The inaugural Dan Ireland Award, a juried cash prize of $3,000 for the director of the best film in the Louisiana International Film Festival’s New Visions / New Voices Category is sponsored by Winifred and Kevin Reilly, Jr., Renee Zellweger, Vincent D’Onofrio, Dennis Yares and Greg Kachel.
In addition to his long career as a director, teacher and co-founder of the Seattle International Film Festival, Dan Ireland served as the Artistic Director of Liff until his untimely death on April 14, 2016. The Dan Ireland Award was created in order to commemorate his dedication to new talent, storytellers and visionaries.Speaking at the Dan Ireland Award Ceremony, Chesley Heymsfield, Executive Director of Liff, said about Dan, “It was very hard for our entire team because when you work at an organization like this which is a grassroots community built organization to support local people, you become like family and it was very...
In addition to his long career as a director, teacher and co-founder of the Seattle International Film Festival, Dan Ireland served as the Artistic Director of Liff until his untimely death on April 14, 2016. The Dan Ireland Award was created in order to commemorate his dedication to new talent, storytellers and visionaries.Speaking at the Dan Ireland Award Ceremony, Chesley Heymsfield, Executive Director of Liff, said about Dan, “It was very hard for our entire team because when you work at an organization like this which is a grassroots community built organization to support local people, you become like family and it was very...
- 5/16/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Sundance Film Festival 2010 kicked off today with a press conference with Robert Redford and John Cooper, the festival's new director. It was laid back, friendly, open and gave an interesting insight into the meanings of this year's edition, labeled with such slogans as Cinematic Rebellion, Renewed Rebellion, The Recharged Fight Against the Establishment, The Rebirth of the Battle for Brave New Ideas, Sundance Reminded.
As the festival's beginnings went back to the time before independent films had been co-opted by the major studios and the filmmakers integrated into the mainstream, so now the business of the majors is again recognized as a totally different business from that of independent flmmaking and the distribution of their films. Again we see the separation clearly.
Robert Redford opened with the T.S. Eliot quote, "What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The...
As the festival's beginnings went back to the time before independent films had been co-opted by the major studios and the filmmakers integrated into the mainstream, so now the business of the majors is again recognized as a totally different business from that of independent flmmaking and the distribution of their films. Again we see the separation clearly.
Robert Redford opened with the T.S. Eliot quote, "What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The...
- 1/22/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
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