AFI DALLAS Daily News

Daily updates from the first annual AFI DALLAS International Film Festival presented by Target, founding sponsor Victory Park, March 22 to April 1, 2007

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

"Eve Of Understanding" Screens At AFI DALLAS






"Eve Of Understanding" Screening at AFI DALLAS on Vimeo

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Ron Livingston AFI DALLAS interview






Ron Livingston at AFI Dallas on Vimeo

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Thursday, April 5, 2007

AFI DALLAS Photos from WireImage

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

AFI DALLAS Galleries: Ricki Lake


Dallas Voice: Ricki Lake at AFI DALLAS for screening of PARK on Vimeo


Cast and Crew of PARK at AFI DALLAS Red Carpet on Hudson Photographic


Cast and Crew of PARK at AFI DALLAS Red Carpet on Hudson Photographic



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AFI DALLAS Photos from FilmMagic.com

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Monday, April 2, 2007

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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury

The AFI DALLAS International Film Festival presented its 2007 film awards at a Closing Night ceremony March 31, 2007. Several awards were determined by jury.
  • NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION JURY: The Narrative Feature Competition set out to discover the best of today's filmmaking, presenting 11 groundbreaking feature films, which will compete for a $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award. Jury members included:
    • Elvis Mitchell (journalist and film critic)
    • C. Thomas Howell (actor)
    • Cynthia Hargrave (producer)
  • DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION JURY: The Documentary Competition set out to discover the best and brightest of today's creative voices, presenting 10 groundbreaking documentaries, which will compete for a $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award. Jury members included:
    • L.M. Kit Carson (writer, director and producer)
    • Christian Gaines (AFI Festivals Director).
  • TEXAS COMPETITION JURY: The Texas Competition sought to encourage and promote Texas filmmaking by showing both short and feature films produced and shot in Texas. Jury members included:
    • Tim McCanlies (director and writer)
    • Robert Loggia (actor)
    • Tom Huckabee (writer and producer)
  • ANIMATION COMPETITION JURY: The Animation Competition featured films that explore the many potential avenues and media utilized in film animation today. Jury members included:
    • Reel FX Studios
    • Paul Maxwell (artist)
  • STUDENT COMPETITION JURY: The Student Competition showcased the best from up-and-coming filmmakers across the world, including both short and feature length films created by high school and college students. Jury members included:
    • Rick Worland (Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Cinema-Television, SMU)
    • Carolyn Macartney (Assistant Professor, SMU)
    • Kevin Heffernan (Associate Professor, SMU)
    • Greg Mansur (Instructor of Radio-TV-Film, TCU)
    • David Whillock (Professor of Film, TCU)
  • SHORTS COMPETITION JURY: The Shorts Competition presented the most innovative films from around the world that push the edge of traditional storytelling in 30 minutes or less. Jury members included:
    • Jeremy Coon (producer)
    • Lane Kneedler (AFI FEST Programmer).
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indieWIRE: Awards at AFI DALLAS

From the April 1, 2007, indieWIRE:
Stephen Agro's "Shut Up And Shoot Me" won the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature at the inaugural AFI DALLAS International Film Festival and Socheata Poeuv's "New Year Baby" won the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary (with Grace Phan's "Where The Sun Rises" receiving a special mention) as the film festival came to a close in Texas this weekend.

Rob Stewart's documentary "Sharkwater" won the HDNet Award for the best feature shot in HD, including a $10,000 cash prize. Eric Chaikin's "A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar" won the Texas Competition and Alyson Shelton's "Eye of Understanding" won a special jury award, Alex Weil's "One Rat Short" won the animation competition and Calvin Reeder's "Little Farm" won in the shorts category, with a special mention for Lilah Vandenburgh's "Bitch."

The festival concluded on Saturday with the closing night gala screening of Sarah Polley's "Away From Her" and Polley received the Dallas Star Award. [Eugene Hernandez]
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Scenes from Closing Weekend


Morgan Freeman and Jean Picker Firstenberg (Hudson Photographic)
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Next up for Dallas Cinema

Next up for Dallas Cinema: USA Film Festival starts April 19th. www.usafilmfestival.com. Support Dallas Cinema.

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