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April 25, 2002
Hollywood Film Festival Forms
Hollywood Humanitarian Council
'Giving a Voice to the Voiceless Through the Visual Medium
And Highlighting Social and Human Injustices'
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hollywood Film Festival announces the establishment of the HOLLYWOOD HUMANITARIAN COUNCIL.
The Council was created to give a voice to the voiceless through the visual medium, and it is part of the Hollywood Film Foundation -- http://www.hff.org, a non-profit organization, which was created by the festival to support and promote culturally diverse filmmaking.
"It is crucial that we support filmmakers who, against all odds, are able to memorialize important moments of human history," festival founder Carlos de Abreu said.
The Hollywood HUMANITARIAN Council organizes a two-day "Hollywood Humanitarian Symposium" (October 5 and 6, 2002) during the 6th Annual Hollywood Film Festival. The Symposium consists of feature (fiction) and documentary (non-fiction) screenings on important social and humanitarian themes, as well as panel discussions that include major figures from the Hollywood and world communities as participants.
The Council members will also make recommendations regarding the recipient for the "Hollywood Humanitarian Award," which is presented by the festival during its Hollywood Movie Awards Gala Ceremony. Last year's recipient was Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. José Ramos Horta.
The Council includes major figures in international and domestic politics, business, filmmaking, the media, the arts, and education. The Chairman is Mr. Robert Wussler, President of Ted Turner Pictures, and the other members include Mr. Carlos de Abreu - Founder, Hollywood Film Festival; the Honorable John Burton - President Pro Tem, California State Senate; Ms. Martha Coolidge - Film Director & President, Directors Guild of America; Mr. Wes Craven - Film Director; Mr. Rocky Delgadillo - Los Angeles City Attorney; the Honorable Jose Luis Dicenta - Consul General of Spain, Los Angeles; Mr. Michael Donaldson - President, International Documentary Association; Mr. Moctesuma Esparza - Film Producer; Ms. Christine Essel - Chair, California Film Commission; the Honorable Dianne Feinstein - United States Senator; Mr. Edward S. Feldman - Film Producer; Mr. Danny Glover - Actor; the Honorable James K. Hahn - Los Angeles City Mayor; Mr. Arthur Hiller - Film Director; Dr. José Ramos Horta - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; the Honorable Masaharu Kohno - Consul General of Japan, Los Angeles; the Honorable Tom Labonge - Los Angeles City Councilmember; Mr. Earl Lestz - President, Paramount Studios Group; Mr. Paul Mazursky - Film Director; Mr. Michael Moore - President, Raleigh Studios; Ms. Janice Pennington - Founder, Hollywood Film Festival; Mr. George Rosenthal - Chairman, Raleigh Enterprises; Mr. Scott Roth - President, Hollywood Entertainment Labor Council; Mr. Mark Rydell - Film Director; Mr. Tom Schulman - Oscar®-winning Screenwriter; Mr. Arnold Schwartzman - Oscar®-winning Documentarian and Co-chair, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Documentary Branch and Ms. Jody Williams - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
The Hollywood Film Festival's mandate is to bridge the gap between established Hollywood and the global creative community. Last year's Hollywood Movie Awards Gala Ceremony was held before an audience of over 1,200 guests at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Hollywood Movie Awards Gala was truly an extraordinary Hollywood moment. Celebrities and Hollywood notables who attended the ceremony included U.S. Congressman Xavier Becerra, Steve Beck, Thora Birch, Jacqueline Bisset, James L. Brooks, Sandra Bullock, Erika Christensen, Robert Cohen, Bruce Davison, Cameron Diaz, Shannon Elizabeth, Fionnula Flanagan, Harrison Ford, Nastassja Kinski, Baz Luhrmann, Penny Marshall, Sydney Pollack, Eva Marie Saint, Tony Scott, Charlize Theron and Robert Wise to name a few. Special honors went to Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor -- "Hollywood Actress and Actor of the Year Awards" -- and the "Hollywood Breakthrough Awards" to Shannon Elizabeth ("American Pie") and Paul Walker ("The Fast and the Furious"). Other Hollywood luminaries who were honored included producer Edward S. Feldman, director John Frankenheimer, cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, editor Tom Rolf, composer Hans Zimmer, songwriter Diane Warren, art director Robert Boyle and casting director David Rubin.
For more information regarding the Hollywood Humanitarian Council, please contact 310.288.1882, email to info@hollywoodawards.com
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