Don’t you just love a tease? Depends? Sure it does. But this one from the Dallas Film Society is tantalizing if you’re a film lover. They’ve just released the “initial ten official selections for the 10th edition of the Dallas International Film Festival.” That’s opposed to the unofficial selections, huh? No seriously.
The Festival that runs from Thursday, April 14, to Sunday, April 24 will be highlighted by the Centerpiece Gala selection of Chris Kelly’s “Other People” at the Angelica Film Center on Thursday, April 21.
And then there are two world premieres including Jonathan Brownlee’s “Three Days in August” and William Kaufman’s “Daylight’s End” plus the U.S. premiere of Asiel Norton’s “Orion.”
An addition this year is a “special event concert and screening” of “E.T. — The Extra Terrestrial” in honor of the career of film composer John Williams. Just this past weekend, Academy Award winner Ennio Morricone recognized Williams in the audience for his legendary music making.
According to DFS Artistic Director James Faust, “This is a great group of films to tease what’s in store for the 10th anniversary of the Dallas International Film Festival this year. Our first gala selection is guaranteed to strike an emotional chord with our audiences. We have some amazing and powerful films making their world, and U.S. debuts, Dallas films, Texas films and quite a few work renowned directors are represented as well. These ten films serve as a perfect sampling of the balance we have always tried to achieve for the film audiences at DIFF — entertaining, challenging, with big stars and newcomers, international, local and independent — it should all be right here in April, once again.”
Other films included in this first offering include “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” “Johnnie To’s Office,” “Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World,” “Orion”, “Sonita,” “Tower,” and “Weiner.”
Now, that the tease has been made, the great news is that passes are available for purchase now!