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NEWS & EVENTS ARCHIVE PAGEFebruary NasherSalon Presents Academy Award-winning Actress Olympia Dukakis
Actress, director, and producer Olympia Dukakis as the featured guest at the February 28 NasherSalon Lecture Series. Tickets are $45 for adults ($40 for Members) and are available for purchase at NasherSalonSeries.org The Salon will take place at 8 pm in the Nasher Auditorium, and will be moderated by Michael Cain, Artistic Director and CEO, AFI DALLAS International Film Festival. Salon ticket holders may purchase a Pre-Salon Buffet Dinner at Nasher Café by Wolfgang Puck for $25 per person by calling 214.242.5144. Participants are also invited to remain in Nasher Auditorium after the Salon for a showing of Moonstruck presented by AFI DALLAS International Film Festival. Olympia Dukakis' career spans over 40 years and has included roles in television, film, and theater. Her notable film roles include Steel Magnolias, Mr. Holland's Opus, The Thing About My Folks, and Moonstruck, for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She also played the role of Anna Madrigal in the Tales of the City television mini-series, which garnered her an Emmy Award nomination. Other awards include an Obie Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, and a Golden Globe. Her Broadway theater credits include Who's Who in Hell, Social Security, and the one-woman play Rose. The NasherSalon 2008 Lecture Series takes place every month at the Nasher Sculpture Center and features nationally and internationally acclaimed speakers, all considered masters in their field, discussing topics relating to art, theater, dance, movies, and the culinary arts. To purchase tickets or for more information on this special event, please visit NasherSalonSeries.org The First Films!AFI DALLAS announces fifteen films to be screened.AFI DALLAS 2008 International Film Festival Presented by Target, Founding Sponsor Victory Park is pleased to announce fifteen films that will screen at this year's festival including the World Premiere of The Last Lullaby, as well as the U.S. Premieres of two music documentaries; Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts and Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake. Jeffrey Goodman's The Last Lullaby is a noirish thriller about a former hit man whose struggle to cope with the unexpected restlessness he faces in retirement inspires him to become involved in the life of a new target in a way that could threaten his very own life. The film stars Tom Sizemore, Sasha Alexander and Randall Batinkoff. Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (produced in Australia) is directed by Scott Hicks (Shine) and follows an eventful year in the career and personal life of distinguished composer Philip Glass as he interacts with a number of friends and collaborators, including Chuck Close, Ravi Shankar and Martin Scorsese. Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake is culled from the footage shot by seven teen students both onstage and backstage during a Sonic Youth 4th of July concert in 2006. The film is directed by Michael Albright. A rough cut of the film screened previously at NoisePop, but the completed version will be making its official U.S. debut. AFI DALLAS also announces two films currently playing at the Sundance Film Festival that will screen for Dallas audiences for the first time at AFI DALLAS in March and April - Time Crimes (Los Cronocrimenes) and Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo, the Spanish thriller, Time Crimes is a disquieting film about a man who tries to recover his life after accidentally getting into a time machine and traveling back in time nearly an hour. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is a detailed portrait of the journalist and iconoclast whose writings challenged the establishment as his legendary exploits confounded it. Gonzo is directed by Alex Gibney. "We are delighted to bring to Dallas audiences these initial fourteen selections, which display an exciting breadth of film work which challenges viewers from several standpoints: be it intellectually, visually or conceptually," said Michael Cain, AFI DALLAS Artistic Director and CEO. Additional announced films include:Battle In Seattle (U.S.A.) Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings. Circus Rosaire (U.S.A.) Documentary follows the story of the Rosaire family, a ninth generation family of circus performers known for their unique and respectful manner of performing with animals, as they struggle to maintain their family heritage and adapt to the modern world of entertainment. Jump (U.S.A.) Documentary follows kids in jump roping competitions, progressing from state competitions to the Jump Rope nationals and the world championships. The Life Before Her Eyes (U.S.A.) Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Kasischke, the dramatic thriller is about a suburban wife and mother (played by Uma Thurman) who begins to question what on the surface is a perfect life on the anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that killed her best friend. The film also stars Evan Rachel Wood. Mongol (Kazakhstan) Film recounts the early life of Genghis Khan and the barbaric tribal struggles including his enslavement which ultimately formed the man who would go on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. Public Enemy: Welcome To The Terrordome (U.S.A.) Documentary takes a look at the 20 year history of the influential hip hop group, Public Enemy and their impact musically, socially and politically, as well as giving rare insight into the personalities that make up the group. Stuck (U.S.A.) Film pits a hit & run driver with her relentlessly surviving victim in a disturbing and provocative study of the loss and gain of humanity through an unfortunate and shocking incident. Then She Found Me (U.S.A.) Film follows a New York schoolteacher as she hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her real one, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students. The Tracey Fragments (Canada) Film features a startling and innovative visual design, with Ellen Page starring as a teenager and social outcast wandering the streets of Winnipeg searching for her lost younger brother. Triangle (Germany/Hong Kong/Finland) Film's story is told in three 30-minute segments (by three directors), as three friends seek out the buried treasure of a mysterious stranger. Mark your calendars now! The second annual AFI DALLAS International Film Festival will run March 27-April 6. Tickets will