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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 2011 Dallas International Film Festival is |
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celebrating its opening day on March 31; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 2006 by Liener Temerlin and the Dallas |
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Film Society, the festival has since screened 812 films from 49 |
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countries, including 46 world premieres and 12 U.S. premieres, and |
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presented more than $270,000 in awards; in 2010, the festival drew |
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20,000 people and donated over $11,000 in grants to Texas high |
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school film programs; and |
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WHEREAS, Entries have included Academy Award winner The Hurt |
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Locker and Academy Award nominee Winter's Bone, the documentaries |
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Bill Cunningham New York and The King of Kong, and foreign fare such |
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as the Belgian animated film A Town Called Panic and the British |
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comedy Hot Fuzz; and |
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WHEREAS, This year's lineup includes the U.S. premiere of |
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Shawn Ku's Beautiful Boy, starring Michael Sheen and Maria Bello, |
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and the world premiere of Patrick Tourville's OK Buckaroos, a |
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documentary about musician Jerry Jeff Walker; also featured are |
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Soul Surfer, starring Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt, and the Mexican |
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comedy Adios Mundo Cruel (Goodbye Cruel World); the 2011 festival, |
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which is being dedicated to Mr. Temerlin, concludes with a gala |
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ceremony on April 8, when the Dallas Star Awards and the Festival |
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Filmmaker Awards will be presented; and |
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WHEREAS, Cited by MovieMaker magazine as one of the "25 |
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Festivals Worth the Entry Fee," the Dallas International Film |
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Festival honors the achievement of film artists from around the |
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world and promotes Dallas as a vibrant arts destination and |
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important center for film; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 2011 Dallas International Film |
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Festival and extend to its organizers and attendees sincere best |
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wishes for a successful and entertaining event; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Dallas International Film Festival as an |
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expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |