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Robert Redford will appear at the 2012 Cinema Arts Festival next month, where he’ll receive the Levantine Cinema Arts Award and discuss his 50-year career in film.

Ernie Manouse will host “A Conversation With Robert Redford,” a 90-minute overview of Redford’s credits as a filmmaker as well as his work with the Sundance Institute, which he founded. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the Sundance Cinemas downtown. It’s an intimate venue, with just 214 seats.

“Robert Redford’s contribution to both the screen and the stage as the founder of Sundance Institute and his own creative work as a director, producer and actor is unparalleled,” said Trish Rigdon, executive director of Houston Cinema Arts Society. “This deep commitment to the visual and performing arts and to supporting artists is at the heart of the Houston Cinema Arts Festival. Mr. Redford exemplifies the very essence of the spirit of the Cinema Arts Award, which recognizes an artist who transcends artistic boundaries.”

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Founder of Sundance Institute to be lauded by Houston Cinema Arts Festival on Nov. 9

Dave McNary
Film Reporter @Variety_DMcNary
Robert Redford has been tapped to receive the Levantine Cinema Arts Award from the Houston Cinema Arts Festival.

He will receive the kudo Nov. 9 and participate in a 90-minute conversation at Sundance Cinemas Houston on two facets of his career — his work as film director and as founder and president of the Sundance Institute.

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Houston Cinema Arts Society, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Film Department and Point of View Documentary Films PBS collaborate to bring screening of I Am Carolyn Parker: The Good, The Mad, and The Beautiful screening and producer/c0-writer Daniel Wolf to Houston.
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On tap this week: A convergence of two organizations that each does its part to keep the city beautiful, the beginnings of a new party series, a farewell for a popular musical meetup, a space odyssey, the meeting of two minds and a healthy dose of film, dance and music.

Be sure to click on the links below each event. There you’ll find more information, a helpful feature to add details to your own calendar and suggested restaurants, shopping and watering holes to get the most out of your excursion.
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The Light Surgeons plan live cinema performance that’s SuperEverything*

The UH Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, the Asia Society Texas Center and the 2012 Houston Cinema Arts Festival join forces to present The Light Surgeons in SuperEverything*, an explosive live cinema performance incorporating multiple projections across oversized screens on Nov. 9-10 at the Asia Society.

The Light Surgeons had me at their name. After parking at their website for a while, I’m more curious than ever to see their work in Houston. It’s as hybrid as it gets out there in techno art land.

Founded in 1995 by artist and filmmaker Christopher Thomas Allen, The Light Surgeons specialize in live performance, video production and installation-based projects. Filmed on location across Peninsular Malaysia, SuperEverything* combines documentary footage and motion graphics with an original, live electronic score. Identity, ritual and place factor into this multi-media project.

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Houston Cinema Arts Society today announces that it is partnering with Talento Bilingüe de Houston, Latino Public Broadcasting, Houston Public Media, MECA (Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts) and Houston Grand Opera to present a screening of Mariachi High, a one-hour documentary for that will take viewers on into the dreams and dramas of Mexican American teenage-hood, through the lens of a competitive mariachi ensemble.

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Movie audiences will get to know University of Houston professor Nick Flynn a little better next week. On March 16, “Being Flynn” (based on his memoir “Another Bull … . Night in Suck City”) hits theaters nationwide. The film details Flynn’s reconnection with his estranged father, Jonathan Flynn (play ed by Robert De Niro ). Jonathan claims to be among America’s greatest storytellers while Nick (portrayed by Paul Dano in the film) also is a writer. After 18 years apart, their lives suddenly intersect as Jonathan becomes a frequent residen t at the homeless shelter where Nick happens to work.

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