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 Camp Schedule:

• 9 AM – 3 PM daily (excluding weekends)
• TCU Bob Schieffer College of Communication
• 2805 S University Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76129

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These are just a few of the outstanding artists and personalities who will participate in the 15th annual Lone Star Film Festival and Gala this November 11 through 14 in downtown Fort Worth.

The festival’s centerpiece event, billed as a “vintage Western” gala, will be held on Saturday, November 13, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. KERA’s Krys Boyd will host a Q&A with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater. The Oscar-nominated pair will discuss their numerous collaborations over the years, including Boyhood and the Before film trilogy.

The event will also honor Fort Worth native Channing Godfrey Peoples for her direction of the critically acclaimed Miss Juneteenth. Michael Martin Murphy, a Ball Hall favorite, will be honored for his work in film scoring.

Further guaranteeing that guests have an epically good time, the gala will also feature an open bar, dinner by Café Modern by Wolfgang Puck, and a lively after-party featuring DJ Vinyl Ranch.

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While gala tickets are sold separately (and function as the major fundraiser for the non-profit), the rest of this year’s festival is dedicated to film buffs who want to enjoy a relaxed, communal, and unique movie experience. Badge holders for this year’s fest will enjoy unlimited screenings at both the Modern Art Museum and the Downtown Cowtown theater, along with VIP Lounge access where drinks and Q&A sessions with filmmakers will be held. Individual tickets for specific films will also be available.

“After not hosting a single in-person event last year,” says the festival’s Director Chad Mathews, “it’s exciting to be reopening with a varied yet compact line-up of films. More than ever, the movies that have come out of the last twenty months of this pandemic reflect timely themes coupled with hopeful expectations, and this year’s film festival is the perfect setting to experience them all. I can’t wait to share these films in auditoriums with live moviegoers and filmmakers, where movies on the screen turn into conversations in the lobby.”

photo credit: Manny Pandya

The Lone Star Film Festival continues to diversify its programming. Working in collaboration with the festival, the Denton Black Film Festival is curating a block of short films by black artists for Sunday afternoon. On Saturday, another block of short films will feature the work of high school filmmakers. The festival will also include over twenty feature-length films from a host of independent filmmakers, as well as Q&A panels with those creators. Attendees can also see Sony Pictures Classic’s new documentary Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (a recent audience winner at SXSW), in addition to the studio’s feature film Jockey, written and directed by Clint Bentley.

The festival is an important event for the city, as Fort Worth has hosted an increasing number of major film and television productions in the last few years, including 12 Mighty Orphans, Miss Juneteenth, and Y:1883 (the prequel to the Paramount Network series Yellowstone). The Lone Star Film Society has been central in helping Fort Worth build its creative class and encourages film production, tourism, and art appreciation. Indeed, 12 Mighty Orphans was partially conceived at the society’s film festival, as the film’s director Ty Roberts first connected with producers Michael and Angelique DeLuca at the event.

As part of its mission, the LSFS also runs several film education programs in order to spark Fort Worth teens’ interest and technical expertise in cinematic storytelling, creating a new and vibrant generation of filmmakers. In addition, the society hosts public screenings, networking events, professional workshops, and film discussions year-round.

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The Spotlight Award honors a creative artist who has significantly broadened the range of voices, perspectives and stories told through the cinematic arts. The award is designed to acknowledge the accomplishments of an artist who has succeeded in generating equity, inclusion and diversity in the film industry. Godfrey Peoples will be the inaugural recipient of the Spotlight Award.

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Peoples studied theater at Baylor University then enrolled in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Godfrey Peoples was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2018. Her debut feature film Miss Juneteenth filmed in Fort Worth in 2019 with support from the Fort Worth Film Commission. The critically acclaimed film premiered at Sundance 2020 and was released on Juneteenth of that year. The National Board of Review awarded Godfrey Peoples with Best Directorial Debut of 2020. Godfrey Peoples’ short film Doretha’s Blues, which debuted at SXSW in 2021 also filmed in Fort Worth in 2019. Channing is developing a Miss Juneteenth TV Series under her first-look deal with UCP.

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“We are thrilled to honor Channing Godfrey Peoples for her contributions to the film industry,” said Chad Mathews, director of the Lone Star Film Society. “Her powerful writing and directorial style is an inspiration for filmmakers.”

This year’s gala will also honor Texans Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke with the inaugural Larry McMurtry Award. Linklater and Hawke will attend the gala in person and participate in a conversation led by Krys Boyd, host of KERA’s Think.

Tickets are now available for the Lone Star Film Festival Gala After Party. The After Party will be held at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on Saturday, November 13, from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $75 and include beer, wine and entertainment from Disko Cowboy of Vinyl Ranch.

The Fort Worth Film Commission, a division of Visit Fort Worth, is partnering with Lone Star to produce the sold-out 2021 gala. All proceeds from the gala support the Lone Star Film Society’s Johnny Langdon Film Education Initiative.

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The prestigious award is named after Stephen Bruton, a musician and songwriter from Fort Worth whose noteworthy achievements included producing the music for the film Crazy Heart right before his death from cancer at age 60 in 2009. In remembrance, the award is presented to individuals whose music careers have made waves in film and television.

Michael Martin Murphey, 2021 Stephen Bruton Award recipient
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An Oak Cliff native with family in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and Tyler dating back to the Foundation of Texas, Murphey has been honored as an “Alamo Ranger“ by the Sons of the Texas Revolution. Murphey is a multiple Grammy nominee with multiple platinum and gold albums and is best known for his 1975 Pop Radio hit “Wildfire.” His music has been featured in film and TV such as The Simpsons. In 1981 Murphey wrote and produced the soundtrack and played a supporting role in the film Hard Country with Kim Bassinger, Darryl Hannah, and Tanya Tucker. His song “Wildfire” has been used in many films, such as Bubble Boy starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Bandits starting Bruce Willis, Kate Blanchett and Billy Bob Thornton. Murphey has been involved in producing, writing, and directing some of the most popular videos in country music, including “Cowboy Logic” and “Long Line of Love.” Murphey also had a principal role in the hit television series Lonesome Dove: The Series. In 2021 he served as an executive producer, music supervisor, and has the role of Pastor Micah in a film inspired by his song “Wildfire” called “Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse.”

“We are thrilled to honor Michael Martin Murphey for his contributions to the music and film industries,” said Chad Mathews, director of the Lone Star Film Society. “This year’s gala will have a special Modern West theme that exemplifies the spirit of Texas film.”

Previous Stephen Bruton award recipients include Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, Lyle Lovett, Ray Benson, Betty Buckley, Pat Green and Clint Black.

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This year’s gala will also honor Texans Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke with the inaugural Larry McMurtry Award. Linklater and Hawke will attend the gala in person and participate in a conversation led by Krys Boyd, host of KERA’s Think.

Limited tickets and tables to the 2021 gala are still available. Individual seats are $500 and table sales start at $10,000. All proceeds from the gala support the Lone Star Film Society’s Johnny Langdon Film Education Initiative.

For more information about the Lone Star Film Festival Gala and ticket sales, visit https://www.lonestarfilmfestival.com/gala.

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