The Lone Star International Film Festival, Fort Worth in Sundance Square is a presentation of the Lone Star Film Society. In addition to showcasing the best in American independent cinema, the LSIFF is committed to being truly international as well as working to establish itself as an authority on emerging talent. In only its third year, the festival has managed to develop an international reputation for programming and artistic vision. This is in part due to the strong relationships our organization has built with the world class cultural institutions of Fort Worth such as the Kimbell Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum, and the Van Cliburn Foundation.

Since its inauguration, films from 20 different countries have been included in the festivals program. In 2007, LSIFF focused on Latin American films and in 2008, the organization formed an official partnership with the American Film Festival in Moscow (AMFEST), as well the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia, to bring the newest and brightest talent in Russian cinema to Fort Worth. In 2009, the international focus will be Germany and efforts have already been made to establish partnership with the country’s largest film organizations.

Many of the films that have screened at LSIFF have come to Fort Worth after highly successful festival runs or have gone on to receive accolades and distribution. Titles include Sunshine Cleaning (Overture Films, 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Nominee), 12 (Sony Pictures Classics, 2008 Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film Nominee), A Quiet Little Marriage (2008 Austin Film Festival Audience Award Winner, 2009 Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Winner), The New Year Parade (2008 Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Winner), Grace is Gone (The Weinstein Company, 2007 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (THINK Film), Nanking (THINK Film, 2007 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Nominee), War/Dance (THINK Film, 2008 Academy Awards Best Documentary Nominee), Control (The Weinstein Company, 2008 BAFTA Awards Best British Film and Most Promising Newcomer Winner, 2007 Cannes Film Festival Golden Camera Special Mention and Prix Regards Jeune), Let the Right One In (Magnolia Pictures, 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Best Narrative Feature Winner), Wendy and Lucy (Oscilloscope Pictures, 2008 Independent Spirit Awards Best Picture Nominee), and How to Be (IFC Films, 2008 Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention).

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