Surprise Director's Choice screening returns to lineup
SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hugh Dancy will be honored
Tuesday, Nov. 3 with a "Spotlight Award" for his performance in this year's
Fox Searchlight release "Adam" at the 12th annual Savannah Film Festival,
which runs Oct. 31- Nov. 7. Dancy most recently starred in "Confessions of a
Shopaholic" and "Evening." He will next star in the MCC Theater's Joe
Mantello-directed Off-Broadway production of "The Pride," which previews at
the Lucille Lortel Theater Jan. 27, 2010. On television, Dancy received an
Emmy nomination for his role in Tom Hooper's Golden Globe nominated series
"Elizabeth I" opposite Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
Dancy joins a lineup of special guests including Patricia Clarkson, Woody
Harrelson, Ben Foster, Emmy Rossum and Jeremy Renner. Clarkson is slated to
receive an Achievement in Cinema Award at a screening of her new film, Woody
Allen's "Whatever Works." Harrelson and Foster, who star in opening-night film
"The Messenger," also will receive Achievement in Cinema Awards. Rossum will
be honored with the Young Hollywood Award prior to a showing of her film
"Dare," and Renner will receive a Spotlight Award for his performance in "The
Hurt Locker," which will also screen at the festival.
In addition, the festival has reinstated the surprise Director's Choice
screening after a one-year absence. The screening on Thursday, Nov. 5, will
feature a major studio release that will be kept secret until the opening
credits roll.
"Adam," as well as Miguel Arteta's "Youth in Revolt," has been added to the
festival as a special screening. Also showing are Jean-Marc Vallee's "The
Young Victoria," Grant Heslov's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," Pedro
Almodovar's "Broken Embraces," Lone Sherfig's "An Education," James Ivory's
"The City of Your Final Destination," the United States premiere of Nick
Moran's "Telstar" with Moran in attendance, Jodie Markell's "The Loss of a
Teardrop Diamond" (from a screenplay by Tennessee Williams), Bette Gordon's
"Handsome Harry," Cannes Palme d'Or winner Michael Haneke's "The White
Ribbon," and Lee Daniels' "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,"
winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the Audience Award at the
Toronto Film Festival. Daniels and star Gabourey Sidibe will be in attendance.
In addition to the special screenings, 22 professional films (features,
documentaries, shorts and animation) and 12 student films in competition will
show at various times throughout the festival. The jurors for this year's
competition are actress Patti D'Arbanville ("Rescue Me"), actress/producer
Rita Gam, writer/director Ingrid Rockefeller, writer/director Michael Sucsy
(Emmy Award-winning "Grey Gardens") and writer/director David Twohy ("Pitch
Black").
For more information on the festival and a complete schedule of events, visit
www.scad.edu/filmfest.
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SOURCE Savannah College of Art and Design
Jennifer Bins of the Savannah College of Art and Design, +1-404-406-0270,
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