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Powers Boothe to be Honored at the
6th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival

(Press Release) –Beaufort, SC - Jan 03, 2012
Powers Boothe, the multitalented, award winning actor of the stage, screen, and television, will be presented the Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Acting at the 6th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival taking place February 15 - 19, 2012 in Beaufort, SC. He won an Emmy in 1980 for the role of Reverend Jim Jones in the Guyana Tragedy. Other notable performances were in the major motion pictures Southern Comfort, Red Dawn, Nixon, Men of Honor, and Tombstone just to name a few. He appeared most recently as Vice-President Noah Daniels in the TV series "24" and villain Cy Tolliver in Deadwood. Presenting the award will be Academy Award Nominated Actor, Tom Berenger. Powers Boothe and Tom Berenger appear together in the upcoming History Channel Mini-series, Hatfields and McCoys.

The mission of the Beaufort International Film Festival is to enliven the community by fostering and developing a rich appreciation for the art of filmmaking. It is also an opportunity to showcase the beautiful "film-friendly" region of Beaufort and the Carolina Sea Islands. For the past quarter of a century Beaufort has served as the backdrop for more than 20 major motion pictures, to include Forrest Gump, The Big Chill, The Prince of Tides, and many more. Through this festival we will reintroduce our sweeping marsh vistas, antebellum homes, and quiet charm of the old south to a new generation of filmmakers.

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The 6th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival is fast approaching. Finalists will be announced on December 15th. Make your plans now to attend the “fasting growing little festival in the southeast”. It’s not too early to make reservations to attend. Check out our sponsor page for participating lodging establishments.
Be sure to ask for the Film Festival rate. See you in February.

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Cal Johnson, Stunt Coordinator, to be Honored at the Beaufort International Film Festival

Cal Johnson will be presented the Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Stunt Coordination for Film and Television at the 6th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival held February 15-19, 2012.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dec 05, 2011 - Cal Johnson will be presented with the Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Stunt Coordination at the 6th annual Beaufort International Film Festival held February 15 - 19, 2012 in Beaufort, SC. Johnson is a stunt coordinator, stuntman, and actor with more than 20 years’ experience in over 250 film and episodic television shows, videos, national and regional commercials, and live shows. He has worked with many of the world's finest directors in the history of film; such as, Robert Redford, Ridley Scott, Barry Levinson, and Robert Altman.

He has also served as a stunt double for A-List actors such as Matt Damon, Kenneth Branagh, William Macy, Mark Hamill, Robert Duvall, and many others. In order to successfully coordinate and perform many of the high-risk and dangerous stunts in film, Johnson, who is ambidextrous, uses his many athletic abilities including: martial arts, gymnastics, precision car driving, sky diving and scuba diving. Johnson has also executed 2,000 high falls from heights up to 150 feet, and has the unique ability to hold one's breath underwater for an extended period of time. His talents and working knowledge enables him to keep actors safe, while allowing directors to get the best possible and exciting shots to captivate the audience.

Johnson's interest in the daring life as a stuntman, began in the 5th grade. Johnson states, "I was watching the movie How the West was Won, and I saw a stuntman jump off a moving train onto a cactus and then roll onto the ground. At that moment I knew I wanted to do that for the rest of my life." Years later, after jumping off 15-story buildings and out of helicopters, crashing cars, and being set on fire, Johnson had the opportunity to have lunch with Loren Janes, the stuntman he had watched jump from the moving train. Janes, one of Hollywood's most famous stuntmen, has doubled Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, and Jack Nicholson. Johnson recalls, "I told him he was the reason why I was in the film business, and he replied, 'That's cool, hopefully one day you will hear that from someone.'"

Some of Johnson's most notable films and television shows include: The Last Song, The Notebook, Footloose, The Strangers, Nailed, Hannibal, The New Daughter, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Leatherheads, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Forces of Nature, Undertow, Major League 3, The In Crowd, "O", Ride, Polish Wedding, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, One Missed Call, Shooter, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, The Reaping, The Patriot, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Wedding Crashers, The Walking Dead, Zombieland, The General's Daughter and Sweet Home Alabama.

Johnson's recent projects include the mini-series Coma for A&E, the award-winning Lifetime television series Army Wives, now in their 6th season, and the successful Showtime series Homeland.

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Academy Award Nominee Craig McKay to be Honored at the Beaufort International Film Festival

Craig McKay, Multiple Award Winning Film Editor, to receive Jean Ribaut Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Nov 12, 2011 -
Two time Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award Winner Craig McKay will receive the prestigious Jean Ribaut Award for Film Editing at the 6th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival to be held February 15 - 19, 2012 in Beaufort, SC. Mr. McKay is an award-winning feature film editor, director, and executive producer. Recognized with two Oscar ® nominations for editing Reds and The Silence of the Lambs, and an Emmy and Eddie Award for editing the NBC mini-series Holocaust, he has edited more than fifty films including Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, Cop Land, Maid in Manhattan, and Robert Redford's The Conspirator.

His directing credits include the Emmy Award-winning Bubbe Meises, Bubbe Stories for PBS and HBO's Subway Stories The Red Shoes, written by John Guare. Story consultant credits include Bravo's Haiti: Dreams of Democracy, Academy Award-nominated Mandela, and PBS's award-winning Witness: Voices from the Holocaust.

McKay has served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Institute Filmmaker's Lab and is also an executive producer of the award-winning feature-length documentary A Normal Life.

He is a member of the DGA, AMPAS, WGAE and Local 700. McKay has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.
The Beaufort Film Society (BFS) is a nonprofit, 501(c) 3, member-supported organization, dedicated to providing the highest levels of entertainment and education to the public from all areas of the film industry.

Editor's note: For additional information contact Public Relations Director Bruce Doneff, Beaufort International Film Festival 201.966.6583 – mobile

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2011 BEAUFORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN REVIEW

2011 Beaufort International Film Festival Highlights
Please take a moment to look back at some of the highlights
of the 2011 Beaufort International Film Festival. We're looking
forward to our 6th festival taking place February 15-19, 2012.

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Congratulations to all of the participants of the 2011 Beaufort International Film Festival. It was a record breaking festival that included four sell-out screenings and near sell-outs for the rest; over 5000 in attendance for some part of the festival and 32 filmmakers attending from around the world.

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