Foundation reaches agreement to hold Dovzhenko Film Festival on UCLA campus (08/04/02)

Foundation reaches agreement to hold Dovzhenko Film Festival on UCLA campus

Hollywood - The Hollywood Trident Foundation has reached agreement in principle with the UCLA Film School and Film Archives to hold an Alexander Dovzhenko Film Festival on the UCLA campus in early October of this year.

It is anticipated that six Dovzhenko films recently featured at the Lincoln Center Dovzhenko film festival in New York will be included in the Los Angeles program.

As part of the Film Festival in Los Angeles the Hollywood Trident Foundation anticipates holding an opening reception and bringing in some leading film scholars to lecture at the film school on Dovzhenko's contribution to the film industry. Also, a possible book launch and fund raising dinner for prominent individuals may be held.

While the logistics and details are still being worked out, the event is expected to open on October 3 with two films. Other films will be screened on October 5 and October 8.

The Foundation anticipates that the film festival will attract a number of prominent film makers and personalities both from Los Angeles and elsewhere in North America because of its unique nature. More details concerning the films and the project are expected to be announced in September.

The Hollywood Trident Foundation was formed under the leadership of Academy Award winning actor Jack Palance in May 2002. The Board of Directors includes Peter Borisow; president of Media Finance Management; Luba Keske, senior vice president of Business Affairs at MGM - United Artists Studios; Jim Makichuk, a Hollywood television director and screen writer who lectures at UCLA; and Andy Semotiuk, an attorney with the law firm of Manning & Marder in Los Angeles.

The Dovzhenko Film Festival project is an activity close to the Foundation's goal of education through the arts and encourages film makers to recognize the contribution of the Ukrainian community worldwide to modern civilization, including the film industry in particular.

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