It's that time again, the Dallas International Film Festival will be kicking off tonight with the annual Opening Night event!
Opening Night, hosted by AutoNation Volkswagon dealers, will start tonight, at 6 pm, with a star-studded pink carpet by Mary Kay, Inc., featuring Festival filmmakers, celebrities, and Dallas notables.
This year
five different films will be screened to represent the overall scope of this years festival and give all you filmgoers the opportunity to see your film of choice! Following the showings passholders are invited to attend DIFF's Opening Night Gala with hors d'ouevres from Nick & Sam's Grill and drinks from the sponsors, Stella Artois, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, and Deep Eddy Vodka.
Films will screen between 7:30 and 8:00pm. Individual tickets for Opening Night can be purchased online
here and are $95 each.
If you can't make it tonight...don't worry, you have until April 14th to see one of this year's carefully chosen films at Dallas' newest theatre, LOOK Cinemas, which offers a full bar and table-side service from Nick & Sam's Grill.
Opening Night film choices:
8 1/2
In this classic by Italian director Federico Fellini, Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) is a renowned director who struggles to reconcile his artistic and personal demons. While Guido is supposed to be making a science fiction movie, he instead becomes lost in a visually stunning reverie of memories, dreams, and fantasies of the women in his life. 8½ is Fellini’s self-reflective jewel of the post-war European art cinema.
The Crash Reel
A top pick for the 2010 Winter Olympics, pro snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered an accident while training that left him with a traumatic brain injury. In THE CRASH REEL, Oscar-nominated documentarian Lucy Walker follows Kevin’s quick-rising career, recovery and rehabilitation in a thought-provoking and dynamic look at those who push the boundaries in extreme sports.
Java Heat
As a key witness to a terrorist bombing, teaching assistant Jake Travers is placed under the watchful eye of an Indonesian policeman named Hashim. In true buddy cop movie form, neither see eye-to-eye, but the one thing standing in their way is cunning thief and crime boss, Malik (Mickey Rourke) who’s deadset on carrying out his master plan.
Kon-Tiki
In 1947, ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl embarked on a dangerous voyage across the Pacific on a small balsa wood raft. Without funding or even the ability to swim, Heyerdahl was fueled by his own desire to prove his scientific theories. With breath-taking cinematography, KON-TIKI is of those rare movies that restores our sense of wonder.
Still Mine
In rural New Brunswick, retired farmer Craig (James Cromwell) is building a new house for his ill wife Irene (Geneviéve Bujold). When a government inspector stalls their plans, a standoff between modernity and heritage ensues. At its heart, STILL MINE is also a story of enduring love between a couple in their twilight years whose deep roots help them weather the storm of change together.
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