The Angelika Dallas is home to the best film festivals in North Texas, and we kick off the festival season this weekend with USA Film Festival’s KidFilm Festival - a weekend of programming dedicated to kids of all ages. This year’s fest features A Tribute to Studio Ghibli we’re all REALLY excited about. If you’re in DFW this weekend, don’t miss this rare opportunity to see 11 dazzlingly animated classics from one of the most influential animation studios in the world, including an advance screening of THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY.
Shows run Saturday Jan 21 - Sunday Jan 22.
Tickets are $5, available in advance by calling 214.821.6300 or in the Angelika lobby the day of the show.
OPENS NOV. 13 AT THE ANGELIKA DALLAS, PLANO AND HOUSTON
The first film in history to win Audience Awards at both Sundance and the Toronto International Film Festival, PRECIOUS (presented by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry), is a poignant, hopeful story based on the novel Push by Sapphire. Generating tremendous Oscar buzz, this Lee Daniels film stars newcomer ‘Gabby’ Sidibe as Precious - an overweight, illiterate teen, pregnant with her second child. Living in Harlem in the late 80’s with her abusive mother (Sundance Special Jury Prize winner Mo’Nique), Precious accepts a slot at an alternative school and, through education, seeks the hope and change she desperately needs. PRECIOUS also features Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz and Paula Patton (DÉJÀVU).
The USA Film Festival starts on Wednesday at the Angelika Film Center Dallas and the schedule is jam-packed with rare screenings and some of our favorite actors coming to town — including the most intense man on screen, RAY LIOTTA.
As part of our sponsorship, the Festival is giving away free tickets to the TRIBUTE TO RAY LIOTTA program on SATURDAY, MAY 2nd at 7:00pm. The evening will include a fantastic film clip tribute and conversation with Ray Liotta.
To reserve your tickets, send an email to the Festival at USAFILMFEST@aol.com and include your NAME and TELEPHONE NUMBER (tickets will be confirmed by phone).
Date: November 7, 9, 14, 16 & 17, 2008 Venue: Angelika Film Center Houston, 510 Texas Avenue (@ Smith St.) Houston, TX 77002 Tickets: General Admission: $10 - Seniors/Students: $8 (Available at the door) Organizer: Zbigniew Wojciechowski, PolStage Productions (contact tel. 281 565-0499)
Summary: The Polish Film Festival celebrates 11 years! Like every year, this year’s program features some of the best recent film productions of the Polish cinematography, including Academy Award nominee - historical drama KATYN by Andrzej Wajda (screening on Nov 7).
Also, you can’t miss the film TWIST OF FATE, directed by one of the icons of the Polish cinema Jerzy Stuhr. You will be able to meet the actor/director personally after the film screening on Nov 14 or during the evening with the author at Anya Tish Gallery on Nov 13. Polish Film Festival is an event that brings you closer to the Polish culture, its rich history, colorful mentality, and huge talent. Simply, an event you can’t miss!
The much anticipated 2008 Sundance Film Festival’s lineup was revealed today. The festival, which will take place in Park City, Utah from January 17-27, will feature 121 films in total, including 81 world premieres, 51 of which come from an impressive group of first-time filmmakers.
The Angelika Houston is excited to host the 2007 Polish Film Festival, an annual event promoting Polish cinematography and culture. The festival features 9 recent films from distinguished Polish filmmakers, selected episodes of a popular Polish television show as a bonus after certain screenings and the opportunity to meet two outstanding directors.
This year’s festival highlights include PERSONA NON GRATA, a drama directed by Krzysztof Zanussi (Wherever You Are, Life for a Life, The Silent Touch), an internationally recognized Polish producer and film director and recipient of several prizes and awards, including the David di Donatello Prize of the Accademia del Cinema Italiano. Zanussi will be at the Angelika Houston on Sunday, November 4, from 5.30pm to 8.00pm to screen his film and answer questions.
The festival is also screening 2005’s COPYING BEETHOVEN, an acclaimed biographical drama from director Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa, The Secret Garden), one of Poland’s most prominent filmmakers and an Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film in 1985 for Angry Harvest. Holland will be at the theater on Monday, November 12, from 6.30pm to 9.00pm.
QFest is in town (Houston-town)! Their first annual “Show Us Your Shorts Competition Compilation”, featuring 2007’s best queer-themed submissions is just one of the 19 films that make up this year’s gay-themed festival. Always edgy and relevant, QFest’s lineup includes DAFT PUNK’S ELECTROMA, where the always inventive French electronica duo (think Kanye West’s recent, universally appealing single “Stronger”) try to turn their crazy robotic alter-egos into real flesh and blood. Music fans should also come out for PICK UP THE MIC, an energetic investigation of “homohop” and the tenacious rap-artists keeping the genre alive.
The festival also features an adaptation of the college lit class staple THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, RAY HILL’S PRISON SHOW, a fascinating documentary from gay-rights activist, ex-prison inmate and Houston native Ray Hill, and a few “After Dark” selections that I cannot write about here except to say don’t bring your kids.
QFest begins tomorrow, September 20 and runs through Monday, September 24. For synopses and a full schedule, visit QFest’s official site.
The 9th Annual Vistas Film Festival is coming to the Angelika Dallas tomorrow, September 19. This somewhat interactive Latino film festival offers a full schedule of acclaimed film screenings and offers everyone free sessions, workshops and even coffee with selected filmmakers. The Vistas Festival has always been a mainstay in Dallas so be sure not to miss it. For a full schedule of events, click here.
