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14th Annual Sedona International Film Festival and Workshop
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Photo Caption: Colin Firth and Helen Hunt in "Then She Found Me," featured in the 2008 Film Festival. Commitments to attend from, among others, actress/director Mary Stuart Masterson and actresses Mary Steenbergen and Kimberly Williams Paisley (Father of the Bride, According to Jim) are already in hand for the 14th Annual Sedona International Film Festival and Workshop. Preview nights for the 2008 event are planned February 25 and 26, leading to the five full days of the Festival that is growing in both size and stature. Opening night films are expected to include Battle in Seattle with Charlize Theron and Woody Harrelson, and Girl in the Park with Sigourney Weaver. The full lineup will be announced in January, 2008. Advance sale tickets go on sale November 15, at a 20 percent discount off regular prices if ordered by December 31. Several changes are in store for the 2008 event including scheduling a series of small workshops in the public pavilion ¡°so the public can interact with filmmakers and learn about what it takes to create, market and distribute,¡± said Sedona International Film Festival Executive Director Patrick Schweiss. ¡°The Wells Fargo Pavilion was a tremendous success last year because it provided a great venue to learn, relax, mingle with others and discuss the incredible lineup of films. We plan to use it for even more events during the week this year.¡± Also new is the addition of another screening venue ¡°to allow us to show the more popular films more often,¡± Schweiss said of the auditorium at Sedona Red Rock High School, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road. The Festival¡¯s main location is the Harkins Sedona 6 Luxury Cinema, 2081 West Highway 89A. For the second year, The Sedona International Film Festival will offer cash prizes of at least $51,000 to filmmakers for excellence in features, documentaries, shorts, animation and foreign films. Filmmakers can receive prize awards of between $5000 and $10,000. Awards will be determined by a panel of judges based on a set of criteria, which includes screenplay, production design, cinematography, acting, directing and editing. The cash prizes will be in addition to non-cash Audience Choice and Directors¡¯ Choice awards, which have been given at each of the 13 previous Sedona festivals. The $51,000 has been generously donated by Linda K. and Herb Smith, Connie and Jerry Levinson and eSedona Wireless. At the 2007 event, actor Joe Pantoliano received the Outstanding Actor and Birkner Humanitarian Award. Among the winning films last year was Away From Her, the moving love story that deals with memory and the circuitous, unnamable paths of a long marriage starring Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie and Olympia Dukakis. The festival kicks off with a Wednesday night preview party at the Festival Pavilion. Films will be screened at the Harkins Theater in Sedona, 2081 W. Hwy. 89A, on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A Friday night "Cast Party" at the Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa brings together filmmakers, cast and crew members, celebrity guests, festival sponsors and film lovers for a gala party and presentation of awards to festival honorees. On Sunday, the Audience Choice, Director¡¯s Choice and Best of the Fest awards will be presented at the Festival Awards Brunch at L¡¯Auberge de Sedona. These award-winners will be brought back for additional screenings on Sunday. In addition to the signature galas, many smaller gatherings will give film lovers a chance to talk and party with others who share their passion. Call (928) 282-1177 for more information or log on to www.sedonafilmfestival.com. |
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