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PARIS - LOS ANGELES
“This is not just a film festival. It’s about bigger issues. It helps us broaden our
imagination and think outside the box“.
George Lucas
Filmmaker, Explorer, Member of the JVA Honorary Board
The Jules Verne Film Festival, with ceremonies held in Los Angeles and Paris, entertains and enlightens audiences of some 60,000 at the sister cities’ most historically significant theaters, and hundreds of thousands more via the internet. A glittering international occasion in each of its venues, the Festival is where Science meets Fiction: where film aficionados have the opportunity to interact with explorers and filmmakers, artists and scientists, movie stars and environmental heroes.
The Festival’s signature events include movie premieres, documentary competitions, the prestigious Jules Verne Awards gala, and tributes to timeless films and filmmakers representing the Jules Verne traditions of adventure, exploration, and imaginative flights of fancy.
Audiences have been treated to appearances by the likes of George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Jane Goodall, Buzz Aldrin, Ernest Borgnine, Gérard Depardieu, Ridley Scott, Johnny Depp, James Cameron, Christopher Reeve, Catherine Deneuve, Omar Sharif, Edward James Olmos, Tony Curtis, Roy Disney, William Shatner, Ted Turner, Patrick Stewart, Buzz Aldrin, Tippi Hedren, Malcolm McDowell, and many more.
And special evenings have been devoted to the creators and cast of such cultural landmarks as Star Trek, Heroes, Smallville, Lost and Battlestar Galactica.
Prestigious sponsors have been supporting the festival: The City of Los Angeles, Walt Disney Pictures, Clear Channel, L.A.Downtown News, L.A. Conservancy, KTLA, L.A. Weekly, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and many more...
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