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The Dallas Film Society AnnouncesExclusive Southwest Premiere of MY WAY to be Centerpiece Gala atthe Dallas International Film Festival with celebrated South KoreanDirector, Kang Je-Gyu25
th
Anniversary Celebration of ROBOCOP with cast and crew reunionto mark Closing Night festivitiesDIFF 2012 to be dedicated to Cinemark’s film industry visionaries,Lee Roy and Tandy MitchellGroundbreaking digital initiatives will launch the Festival to a newaudience through live streaming and exclusive online content
Dallas, TX, March 8, 2012 — The Dallas International Film Festival presented by Boardwalk Auto Group Volkswagen Dealers announced today that the South Korean epic, MY WAY (2011)will be featured in one of the coveted Centerpiece screening slots with director,
Kang
Je-Gyu
in
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attendance. The Closing Night festivities will be marked by a special cast and crew reunion tocelebrate the 25
th
anniversary of the Sci-Fi classic ROBOCOP, which was shot in Dallas. DIFFalso announced that the 2012 Festival will be dedicated to Cinemark’s
Lee Roy
and
TandyMitchell.
Additionally, groundbreaking digital initiatives will launch the Festival to a newaudience through live streaming and exclusive online content.For the 2012 DIFF, artistic director,
James Faust
is featuring South Korean films andfilmmaking as its international spotlight. As one of the biggest productions in South Koreanhistory, the WWII epic, MY WAY (courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment and CJEntertainment) will be featured as the Festival’s Tuesday night Centerpiece on April 17. FamedSouth Korean director, Kang Je-gyu (TAE GUK GI: THE BROTHERHOOD OF WAR (2004);SWIRI (1999)) from Seoul, South Korea will present the film in Dallas for the first time to aSouthwest audience. “There is a very strong Korean community in Dallas and a real interest inits film industry,” said James Faust. “MY WAY and Kang Je-gyu will thrill our audience. Inspiredby a true story, the imagery and cinematography in this film is breathtaking but it’s also a classicstory about friendship, dedication and sacrifice. As MY WAY features the international star power of
Dong-gun Jang
,
Jo Odagiri
and
Fan BingBing
, we have a truly compelling Tuesdaynight Centerpiece that showcases the breadth of South Korean filmmaking. This is exactly whatI hoped for when creating this International Spotlight category.”Wrapping the 2012 Festival on Saturday, April 21 will be the 25
th
anniversary celebration of ROBOCOP. Presented in partnership with the Dallas Film Commission, the historic TexasTheatre will host many of the cast and crew that worked on the film for the film’s first officialreunion since it was shot in Dallas 25 years ago.
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Lynn McBee
, Chairman of the Dallas Film Society Board of Directors announced that the 2012Dallas International Film Festival presented by Boardwalk Auto Group Volkswagen Dealers willbe dedicated to Texas natives and Cinemark visionaries, Lee Roy and Tandy Mitchell, whofounded Cinemark USA, Inc in 1987. Cinemark is now the highest attended theatre circuit in theworld and operates the second largest number of screens for worldwide theatre exhibitors with456 theatres and 5,152 screens in 39 States and 13 Latin American countries. “I am so proudto be dedicating the 2012 Festival to Lee Roy and Tandy Mitchell. They are extremelydeserving of this accolade,” said Lynn McBee. “What they have achieved in the last 25 years atCinemark is an inspiration. Over 247 million guests across the world attended the Cinemarktheatre circuit in 2011. They help put film on a pedestal by offering breakthrough technologies,comfort, and maximum entertainment value at each of their Cinemark theatres. It is important tous at the Dallas Film Society that we recognize the exceptional achievements of trailblazerswithin the film industry and there is no better example than Lee Roy and Tandy. Lee Roy,Cinemark’s Chairman, famously says
““Eventually you have to go out on a limb, because that’swhere the fruit is.”
We want to honor that passion and vision at our festival.”For the first time, DIFF is launching digital initiatives that promise to offer the Festivalexperience to a worldwide audience. Partnering with San Antonio-based
NewTek
and cloud-based video platform
Livestream,
DIFF will use NewTek’s
TriCaster system
to deliver the festexperience live online, in hi-definition, as well as create video content for instant playback. Liveand recorded events will be streamed athttp://www.DallasFilm.orgthroughout the Festival’s runfrom the star-studded opening night red carpet, to one-on-one interviews with filmmakers, tocapturing Q&A’s with cast and crew and special guests, to the final awards ceremony, the
Dallas Film Society Honors.
“
Each year the Festival is attended by more than 30,000 people, all here to see some of theyear’s highly-anticipated independent films,” said
Lee Papert
, president and CEO of the Dallas
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