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LDS Film Festival on Tour
PROVO, UTAH -- Now that the First LDS Film Festival has successfully
been launched at the end of last year it will go on a national and
international tour with screenings in Chicago and California, as well
as in Utah. And with a tour that will continue until September 2002,
other national and international venues are being planned.
The first venues are already scheduled. The tour starts in Provo with
two free screenings at the new Provo City Library at Academy Square.
It will then move on to Chicago and California. Academy Award winner
Kieth Merrill ("Legacy," "Testaments") will host a screening near
Sacramento, California, at the beginning of March followed by a panel
discussion. Requests to show the festival are coming in from as far
as Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and
Mexico. The tour will continue until September 2002.
The "Best of 2001" program contains twelve short films by young LDS
filmmakers including the winner of the Lightbox Award "The Wrong
Brother" by Chris Bowman. A jury and the audience of last year's
festival selected the films based on originality, intelligence,
authenticity, spirituality and artistic proficiency. The program
includes comedy, drama, animation, documentary and experimental
films. For more information, go to:
http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/bestof.php
Finalized Festival Tour Dates
The tour program is offered to high schools, university campuses,
libraries, wards, stakes, institutes, media arts centers museums and
independent theaters across the country and abroad.
If you are interested in bringing the "Best of 2001" program to your
city, stake or ward, contact us at feedback@ldsbox.com. For more
information, go to:
http://www.ldsbox.com/cgi-bin/tour.php
The following tour dates have been finalized:
Wednesday, FEBRUARY 6 - 6.00 p.m.
Provo, Utah - Provo Library at Academy Square
Free Admission
Saturday, FEBRUARY 9 - 11.00 a.m.
Provo, Utah - Provo Library at Academy Square
Free Admission
Friday, FEBRUARY 15 - 7 p.m.
Chicago, Illinois - Chicago 8th Branch (YSA)
Free Admission
Saturday, FEBRUARY 23 - 8.00 p.m.
Rancho Cucomonga, California - Chaffey College Institute of Religion
Free Admission
Monday, MARCH 4 - 7.00 p.m.
Citrus Heights, California (North of Sacramento) Mesa Verde High School
This event will be hosted by Academy Award winner Kieth Merrill; some of
the filmmakers will be present for a panel discussion after the screening.
Saturday, JUNE 1 - 7.00 p.m.
Bristol, England - Bristol Stake Center
Free Admission
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