CineVegas making cameo appearance
CineVegas, the late, great film festival that showcased everything from the world premiere of "Artie Lange's Beer League" to a star-studded red carpet with the cast of "Ocean's Thirteen," is coming back.
Sort of.
CineVegas is presenting three features and a short film as part of the 2015 Las Vegas Film Festival, scheduled for Aug. 13-15, at downtown's Inspire Theater.
"Call Me Lucky" is director Bobcat Goldthwait's acclaimed documentary about his mentor, stand-up comic Barry Crimmins.
Another documentary, director Adam Rifkin's "Giuseppe Makes A Movie," follows former child actor Giuseppe Andrews and the demented films he shoots in a trailer park.
Former CineVegas honoree Viggo Mortensen stars in the historical drama "Jauja."
And Las Vegas filmmaker Tom Barndt presents his new short film, "The Paranormal Idiot."
"After a few years away, we couldn't be more thrilled to return to the Las Vegas film scene. "We're very pleased to be presenting such a strong array of films with ties to CineVegas," CineVegas President Robin Greenspun said in a statement.
Greenspun's documentary, "Semicolon; The Adventures of Ostomy Girl," is also part of the Las Vegas Film Festival.
Founded in 1999, CineVegas honored an array of stars — including Jack Nicholson, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Penn, Charlize Theron, Sylvester Stallone, Helen Mirren and the late Dennis Hopper, who would go on to become the chairman of the festival's creative advisory board — before folding after its 2009 edition because of the economic downturn.
For more information on the Las Vegas Film Festival, see www.lvff.com.
