemagazine.com/tracey-birdsall-talks-about-award-winning-dawn-of-the-crescent-moon-and-do-you-like-your-balls/|title=Tracey Birdsall talks about award winning Dawn Of The Crescent Moon and Do You Like Your Balls?|date=2014-09-06|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-25}}
• Talia Shire
• Michael Madsen
• David Carradine
• Michelle Lukes

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• {{Official website|http://www.aoffest.com}}

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