DIFF Underwriters Learn Tidbits Including Dennis Quaid, Jerry Jeff Walker And Kit Carson To Be On Hand

The Dallas International Film Festival‘s underwriters’ party on Wednesday at Bailey’s Prime Plus was filled to the max with the beautiful and talented cinema types. Dallas Film Society’s Artistic Director James Faust told the group that the festival (March 31 through April 10) will showcase 165 films from 26 countries.

In addition to the opening night gala honoring Liener Temerlin and Academy Award nominees Ann-Margret and Steve James at the WInspear Opera House, Dennis Quaid will be on hand to introduce his Soul Surfer.

DFS PResident/CEO and DIFF Exec Director Tanya Foster added that OK Buckaroos‘ Jerry Jeff Walker had just been confirmed to appear at DIFF, too.

As DFS Chairman of the Board Michael Cain proudly reviewed the accomplishments of the five-year-old film festival, Freddie Merrill recalled the early days of the USA Film Festival at SMU back in the 1960′s. He had designed the programs and worked with Kit Carson, who organized the event along with the late Bill Jones. The big stars showing for that one — the late Dennis Hopper and the late Andy Warhol.

Speaking of Kit, he’ll be back in Dallas for the festival and the showing  on April 10 of his African Diary. Typical of Kit, African Diary is not your typical documentary. Nope, it’s a docu-series of digital diaries lasting 3 to 5 minutes using Nokia N93 and N95 cell phones cameras. The entire docu-series will be launching by the Sundance Channel this year.

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