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 10/28/2006
Savannah Film Festival honors Guillermo Arriaga Oct. 28: Special screening of "Babel" followed tribute
Tommy Lee Jones, SCAD President Paula S. Wallace and Guillermo Arriaga at the Savannah Film Festival. Photographer: Ben Dashwood
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design and sponsored in part by Memorial Health, the Savannah Morning News, the city of Savannah, Coca-Cola and Bessemer Trust, presented Guillermo Arriaga with an Award for Achievement in Cinema Oct. 28, 7 p.m., Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St.
A college professor for 25 years, Mexico City native Arriaga has directed, produced and written short films, documentaries, television series, and radio and television commercials. Arriaga’s other achievements include winning the Golden Palm for Best Screenplay at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival for "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" (2005), which will screen Oct. 29 after Tommy Lee Jones accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting, and authoring three highly acclaimed novels, one of which he recently turned into the screen adaptation, "El Bufalo de la Noche" (2006).
Following Arriaga's tribute, film festival participants had the opportunity to witness Arriaga’s complex narrative structures, intense stories and characters during the screening of "Babel." Written by Arriaga and starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael García Bernal, "Babel" explores a tragic incident that spawns a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world.
Morning and afternoon screenings and panels are $5 for the general public, $3 for students, seniors and military, and free for SCAD students, faculty and staff with a valid SCAD ID. The normal price for tickets to the evening screenings will be $10 for the general public and $5 for SCAD students, faculty and staff with a valid SCAD ID. The films are not rated and may contain mature content; parental discretion is advised. For more information, call 912.525.5050 or visit the .
Media inquiries can be directed to 912.247.2033 or 912.525.5225.
Named "Hottest for Studying Art" among America’s 25 Hottest Colleges by Kaplan/Newsweek, the Savannah College of Art and Design exists to prepare talented students for careers in the visual and performing arts, design, the building arts, and the history of art and architecture. The college emphasizes learning through individual attention in a positively oriented environment. The goal of the college is to nurture and cultivate the unique qualities of each student through an interesting curriculum, in an inspiring environment, under the leadership of involved professors. SCAD features locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., and in Lacoste, France, and offers online programs through SCAD e-Learning.
SCAD is a private, nonprofit institution accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; telephone number 404.679.4501) to award bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The college offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Architecture, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts and Master of Urban Design degrees, as well as undergraduate and graduate certificates. The five-year professional M.Arch. degree is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board.
For more information about the college, e-mail may be sent to admission@scad.edu. Savannah, Lacoste and SCAD e-Learning inquiries may be directed to 800.869.7223 or 912.525.5100; Atlanta inquiries may be directed to 877.722.3285 or 404.253.2700.
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