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Thursday, November 29, 2007

AFI Dallas gets a shot of cash

The AFI Dallas fest got a $1 million gift from Dallas philanthropist Nancy Hamon.  While that’s only a third of the festival’s yearly budget, the money will be used as a base over several years.  AFI Dallas is chaired by legendary ad exec Liener Temerlin and sponsored by Target and Victory Park, a Ross Perot Jr. real estate venture, so they won’t be turning to spaghetti-and-ketchup dinners anytime soon.  They got the cash.  And they like to spend it on the arts.

“I have always loved the movies.”  Mrs. Hamon said, “I appeared in several films in the '40’s as a dancer, and Jake and I loved going to the movie theater on our special nights out.  After seeing all the Film Festival successes of last year, including AFI DALLAS’ great work with the Arts Magnet—another group dear to my heart—I wanted to do what I could to help this great film festival become one of the best in the country.”

AFI Dallas’ dates are March 27 – April 6, 2008.

Comments

Dates corrected. Thanks Michael.

Michael, thanks for the article. When someone like Nancy Hamon not only gets the importance of a Film Festival to the Arts but supports it in such a generous manner, it deserves to be celebrated. I just wanted to correct the dates for the festival which run a few days longer from March 27 through April 6, 2008. Hope to see you soon. Michael Cain Artistic Director and CEO

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