Keep your eye out for the celebrities in town for the Sonoma International Film Festival

Peter Fonda, Karen Allen and lots of familiar faces in town for SIFF|

If it is celebrity sightings you are after, hanging around the Plaza and Sonoma International Film Festival Tent Village will likely net you at least a few goosebumps. From the star of 'Easy Rider' to a handful of young up-and-comers, here's a cheat sheet for who you might spot sipping a coffee at the Basque.

Actor Peter Fonda as well as co-stars Marguerite Moreau ('The Mighty Ducks') and Hamish Linklater ('The New Adventures of Old Christine') are expected to be in Sonoma accompanying the film 'You Can't Say No.' 'No' is about a couple that decides to give their marriage one last shot by playing a game with just one rule: no matter what they ask each other to do, they can't say no. The film's director, writer and producers will also be in town. Friday at 5:45 p.m. Vintage House and Sunday noon at Burlingame Hall.

Actor Jonas Ball will be in town with his feature film, 'In the Orchard,' about a grief-stricken woman who befriends a Marine veteran with PTSD. The director, writer and producers will also be in attendance. Friday at 8:30 p.m. at Vintage House.

Actors Matthew Glave ('The Wedding Singer'), Jana Winternitz and Steve Greene ('The Thinning') will be on panels after their film, 'Funny Story,' about a womanizing TV star who decides to crash his estranged daughter's vacation in Big Sur. The director and the film's writers will also be in attendance. Saturday at 11:45 a.m. at Burlingame Hall.

Actors Rico Simonini ('A Good Day to Die Hard') and Emily Elicia Low will be in town with the feature, 'Frank and Ava.' In the film, a near-destitute Sinatra enters a sexually charged, suspicion-filled, bourbon stained, hapless romance with the mercurial Gardner. The film's director and executive producer will also join the panel discussion after the film. Friday at 4:45 p.m. at the Vets Building and Saturday at 8 p.m. at Vintage House.

Actors Noah Segan ('Looper') and Jordan Hinson ('Go Figure' and 'Eureka') will attend the first screening of 'The California No' about a husband's discovery that he is in an open marriage. The film's director/writer/producer will also be in Sonoma this weekend. Friday at 11:45 a.m. at Burlingame Hall and Sunday at 6 p.m. at Andrews Hall.

Actor Brittany Belt ('The Ex List ' and 'Mother's Day') is accompanying her film about Mongolian horseracing. 'Children of Genghis' is the centerpiece of the children's program at the Sebastiani Theatre on Saturday morning. The film's producers and cinematographer will also be at the screening. 9 a.m. at the Sebastiani.

Grant Korgan, the focus of 'The Push' will be in Sonoma this weekend. Korgan attempted to become the first spinal cord-injured athlete to reach the South Pole. Friday at 4:30 p.m. at Andrews Hall and Sunday at 3 p.m.m at the Vets Building.

Mary Aarons, daughter of Slim Aarons, will be in town to accompany the documentary, 'The High Life,' about her mother. Friday at 11:30 a.m. at Andrews Hall and Sunday at 6:15 p.m. at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art.

Ken DeLeon has led the pack of Silicon Valley realtors for over a decade, and he will be in town with the film's crew to talk about the documentary 'Rock Star Realtor,' about his life. Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at the Vets Building.

Finally, actress Karen Allen, familiar to all as the female face of the 'Indiana Jones' movies, is in Sonoma this weekend to participate in a Saturday SIFF panel, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Backlot Tent, to focus upon gender-balanced leadership. Allen will also serve on the SIFF jury along with actor Ed Begley Jr., star of 'St. Elsewhere,' 'Six Feet Under,' 'Best In Show,' 'A Mighty Wind' and 'Living With Ed.'

See some celebrities that we missed, maybe just in town enjoying the films? Email lorna.sheridan@sonomanews.com.

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