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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Andrew Young Lone Star Film Society [email protected] c: (913) 634-5067 o: (817) 924-6000 JULIAN SCHNABEL TO RECEIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM DIRECTING AWARD AT LONE STAR FILM FESTIVAL The painter and filmmaker will come to Fort Worth as part of a joint program between the festival and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth FORT WORTH, Texas—AUGUST 26, 2014—Through an ongoing partnership with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Lone Star Film Society (LSFS) is pleased to welcome Julian Schnabel to the 8th annual Lone Star Film Festival (LSFF) in Sundance Square (Nov. 6-9, 2014), where he will be honored with the Lone Star Film Society’s Achievement in Film Directing Award at the LSFF Ball on November 7th at the Fort Worth Club. Previous Achievement in Film Award recipients and presenters include Jeff Bridges, Peter Bogdanovich, Billy Bob Thornton and Robert Duvall, among others. On Thursday, November 6th, Schnabel will participate in a discussion with the Modern’s Chief Curator, Michael Auping, and Texas Monthly film critic, Christopher Kelly, about his career as a painter and filmmaker. Following the discussion, he will present a screening of his internationally acclaimed film, BEFORE NIGHT FALLS. Two additional films from Schnabel’s career, BASQUIAT and THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, will screen on Friday, November 7th. Schnabel will receive the Achievement in Film Directing Award from the Lone Star Film Society later that evening at the 5th Annual Lone Star Film Festival Ball benefitting all of the Lone Star Film Society programs. In 1996, Schnabel wrote and directed the feature film BASQUIAT about fellow New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The film was in the official selection of the 1996 Venice Film Festival. Schnabel’s second film, BEFORE NIGHT FALLS, based on the life of the late exiled Cuban novelist Reinaldo Arenas, won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Coppa Volpi for best actor for Javier Bardem at the 2000 Venice Film Festival. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (2007) won Schnabel the award for best director at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globe Awards, and led to four Academy Award nominations. His most recent film, MIRAL, won the UNESCO as well as the UNICEF award at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. MIRAL was shown at the General Assembly at the United Nations. Julian Schnabel was born in New York City in 1951. In the late 1970s and early ‘80s, he made the barrier between figurative and abstract art obsolete and became one of the main figures in the resurgence of painting on the international art scene. His work has continued to influence what is seen as contemporary art today. Schnabel has exhibited all over the world, and his paintings, sculptures and works on paper have been the subject of numerous retrospectives and surveys. His work is included in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Guggenheim Museum, New York and Bilbao; Tate Gallery, London; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Kunstmuseum, Basel; Fondation Musée d’Art Moderne, Luxembourg; and Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Modern Chief Curator Michael Auping said, “Many of us that participated in the New York art world of the 1980s—the largeness of it, the ambitions—we think of Julian Schnabel.” Alec Jhangiani, Director of the Lone Star Film Society, said, “The Lone Star Film Festival strives to distinguish itself by celebrating filmmakers that are fearless in the pursuit of creating something new. Julian Schnabel embodies these values and we are thrilled he has agreed to join the tradition of Achievement in Film recipients.” Tickets for the Conversation with Julian Schnabel and screening of BEFORE NIGHT FALLS are $20 for general public, $15 for Modern members and $10 for Modern Reel People, LSFS members and LSFF Festival pass holders. LSFF All Access pass holders are admitted free of charge but must RSVP to [email protected]. Tickets may be purchased in advance at lonestarfilmfestival.com or by calling the LSFS at 817- 924-6000. Tickets will also be available for sale at the Modern beginning at 5:00 PM on November 6. ### ABOUT THE LONE STAR FILM SOCIETY The Lone Star Film Society (LSFS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that exists to cultivate an appreciation and understanding of the moving image as an art form while showcasing the City of Fort Worth to the world. The Society accomplishes this mission through year-round presentation, education and community collaboration. This includes an annual film festival that is the leading event of its kind in North Texas. This year’s Lone Star Film Festival will take place November 6-9, 2014. The LSFS presents a year-round set of screenings and events including many in partnership with the Modern and Kimbell Art museums of Fort Worth, Cook Children’s Hospital, the Boys and Girls Club, and others. ABOUT THE LONE STAR FILM FESTIVAL The Lone Star Film Festival (LSFF) in Sundance Square is the signature event of the Lone Star Film Society and a vibrant addition to the Fort Worth, Texas cultural landscape. The festival seeks to discover and platform emerging films, talent, trends and distribution models that will shape the future of film while providing North Texas audiences with their first, and sometimes only, opportunity to see the most celebrated films of the year and interact with the artists that made them. The 2014 Lone Star Film Festival will take place November 6-9 in Sundance Square. .