Also rounding out Friday's round up of news briefs, Harvey Weinstein receives UCLA honors, New York's LGBT Festival sets its opener, the Austin Film Festival touts its record submission and California is chided for not doing enough to keep productions from ditching the state.
Harvey Weinstein Receives UCLA Honors
The Weinstein Company chief was feted by UCLA's student directors as the school's Champion Spirit Award recipient. The ceremony took place Thursday night at the Directors Guild of America as part of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Film Festival. The award was created in 2010 recognizing a person in the entertainment industry who has "courage, integrity, insight and inspiration and is dedicated to fostering and nurturing emerging talent." Recent winners include Stacey Snider and Roger Corman.
Joshua Sanchez's Four to Kick Off NYC LGBT Festival
The film follows four people as they spend a holiday encountering life changing moments, both subtle and writ large and learn to cope with the lack of honesty in their lives. Closing the event will be Marialy Rivas' acclaimed Chilean film Young & Wild.� Based on the life of co-screenwriter Camila Guti�rrez, the film is a sexually-charged, stunning and energetic look at family and youth culture in contemporary Chile.� The film was the recipient of the World Cinema Screenwriting Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. NewFest will take place July 27 - 31 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater.
Austin Film Festival Touts Record Submissions
The event said it has received a record number of entries for its 19th annual Screenplay competition. 6,500 entries came in, up by 12% from last year's 5,800. The 19th�annual Austin Film Festival & Conference will be held Oct 18�-�25, 2012 in Austin, TX.
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