Reporting on film festivals
The Dallas International Film Festival’s 50th Anniversary Gala Presentation of BONNIE AND CLYDE at the Dallas City Performance Hall on Thursday, March 30, was as exciting as it gets with two Academy Award-winners in the house, and the entire cast and crew for BOMB CITY on hand, set to make its world premiere the next evening…
The “Blue Carpet” Closing Night Awards Ceremony was hosted by Noemi Gonzalez (“East Los High,” PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES), and Jim Mahoney (“Wilfred”), with top awards going to; Justin Harwood’s High Road for Best Series; Benoit Lach’s Fluffy Marky for Best International Series; Elsie Bollinger and Sally Bollinger’s Bright Summer Night for Best Drama; and Morgan Waters, Brooks Gray’s The Amazing Gayl Pile for Best Comedy; and Sonja O’Hara and Jaspal Binning’s Doomsday for Best Pilot.
To be eligible for the DOXX Spotlight, films must be women-directed, feature-length documentaries (male/female co-directing teams are not eligible) and not have any traditional distribution deal (theatrical or VOD) at the time of the film festival in October.
Three-time Academy Award winner Robert Benton was the guest of honor with one of the film’s iconic stars, Faye Dunaway (due to be feted the very next night) in attendance to celebrate with Benton as he received the Dallas Star Award and discussed his incredible writing and filmmaking career.
The 2017 Dallas Comedy Festival added a new wrinkle to it’s regularly scheduled hoopla and fanfare, as the fest invited the comics, comedians, and funny people to get their photos taken and do interviews on the red carpet this year..
We have been fortunate in our very first year to secure award-winning films, provocative films, and some very entertaining and exciting cinema with a focus on the environment, as well as offer up a number of first-look opportunities for our audiences to see films and projects that have the potential to make a real difference in people’s lives in the future.
James Faust, Artistic Director of the Dallas Film Society, said, “Our two Dallas Star Award honorees hail back to something this festival has done from its inception – honor cinema legends, icons, and the film artists that made a difference in our film viewing lives. Faye Dunaway has been at the center of a number of certifiably classic films, and we joined so many in being devastated by the recent loss of Bill Paxton, on so many levels.
The 2017 HollyWeb Festival, sponsored by AMC Independent (March 30-April 2) has announced the full schedule of digital series, filmmaker panels, and events for this year’s edition of the festival, celebrating the world’s premiere digital content.
EARTHxFilm, presented by Earth Day Texas (EDTx), today announced educational initiatives for the environmentally focused film festival’s debut at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas on April 20-23. Those initiatives include filmmaking workshops and classes; a 72-hour film race; and an online short film competition, with jury and audience awards; and $6,000 in cash prizes for the film race and the online competition.
Galas for Brett Haley ’s THE HERO and more; The Dallas International Film Festival Reveals
