Director Lucy Walker and Composer Heitor Pereira to Receive
Achievement Awards at 15thAnnual Big Bear Lake Film Festival
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif./ September 26, 2014– The Big Bear Lake International Film Festival is pleased to announce director Lucy Walker and composer Heitor Pereira as recipients for the festival's 2014 Achievement Awards. The Achievement in Directing Award will be presented to Ms. Walker and the Achievement in Film Music Award will be presented to Mr. Pereira at the 15th Annual Big Bear Lake International Film Festival (BBLIFF) during the Opening Night Party & Honoree Awards on Friday, September 19, 2014.
"We choose our honorees based on significant contributions to the films they've been involved with, and we look at the impact of their work," said Big Bear Lake International Film Festival Executive Director Erica Tennyson. "Both of our recipients have impressive film resumes, and we're truly honored to have them as our award recipients."
Academy Award Nominee Director Lucy Walker has garnered high praise for her films, which includes feature documentaries "The Crash Reel" (2013), "Waste Land" (2010), "Countdown to Zero" (2010), and "Blindside"(2006). She has produced a number of short films, most recently "The Lion's Mouth Opens" (2014), as well as "The Tsunami andCherry Blossom" (2011), and has also directed over a dozen episodes of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues. She has been nominated for seven Emmys, an Independent Spirit Award, a DGA award, and a Gotham Award, and has won over eighty other awards for her body of work. A native of London, England, Walker graduated from Oxford University and later went on to receive a Fulbright scholarship to attend the Graduate Film Program at New York University.
Brazilian-born composer Heitor Pereira has contributed his unique sensibilities in music to a vast array of critically acclaimed and commercially successful motion pictures. One of his earliest breaks, being a songwriter for the Oscar-winning film "As Good as it Gets"(1997), led to Pereira becoming a co-composer for 'Riding in Cars with Boys"(2001). Since then, Pereira has collaborated with veteran composer Hans Zimmer on a number of films, and has composed memorable scores for films that include "The Smurfs" (2011), "Despicable Me" (2010), "It's Complicated" (2009), "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" (2008), and more recently "If I Stay" (2014). Pereira is recipient of three ASCAP awards, and he won a Grammy in 2005 for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist" for his collaboration with Sting and Chris Bottie.
The awards ceremonies are just a fragment of what takes place at The Big Bear Lake International Film Festival September 19-21.The festival showcases over 100 films, which include independent feature-length films, student films, short films, documentaries, family films, animation films, and digital films. There is a screenwriting competition with cash prizes. Also, workshops and seminars for filmmakers including the craft of storytelling, film development and current industry trends.
The screenings take place at the Village Theater North, located at 602 Pine Knot Ave.and Northwoods Resort, located at 40650 Village Dr. A full day individual movie pass good for both venues is $35 on Friday and Saturday and $15 on Sunday. An unlimited weekend movie pass for Friday through Sunday is $70. Both passes give viewers admission to unlimited films, and includes panels and seminars for that day. General film screening admission is $7 per screening, which can be purchased at the door. An all-events weekend pass, with admission to all films and all events including the Opening Night Party & Honorees Awards, Centerpiece Film & Desert Reception, and Sunday's Wrap Party & Filmmaker Awards ceremony, are $135. Friday night's Opening Night Party, which includes the honorary awards ceremony and reception, is $35. The Centerpiece Film & Desert Reception is $35. A Wrap Party Luncheon & Filmmaker Awards Ceremony on Sunday, which includes filmmaker and screenwriting competition awards ceremony, is $25. For more details about the film festival or to download an events schedule visitwww.bigbearlakefilmfestival.com. To purchase advance tickets visitwww.bigbear.com or call 800-424-4232.
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