Daytime screenings + panels
Smart casual
Relaxed, polished and appropriate for screenings, filmmaker panels and daytime industry events.
Resort casual works too
Dress code
Polished, comfortable, and ready for Catalina.
The Catalina Film Festival has a sophisticated, celebratory atmosphere. Daytime screenings, panels and networking are more relaxed; red carpets, awards ceremonies and evening events call for a dressier look.
Smart casual or resort casual
Red carpet + evenings
Cocktail to formal
For red carpets, awards ceremonies and evening parties, cocktail, semi-formal or formal attire is encouraged.
Black tie encouraged Fri + Sat
Shoes
Comfort matters
Catalina involves walking. Choose footwear that looks polished but stays comfortable throughout the day.
Style + practicality
From day to night
The festival gets dressier as the day goes on.
Use the setting and time of day as your guide: daytime is polished and relaxed; evening events move toward cocktail, semi-formal and formal.
Smart, polished, comfortable
Cocktail, semi-formal or formal
Friday + Saturday evening
Dress to celebrate.
These are the festival’s most formal occasions. Black-tie attire is encouraged, but personal style is welcome.
Women
Elegant, expressive, occasion-ready.
Evening gowns, cocktail dresses, elegant pantsuits or dressy separates are all welcome.
Men
Tuxedo ideal. Dark suit welcome.
A tuxedo is ideal, although a dark suit with a tie or bow tie is perfectly acceptable.
The simplest rule
Come polished.
Stay comfortable.
There is room for personality. The goal is not to make every guest dress identically, but to keep the festival atmosphere elevated while still feeling appropriate for an island setting.