The Hollywood Film Festival, which runs from Oct. 18-22 at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, will spotlight 18 world premieres, including 20th Century Fox's horse drama Flicka, starring Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw; the documentary Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film by Tom Thurman; and DreamWorks Animation's Flushed Away, directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. The festival's closing night screenings include Phillip Noyce's Catch a Fire, a drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, starring Tim Robbins and Derek Luke. Several other films will highlight contemporary Africa, including Mette Zeruneith's In a Soldier's Footsteps, Jesse James Miller's Uganda Rising and Philippe Diaz's The Empire in Africa.
- 10/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lynn Shelton's We Go Way Back took the grand jury award for best narrative feature at the Slamdance Film Festival's Sparky Awards Ceremony at the club Suede in Park City. The prize included a Panavision Camera Rental Package valued at $60,000. Also at the ceremony, held Friday and overseen by festival director Peter Baxter, special jury recognition was awarded to Todd Rohal's The Guatemalan Handshake. The grand jury award for best documentary feature went to Philippe Diaz's Empire in Africa, with Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh's Forgiving Dr. Mengele receiving special jury recognition.
- 1/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lynn Shelton's We Go Way Back took the grand jury award for best narrative feature at the Slamdance Film Festival's Sparky Awards Ceremony at the club Suede in Park City. The prize included a Panavision Camera Rental Package valued at $60,000. Also at the ceremony, held Friday and overseen by festival director Peter Baxter, special jury recognition was awarded to Todd Rohal's The Guatemalan Handshake. The grand jury award for best documentary feature went to Philippe Diaz's Empire in Africa, with Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh's Forgiving Dr. Mengele receiving special jury recognition.
- 1/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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