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For Immediate Release
HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL®
KICKS OFF RACE TO OSCARS®
Hollywood Film Festival® and Hollywood Awards®
Set Pace for Oscar® Race
Hollywood, CA -- June 25, 2003 -- In their seventh year, the Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards announce their call for entries and new dates.
"We are very excited to be having our seventh annual festival and awards from October 15th to the 20th," Executive Director Carlos de Abreu announced.
"Because we are an international competitive event, we are committed, more than ever, to implementing our mandate: bridging the gap between established Hollywood and the global creative community. In addition, because of the new Oscar® dates, we are very excited that we are becoming a recognized launchpad for Oscar® contenders. We will be able to provide an important platform for both independent and Hollywood studio films," de Abreu said.
To reaffirm their commitment to quality filmmaking, the annual festival and the European Union Commission have aligned to focus on celebrating Euro cinema. They will jointly present the "European Film Showcase" and the "Hollywood European Film Award," which will be bestowed during the fest's annual awards ceremony.
The Hollywood Film Festival kicks off October 15 for a six-day series of screenings, conferences, and special presentations with Q/A sessions at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood. On October 20, the festival culminates with the prestigious Hollywood Awards®, which honors both established Hollywood talent and emerging filmmakers.
Last year's Opening Night Premiere was Dreamworks' world premiere of "The Ring" by Gore Verbinski, starring Naomi Watts, and the Closing Night Premiere was Paramount's "Narc" by Joe Carnahan, starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric. In addition, the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony was held with a SRO audience of 1,200 Hollywood Film Festival celebrities and attendees at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Special honors went to Jennifer Aniston, Jodie Foster, Tom Hanks, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Other Hollywood luminaries who were honored included actress Naomi Watts, producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher, director McG, screenwriter Robert Towne, cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, editor Pietro Scalia, composer Marc Shaiman, songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, art director Harold Michelson and casting director Marcia Ross. Also, the "Hollywood Humanitarian Award" was bestowed on Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams and the "Hollywood Leadership Award" on Motion Picture Association of America President and
CEO Jack Valenti.
Celebrities and Hollywood notables who attended the festival included Drew Barrymore, Warren Beatty, Tom Cruise, Billy Crystal, Kieran Culkin, Danny DeVito, Benicio Del Toro, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Colin Farrell, Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah, Val Kilmer, Ashton Kutcher, Heath Ledger, Lucy Liu, Garry Marshall, Matthew McConaughey, Mark McGrath, Emily Mortimer, Mike Myers, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Estella Warren, to name a few.
For more information contact
310-288-1882
Hollywood Film Festival®
433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
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