International film festival lands in Rancho Cordova this weekend. What you need to know

The inaugural California Capital Documentary Film Festival is debuting throughout different locations in Rancho Cordova where 50 diverse films from around the world will be shown this weekend.

The California Capital (CalCap) Arts Foundation is hosting the documentary film festival to support of creative artists who are in the multimedia, film, and television industries.

Three awards — best film, best environmental film, and best short film — will be decided by a selection committee.

The documentaries vary in topics such as geography, homelessness, immigration, sexuality, civil rights and social justice.

“Documentaries are very popular right now if you look at Netflix, Amazon, even HBO,” said Charles Lago, event organizer and co-founder of CalCap Studios.

Lago hopes to develop monthly screenings where he showcases different film producers from around the world. Along with the CalCap Arts Foundation, he hopes to bring more projects to the Rancho Cordova area in future years beyond the inaugural event.

“We’re following a model where we will continue the California Capital Documentary Festival name throughout the year and every last Thursday of the month we’re going to do documentary screenings at different locations,” said Lago.

Attendees will see how the film festival is set up and get access to festival events, documentary screenings and sneak peek clips. Screenings are held in intimate settings, therefore limited seating is provided.

Screenings will be held at Rancho Cordova City Hall located at 2729 Prospect Park Drive; George Washington Carver High School’s Black Box Theater located at 10101 Systems Parkway; and CalCap’s Black Box Theater located at 9845 Horn Road Suite 100.

Rancho Cordova City Halls seats up to 60 people and the other two black box theaters seat up to 30.

For tickets and more information, visit www.calcapdocfest.org/films.