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, Juan Ruiz Anchia,

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, Anne Archer and Peter Szebadi. IIFC's schedule overlaps with the much larger

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. Savage has said scheduling the festival in January helps the local economy during the slow season. The festival was the inspiration for the Glendale International Film Festival, which started in 2014.

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