33rd Nashville Independent Film Festival Hosts `Colored Eggs' World Premiere, John Waters; Line-Up Includes Cine Latino, Kids Fest.Entertainment Editors NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 7, 2002 The Nashville Independent Film Festival, presented by Regal Cinemas, will have its most ambitious line-up in the organization's 33-year history. The 2002 Festival takes place June 5-9, 2002 at the Regal Green Hills 16 Cinemas and includes 200 feature length, documentary, short, animated, experimental, foreign language, and classic retrospective films. Martin Guigui's comedy-drama "Colored Eggs," starring Lauren Holly Lauren Michael Holly (born October 28, 1963) is an American actress. Biography Early life Holly was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Her father is an English literature professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. , Faye Dunaway Faye Dunaway (born Dorothy Faye Dunaway on January 14, 1941) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Biography Early life Dunaway was born in Bascom, Florida to Grace April Smith, a homemaker, and John MacDowell Dunaway, Jr., a career army officer. , Ian Somerhalder, and Tom Skerritt, will have its World Premiere Noun 1. world premiere - (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 as the Festival's Opening Night Gala film. Numerous filmmakers and industry executives will be in attendance throughout the week, culminating with independent filmmaker John Waters ("Hairspray," "Pink Flamingos") appearing in person as the Closing Night speaker in a program entitled "Shock Value: An Evening With John Waters." Building on last year's overwhelming response, NIFF's Cine Latino, sponsored by Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , returns, featuring the best in recent films by and about Hispanics. Kids Film Fest, presented by TJ Maxx, includes screenings of more than a dozen feature length, animated, and international films just for kids, as well as filmmaking and animation workshops. Workshops and panels will be led by such industry professionals as Kodak's Janet Tiller, ASCAP's Pamela Allen, "Frasier" Executive Producer Peter Casey and "Politically Incorrect politically incorrect adj. Disregarding or unconcerned with political correctness. political incorrectness n. Adj. 1. With Bill Maher William Maher, Jr., (pronounced: /mɑɹ/) (born January 20 1956) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. " Executive Producer Marilyn Wilson. Attendance is expected to exceed last year's figure of 10,500. Festival tickets go on sale May 13 at www.ticketweb.com. Simultaneously, the complete schedule with program descriptions will be posted on the NIFF web site, www.nashvillefilmfestival.org. ABOUT NIFF Formed in 1969, the Nashville Independent Film Festival is one of the country's oldest film festivals. Each June, the weeklong celebration is highlighted by competitions, screenings, film premieres, panel discussions, special presentations, and guest appearances by nationally- recognized film/video makers, such as Robert Redford, James Cromwell, Olympia Dukakis, and DA Pennebaker. Major sponsors of the 2002 NIFF include Regal Cinemas, Comcast, TJ Maxx, Independent Film Channel, Bank of America, Dell Computer, Jack Daniel's Distillery, Rive rive v. rived, riv·en also rived, riv·ing, rives v.tr. 1. To rend or tear apart. 2. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder. 3. Droit [French, Justice, right, law.] A term denoting the abstract concept of law or a right. Droit is as variable a phrase as the English right or the Latin jus. It signifies the entire body of law or a right in terms of a duty or obligation. Music/Right Bank Music, Bass, Berry and Sims PLC, American Airlines, Gish, Sherwood & Friends, and the Nashville Scene. |
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