Las Vegas hosts CineVegas film festival

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Las Vegas will host the ninth annual CineVegaas film festival June 6th - 16th.

Most screenings will take place at The Brenden Theaters in The Palms hotel.

The premiere of Ocean's 13 will be on Wednesday, June 6th with the cast member present followed by a party in Moon nightclub in the Playboy tower of the Palms hotel. Tickets for this special screening can be purchased for $250 and include entrance fee to the official after party at Moon. The proceeds will fund the "Not On Our Watch" charitable campaign for victims of Darfur, Sudan. Ocean's 13's producer Jerry Weintraub will receive the festival's Vanguard Award.

Sir Anthony Hopkins will receive CineVegas' Marquee Award at the premiere of Slipstream on Friday, June 15 @ 6:00 PM. Mr. Hopkins is a producer of this film starring Christian Slayter, John Turturro, Stella Arroyave, Jeffery Tambor and himself. Mr. Hopkins will engage in live conversation following the premiere of Slipstream.

Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron will receive the "Half-Life Award' on Friday, June 15th, @ 3:00 PM.

Ms. Theron will engage in live conversation about her acting career in such films as Monster, the movie about serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

Attendees of the film festival will have the opportunity to see the already critically acclaimed La Vie En Rose, the life story of singer Edith Piaf on Wednesday, June 13th, @ 1:00 PM and Thursday, June 14th @ 12:30 PM.

Other films being shown at CineVegas are:

Mr. Untouchable, the story of the Harlem heroin kingpin Nicky Barnes, Penelope starring Christina Ricci,

Kurt Cobain About A Son, with narration from the late Mr. Cobain himself, The Devil Came On Horseback, a film about what an African Union monitor has witnessed in Darfur, Sudan, and Look, a film created from actual surveillance footage. David Lynch's cult classic Blue Velvet, starring Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern and Hope Lange will be shown on Thursday, June 14th @ 10:00 PM.

Mexican film is being celebrated in this years event with films such as Chavez, a documentary about the life of Mexican boxer Julio Caesar Chavez, Bad Habits, a film about eating habits, Never On A Sunday, a film about death, and Once Upon A Time Maria, a film about memories, erotic adventures and experiences.

Several short films will be shown prior to screenings of full-length features including the film which won their short features slot in the festival from the online ballots cast on MySpace. Nevada film makers will be included in the festival with features from UNLV, CCSN, and the Arts Institute. The Grand, a comedy about professional poker players starring Woody Harrelson, Ray Romano, Cheryl Hines, David Cross, Werner Herzog, Dennis Farina, Michael McKean, Richard Kind, Hank Azaria, Chris Parnell, Brett Ratner, and Judy Greer will show at The Golden Nugget Hotel (downtown) on Thursday, June 7th @ 7 PM and Friday, June 8th at 3:00 PM at The Brenden Theater in The Palms.

CineVegas's closing night feature is You Kill Me, starring Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni, Luke Wilson, Dennis Farina, Philip Baker Hall and Bill Pullman on Saturday, June 16h @ 7 PM.

For the full schedule of this years CineVegas, please visit: www.cinevegas.com

Persons interested in attending CineVegas can purchase tickets online at www.cinevegas.com, by phone by calling 1 888 8 Vegas 8, or in-person at The Brenden Theaters box office.

Individual tickets are $10.00. Inclusive packages for the festival range in price.

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Cine Vegas Film Festival Passes On Sale Today

Festival Passes Go On Sale Today!

"Passes for the 2007 CineVegas Film Festival will be available for purchase beginning Friday, April 20, either online at www.cinevegas.com or by calling 1-888-8VEGAS8. Individual movie tickets will be available for purchase online and by phone for $10 each starting Monday, May 21. In addition, passes and tickets can be purchased in person at the festival’s box office in the Brenden Theatres at the Palms Casino Resort starting Saturday, May 26. Individual party tickets are not available for sale. The June 6th opening night film is a fundraising event and a separate ticket is required for entry."

From the web site, the official blog site, and the MySpace page:

"The 9th annual festival will be held June 8-16th, 2007 at the Palms Casino Resort and will combine the excitement of world premiere films and celebrity tributes with the allure of Vegas nightlife. CineVegas highlights up and coming filmmakers, as well as masters of the craft, and has attracted the likes of Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn, Dustin Hoffman, Christina Ricci, Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Stacy Peralta, Ann-Margret, Helen Mirren, Takashi Miike, and David Lynch in years past.

Under the direction of festival president Robin Greenspun, CineVegas has established itself as one of the hottest and fastest growing film festivals in the world, with recent profiles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and TIME Magazine. CineVegas was recently mentioned as one of the top 5 small fests to visit by Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper and was also named one of the top 5 gem festivals in the world by Variety, one of the top 12 film festivals in North America by San Francisco Magazine and one of the top 7 events occurring in Las Vegas in 2007 by LA Weekly."