go on sale March 7 online, by phone and in person at the Victory Park Box Office. AFI DALLAS Joins the Sundance Film Festival Frenzy!Even as AFI DALLAS announced its first films for the upcoming 2008 Festival, several staff members travelled to snowy Park City, Utah to check out films and make connections at one of the United States’ most prestigious film festivals. Five of the AFI DALLAS team, including Artistic Director and CEO Michael Cain and members of the Programming, Operations and Development departments attended a variety of screenings, including opening night film In Bruges starring Colin Farrell and the world premiere of U2 3D with Bono, Al Gore and Robert Redford in attendance. “Sundance is a wonderfully frenzied experience, with screenings, parties and celebrities around every corner,” said AFI DALLAS Managing Director Greg Brown. “We had a great time seeing movies, meeting with filmmakers and visiting Sundance venues. It was a special treat to share the experience with AFI DALLAS Board members Ruth Mutch, Adrienne Faulkner and Brandt Wood.” At press time, programmers were continuing to lock deals with a variety of Sundance films and filmmakers. Stay tuned for announcements soon about more films that AFI DALLAS will screen—many in the only opportunity North Texas audiences will have to see them. SUPPORT OUR PARTNERSVariety the Children’s Charity of North Texas has been promoting and protecting the health and well-being of children all across North Texas since 1935. As a special offer to AFI DALLAS International Film Festival supporters, Variety is offering the opportunity to support both the children of North Texas and AFI DALLAS’ family programming while going to the movies all year long. By making a one-time donation in the amount of $500 to Variety, donors will receive a 2008 Variety Cinema Passport which entitles the named card holder and a guest to free admission to any theatre operated by one of twelve theatre chains across Texas. For your participation in this offer, Variety will make a one-time donation to the family programming of AFI DALLAS in the amount of 50% of the total donations received through this offer. For every $500 they receive, we will benefit in the amount of $250. This is a very limited offer as less than 100 passes are available to AFI Dallas on a first come, first-served basis. So get yours today through Variety’s secure online ordering process or by calling 214.560.2263. When calling, please make sure that you are participating in the special AFI DALLAS program offer. AFI DALLAS FILMS GARNER AWARDS ATTENTIONIt’s awards season in Hollywood…and an awards season like the industry has never seen. With the writers on strike, the Golden Globes were reduced to a press conference, and there is talk that the Academy Awards might also have to adjust their ceremony if producers and writers don’t come to agreement. However delivered though, the results are interesting to fans of the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival. Several actors and movies from the inaugural 2007 Festival are collecting statuettes—a testimony to the excellence of films that our Programming team presented last year. This critical acclaim bodes well for the 2008 line-up. Here are a few of the awards and nominations already picked up by films that screened in the 2007 AFI DALLAS International Film Festival: Julie Christie in Away From Her Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose And Queen Latifah also walked away with a Golden Globe for her performance in Life Support, a movie co-hosted by DIFFA DALLAS at last year’s Festival. Documentaries have received acclaim as well. Both Operation Homecoming and War/Dance are on the short list for the Academy Award for Best Documentary. And Richard Berge has been nominated for a Writers Guild Award for his work on The Rape of Europa. So make sure you mark your calendars now for March 27-April 6 and the 2008 AFI DALLAS International Film Festival. It will be your first chance to see the films everyone is sure to be talking about during next year’s awards season. AFI DALLAS Joins the Sundance Film Festival Frenzy!Even as AFI DALLAS announced its first films for the upcoming 2008 Festival, several staff members travelled to snowy Park City, Utah to check out films and make connections at one of the United States’ most prestigious film festivals. Five of the AFI DALLAS team, including Artistic Director and CEO Michael Cain and members of the Programming, Operations and Development departments attended a variety of screenings, including opening night film In Bruges starring Colin Farrell and the world premiere of U2 3D with Bono, Al Gore and Robert Redford in attendance. “Sundance is a wonderfully frenzied experience, with screenings, parties and celebrities around every corner,” said AFI DALLAS Managing Director Greg Brown. “We had a great time seeing movies, meeting with filmmakers and visiting Sundance venues. It was a special treat to share the experience with AFI DALLAS Board members Ruth Mutch, Adrienne Faulkner and Brandt Wood.” At press time, programmers were continuing to lock deals with a variety of Sundance films and filmmakers. Stay tuned for announcements soon about more films that AFI DALLAS will screen—many in the only opportunity North Texas audiences will have to see them. SUPPORT OUR PARTNERSVariety the Children’s Charity of North Texas has been promoting and protecting the health and well-being of children all across North Texas since 1935. As a special offer to AFI DALLAS International Film Festival supporters, Variety is offering the opportunity to support both the children of North Texas and AFI DALLAS’ family programming while going to the movies all year long. By making a one-time donation in the amount of $500 to Variety, donors will receive a 2008 Variety Cinema Passport which entitles the named card holder and a guest to free admission to any theatre operated by one of twelve theatre chains across Texas. For your participation in this offer, Variety will make a one-time donation to the family programming of AFI DALLAS in the amount of 50% of the total donations received through this offer. For every $500 they receive, we will benefit in the amount of $250. This is a very limited offer as less than 100 passes are available to AFI Dallas on a first come, first-served basis. So get yours today through Variety’s secure online ordering process or by calling 214.560.2263. When calling, please make sure that you are participating in the special AFI DALLAS program offer. |
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