Our Hollywood Conference was considered "second to none" by Daily Variety, and in the past two years over 250 industry professionals have participated as panelists, including executives from BBC, Columbia/TriStar, Paramount, Walt Disney, Miramax, New Line, Fox Searchlight, the Samuel Goldwyn Co., NBC, Overseas FilmGroup, Showtime Networks, Fox 2000 and Buena Vista Home Video and agents from CAA, ICM, Metropolitan, William Morris and Writers & Artists among others.

Our Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony took place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and was a powerful and heartfelt event with over 800 guests. The presenters included Peter Berg, John Briley, James Brolin, Ted Kotcheff, Jon Landau, Martin Landau, Mimi Leder, Penelope Ann Miller, Sydney Pollack, Mark Rydell, and Rod Steiger, and our honorees were Shelley Winters, Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Norman Jewison, Dave Grusin, and Stewart Copeland. Pete Wilson, as the Governor of California, issued proclamations to all of our award recipients. Other celebrities who have participated in our festival include David Carridine, Harry Hamlin, Kirstie Alley, Kirk Douglas, Connie Stevens and Barbra Streisand among others.