Sedona Film Festival to honor Welles, Feb 2015

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Sedona Film Festival to honor Welles, Feb 2015

Postby Wellesnet » Tue Dec 30, 2014 7:08 pm

Beatrice Welles discussion with film critic Jeffrey Lyons:
http://www.prescottenews.com/index.php/ ... son-welles

SEDONA, Ariz. (Dec. 23, 2014): The 21st annual Sedona International Film Festival will feature 160 documentaries, features, shorts, Academy Award nominees and specialty films over nine days with a special tribute celebrating the 100th birthday of director and actor Orson Welles, Feb. 21-March 1.

Highlighting this year’s festival will be a series of screenings and retrospectives of Welles’ work coordinated by his daughter, Beatrice, who lives in Sedona. She will be joined by renowned film critic and family friend Jeffrey Lyons. The full schedule of films, workshops, panel discussions and events will be announced early in 2015.

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Postby Wellesnet » Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:37 pm

And now it's available in pdf form:
http://www.sedonafilmfestival.org/SIB/f ... l%2015.pdf

Wellesnet's Ray Kelly will be co-hosting the February 25th showing of "Chimes at Midnight", along with Beatrice Welles and film critic Jeffery Lyons. Also, on Friday afternoon, the 27th, there will be a special program dedicated to the making of "The Other Side of the Wind".

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Postby Wellesnet » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:03 am

As part of the Sedona Fest, Goldenstein Gallery to exhibit artwork by Orson Welles, and some by Beatrice Welles as well:
http://www.wellesnet.com/goldenstein-ga ... ce-welles/

http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertai ... /23359105/

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Re: Sedona Film Festival to honor Welles, Feb 2015

Postby Wellesnet » Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:57 pm

BWW talks with Beatrice Welles about the upcoming Sedona fest:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmovies/ ... -20150210#

Beatrice, who lives part-time in Sedona, has helped Festival organizers pull together not only the feature films to be screened but panels and speakers for each screening including critic Jeffrey Lyons, The Other Side of the Wind producer Filip Jan Rymsza, cameraman Mike Ferris, actors Pat McMahon and Peter Jason; Josh Karp, the author of the upcoming book, "Orson Wells' Last Movie: The Making of the Other Side of the Wind;" Ray Kelly, who is the driving force behind Wellesnet, the leading online source about Welles life and career, and other special guests.


Article on Ray Kelly's guest trip to Sedona, where he will introduce "Chimes at Midnight" with Beatrice Welles and Film Critic Jeffery Lyons:
http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/i ... r_ray.html

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Re: Sedona Film Festival to honor Welles, Feb 2015

Postby Wellesnet » Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:25 pm

Some great videos of the conferences at Sedona:

Beatrice Welles introducing Chimes at Midnight:
http://www.wellesnet.com/video-beatrice ... idnight-2/

The Other Side of the Wind panel:
http://www.wellesnet.com/videos-the-oth ... -festival/

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Nice article on Ray Kelly's trip to Sedona:
http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/i ... y_kel.html

Ray's impressions of Sedona:
http://www.wellesnet.com/news-from-the- ... -and-more/

Welles paintings displayed at Sedona's Goldstein Art Gallery:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 198&type=1


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