FILM FESTIVAL A BOX OFFICE HIT ATTENDANCE RECORDS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL.Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Organizers of the Santa Clarita International Film Festival are reeling in delight over the response to last week's event. Attendance at this sixth annual event is expected to break previous records for ticket sales, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. event officials, who based predictions on comparisons with crowds at screenings in previous years. The nonprofit film festival organization will tally official counts Thursday at its next board meeting, Assistant Executive Director Pam Koller said. Proceeds from the film festival go toward promoting and operating future festivals, she said. `'It gets better every year. It really does,'' Koller said Monday, noting that more than 12,000 people attended the festival in 1999, the most successful year on record. A sellout crowd attended an awards ceremony held Friday night in the Hyatt Valencia Grand Ballroom, she added. Notable events last week also included an unprecedented encore screening for a film, ``Salam and the Golden Queen,'' which received the festival's ``Top Applause'' award. More than 400 people turned out to see the film's original screening at the Edwards Cinemas at the Valencia Town Center, but the theater could not handle that many people in one seating, Koller said. Twenty-four trophies were awarded Friday night, including a posthumous lifetime achievement award for animation to the recently deceased cartoonist Charles Schulz Noun 1. Charles Schulz - United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000) Charles M. Schulz, Charles Munroe Schulz, Schulz , creator of the ``Peanuts'' comic strip comic strip, combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts and dialogues are indicated by means of "balloons" containing written speech. . Producer William Melandez - also a recipient of a lifetime achievement award for animation Friday night - accepted the award on behalf of Schulz. Melandez worked with Schulz in bringing his comic strip to television. Other winners: For best feature drama, ``The Ghosts of Dickens' Past,'' directed by Bruce Neibaur; best feature comedy, ``The Best Man,'' directed by John Newcombe John David Newcombe AO OBE (born May 23, 1944 in Sydney, Australia) is a former World No. 1 tennis champion. A natural athlete, as a boy Newcombe played several sports until devoting himself to tennis. ; best feature animation, ``Warrior Prince,'' directed by Yugo Sako; best feature documentary, ``Life With Big Cats,'' produced by Deborah Rivel; best animation short, ``Surf N' Turf,'' directed by Mosa Kaleel; best comedy short, ``Cotillion '65,'' directed by Judy Chalkin; best drama short, ``A Mile In My Shoes,'' directed by Denise C. Plumb; best documentary short, ``Screamin' Wheelies,'' directed by Fiona Cochrane; best educational short, ``Quest For Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the Life,'' directed by Peter Inova; best performance by a child actor, Janelle Ginestra, ``A Mile In My Shoes''; SCIFF SCIFF Santa Clarita International Film Festival (now International Family Film Festival) spirit award, ``The Moth Loves Doodie,'' directed by Dick-Marks; SCIFF humanitarian award, ``Kids and Animals: A Healing Experience,'' directed by Michael Tobias The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. ; SCIFF directors gold award, ``Family Tree,'' produced by Curb Entertainment/Warner Family Entertainment; and best cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special award, Yves Bellanger, ``The Ghosts of Dickens' Past.'' Also: top applause award, ``Salam and the Golden Queen,'' directed by Ameed Jamal Abdelhafizd; lifetime achievement award for film, actor Cliff Robertson; best student drama, ``Araby,'' directed by Dennis J. Courtney of Virginia Beach, Fla.; best student comedy, ``Ugly Naked People,'' directed by Jessica Landow, American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase ; best screenplay (drama), ``Our Freedom Was Worth The Fight,'' by Jeri E. Rodman, Missouri; best screenplay (comedy), ``Egypt For A Skateboard,'' by David and Mark Dodson of La Canada; best screenplay (science fiction), ``The Wanting,'' by Paula C. Brancato and James E. Fischer of Los Angeles; and best screenplay (short), ``Christopher's Tail,'' by Michael E. Mansy of Massachusetts. |
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