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14^th ANGEL FILM AWARDS – MONACO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Angel Film Awards founders and festival director Rosana Golden and executive producer Dean Bentley are pleased to announce the following....

28th NOVEMBER 2016 - 13:45 OPEN PRESS CALL at the

THE ART NOVO LOUNGE – LEVEL 0- NOVOTEL – MONTE CARLO

The Angel Film Awards VIP press and photo call will take place on level 0 at the Art Novo Lounge - Novotel, Monte Carlo. There will be a photo and interview opportunity with attending filmmakers and cast.

OFFICIAL JURY PANEL

The Official Jury Members & 2016 JURY PRESIDENT DOMINIQUE FROT (French) Cinema, Television and Theatrical actress; The AFA host and jury member, the award winning US actress & Writer TARA EMERSON; other jury board members, Dr. MARTHA HART a (Canadian) best-selling author & award winning director, producer; Myriam Charleins (French) actress; and Tammi Christopher (Canadian) award winning journalist.

GOODWILL AMBASSADORS

We are delighted to announce the 2016 Angel Film Awards Goodwill Ambassador ‘XIAOTING WANG’ Chinese artist, playwright, and journalist. Mr. Wang served as the editor-in-chief and director of the Editorial Department at the Shandong Studio & TV Station and began working in television, using the medium to focus attention on the situation of people in rural and remote areas in works like "Such a Coach Like Him" (about a coach who adopted homeless children that later became gold-medal athletes),"The Racetracks of Life and Death" (a dramatization of the work of the same coach), and "Life Tracks"(a drama broadcast on Chinese television stations) As an artist, Mr. Wang combines western painting techniques with traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. Adopting Chinese splash-ink and freehand brushwork on rice paper.

OFFICAL ANGEL FILM AWARDS PHOTOGRAPHER AND FILMING TEAM

We would like to announce our team of amazing photographers who will be weaving their magic at the festival: Mike Colquhoun, Pascale Digeaux, Cecile Chevalier. The event and awards ceremony and interviews will be filmed by CHIPPENDALE PROJECTS Productions LLC with Lars Vegas – International Productionsreporting live from the festival.

JOURNALISTIC COVERAGE

Monte Carlo; Cedric Verany - Nice & Monaco Matin; The Hollywood Reporter; Jacqueline Lestrade – and Luichi Mattera Royal Monaco Magazine; Riviera Radio; Riviera Buzz; TMC Monaco; Riviera Times; Reem Azmy - Al Ahram al Arabi; Rinaldo Quacquarini - Movie Scope. There will be additional UK & French and Italian press corps.

FESTIVAL LINE UP

The festival line up consists of 14 premiere films and 8 screenplay nominees from around the globe have been officially selected for the Angel Film Awards. The final votes of winners are decided by the jury members at the end of all film screenings. Special awareness 2 films out of competition screening.

THE OFFICIAL SELECTION SCREENPLAY NOMINEES

"THE JIM CROW HOLOCAUST" Written by Jacob Hayek (USA)