Bel Air Film Festival
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The Bel Air International Film Festival, first held in 2008,
is an annual international film festival
which takes place in Bel Air
and the greater Los Angeles
area. The festival honors films in the following categories: Film Fashion, Documentaries, Shorts, Comedy Shorts, Comedy, Drama, Animation, Foreign Films, Music Video, and Student Film.
Documentaries selected for the 2009 festival included:
, The Insider and ET on MTV; and Orian Williams, producer of the award-winning film Control and one of Variety's "10 Producers to Watch".
Screenings included:
is an annual international film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
which takes place in Bel Air
Bel Air
Bel Air or Bel-Air may refer to:Places in the United States:* Bel Air, Los Angeles, a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States* Bel Air, Alabama* Bel-Air , a placename in Seminole County, Florida, United States...
and the greater Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
area. The festival honors films in the following categories: Film Fashion, Documentaries, Shorts, Comedy Shorts, Comedy, Drama, Animation, Foreign Films, Music Video, and Student Film.
2010 festival
The 2010 festival selected films included:- The Band that Wouldn't DieThe Band that Wouldn't DieThe Band That Wouldn't Die is a film documentary released in 2009 and created and directed by Barry Levinson as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary series....
directed by Barry LevinsonBarry LevinsonBarry Levinson is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. His films include Good Morning, Vietnam, Sleepers and Rain Man.-Early life:...
, which tells the story of the Baltimore Colts Marching BandBaltimore's Marching RavensBaltimore's Marching Ravens are the official marching band of the Baltimore Ravens football team. They were founded as the Baltimore Colts' Marching Band on September 7, 1947 and have continuously operated ever since even though the original Colts disbanded in 1950, leaving Baltimore without a...
and their quest to keep the spirit of professional football alive in Baltimore long after the franchise moved to IndianapolisIndianapolisIndianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
. - A Shine of Rainbows, an Irish family drama, directed and co-written by Vic SarinVic SarinVic Sarin is an Indian-born Canadian/American film director, producer and screenwriter. His work as a cinematographer includes Partition, Margaret's Museum, Whale Music, Nowhere to Hide, Norman's Awesome Experience, and Riel. He also directed such projects as Partition, Left Behind, and Wind at My...
and starring Aidan QuinnAidan Quinn-Early life:Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois to Irish parents. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and raised in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, as well as in Dublin and Birr, County Offaly in Ireland. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of...
.
2009 festival
The 2009 festival took place November 13–17, and held 35 film screenings and 4 red-carpet events.Documentaries selected for the 2009 festival included:
- Science Plus Dharma Equals Social Responsibility, which captures Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
Winner Richard R. ErnstRichard R. ErnstRichard Robert Ernst is a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Laureate.Born in Winterthur, Switzerland, Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier Transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy while at Varian Associates, Palo...
who brought the advent of Magnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...
(MRI) through his pure research. The filming takes place in Ernst’s hometown of SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. - I Remember Better When I PaintI Remember Better When I PaintI Remember Better When I Paint is a 2009 feature length international documentary film about the positive impact of art and other creative therapies in people with Alzheimer's disease and how these approaches can change the way the disease is viewed by society...
, featuring Rita HayworthRita HayworthRita Hayworth was an American film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars...
’s daughter, Yasmin Aga Khan, president of Alzheimer Disease InternationalAlzheimer Disease InternationalAlzheimer Disease International , was founded in 1984 to help to fight Alzheimer's disease that was first diagnosed back in 1906. In the present, ADI has grown as an international organization that also runs the Alzheimer University to help volunteers and staff of other Alzheimer Associations to...
. The film reviews the latest technology in treating Alzheimer’s disease and focuses on the positive results received from patients that paint. - Garbage DreamsGarbage DreamsGarbage Dreams is a 2009 feature length documentary film produced and directed by Mai Iskander. It premiered at the 2009 Phoenix Film Festival on April 3, 2009...
, an international documentary filmDocumentary filmDocumentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
widely promoted by Al GoreAl GoreAlbert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
. It follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade, growing up in the world’s largest garbage village on the outskirts of CairoCairoCairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
.
2008 festival
Honorees at the 2008 festival included Anya Sarre, celebrity stylist and head fashion stylist for Entertainment TonightEntertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, The Insider and ET on MTV; and Orian Williams, producer of the award-winning film Control and one of Variety's "10 Producers to Watch".
Screenings included:
- Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with LightLouise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with LightLouise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light is a documentary film about Louise Dahl-Wolfe, an important woman in the history of photography...
, a short documentary about the famed photographer's life and discovery of actress Lauren BacallLauren BacallLauren Bacall is an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks.She first emerged as leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have And Have Not and continued on in the film noir genre, with appearances in The Big Sleep and Dark Passage ,...
. - James Gill Full Circleas, a documentary short that is an autobiographical look at American pop artist James Gill (artist)James Gill (artist)James Francis Gill is an American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement.-Background and education:He was born in Tahoka, Texas and grew up in San Angelo, Texas. His mother, an interior decorator and entrepreneur, encouraged her son to have an artistic interest...
which chronicles his meteoric rise and sudden disappearance from the Hollywood scene and art world.