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Founded in July 2004 by American independent filmmakers Jason Apuzzo and [[Govindini Murty]], the Liberty Film Festival took place primarily in West Hollywood, CA and was active between 2004 and 2008. The LFF screened over 80 films, of which approximately fifty were premieres and thirty achieved distribution,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/about_lfm/the-liberty-film-festival/ |title=Festival record |publisher=Libertasfilmmagazine.com |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> with events attracting over 12,000 attendees. Best Film winners at the Liberty Film Festival included: ''In the Face of Evil: Reagan’s War in Word and Deed, Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,'' and ''Border War.'' During its active years the LFF also hosted tributes to directors [[Cecil B. DeMille]], [[Raoul Walsh]], [[John Ford]], and [[Fritz Lang]], actors [[John Wayne]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Charlton Heston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/about_lfm/the-liberty-film-festival/ |title=LFF events, honorees |publisher=Libertasfilmmagazine.com |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> Festival speakers included Frank Price, former President of [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Universal Studios]], [[Joel Surnow]], Creator and Executive Producer of the Emmy Award-winning TV series ''24'', actors [[Robert Davi]] (''License to Kill'') and [[Morgan Brittany]] (''Melrose Place''), writer/director David Zucker (''Airplane!''), writer/director [[Cyrus Nowrasteh]] (ABC's ''The Path to 9/11''), film critics [[Richard Schickel]] and [[Michael Medved]], screenwriter Paul Guay (''Liar Liar''), Kurdish-Iraqi director and human rights activist [[Jano Rosebiani]] (''Jiyan''), and a number of other film and media professionals.
Founded in July 2004 by American independent filmmakers Jason Apuzzo and [[Govindini Murty]], the Liberty Film Festival took place primarily in West Hollywood, CA and was active between 2004 and 2008. The LFF screened over 80 films, of which approximately fifty were premieres and thirty achieved distribution,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/about_lfm/the-liberty-film-festival/ |title=Festival record |publisher=Libertasfilmmagazine.com |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> with events attracting over 12,000 attendees. Best Film winners at the Liberty Film Festival included: ''In the Face of Evil: Reagan’s War in Word and Deed, Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,'' and ''Border War.'' During its active years the LFF also hosted tributes to directors [[Cecil B. DeMille]], [[Raoul Walsh]], [[John Ford]], and [[Fritz Lang]], actors [[John Wayne]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Charlton Heston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/about_lfm/the-liberty-film-festival/ |title=LFF events, honorees |publisher=Libertasfilmmagazine.com |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> Festival speakers included Frank Price, former President of [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Universal Studios]], [[Joel Surnow]], Creator and Executive Producer of the Emmy Award-winning TV series ''24'', actors [[Robert Davi]] (''License to Kill'') and [[Morgan Brittany]] (''Melrose Place''), writer/director David Zucker (''Airplane!''), writer/director [[Cyrus Nowrasteh]] (ABC's ''The Path to 9/11''), film critics [[Richard Schickel]] and [[Michael Medved]], screenwriter Paul Guay (''Liar Liar''), Kurdish-Iraqi director and human rights activist [[Jano Rosebiani]] (''Jiyan''), and a number of other film and media professionals.


The Liberty Film Festival received extensive media coverage in: the ''LA Times'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/nov/07/entertainment/et-goldstein7 |title=The LA Times on The Liberty Film Festival |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=November 7, 2006 |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |first=Patrick |last=Goldstein}}</ref> ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Ulmer |first=James |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/movies/26ulme.html |title=The N.Y. Times on The Liberty Film Festival |work=The New York Times |date=June 26, 2005 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> ''Washington Post'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4846-2004Oct3.html |title=The Washington Post on The Liberty Film Festival |work=The Washington Post |date=October 4, 2004 |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |first=William |last=Booth}}</ref> ''USA Today'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Karen |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-09-30-Celsius-moore_x.htm |title=USA Today on The Liberty Film Festival |work=USA Today |date=September 30, 2004 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> ''Variety'',<ref>{{cite news|author=By |url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_review&reviewID=VE1117925171&cs=1 |title=Variety reviews "In the Face of Evil" at 2004 LFF |work=Variety |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |date=October 7, 2004}}</ref> and ''Hollywood Reporter''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/hr/login/login_subscribe.jsp?id=SGIG2OX0VAwojjpMJWPMWwb7H8XdlFSn3RiqdqfFWbr61ed9WSOr6OQ59fPpr3LeqmK5ynCLZygx%0Ah8KkNNMJTrMx1Qj2JWoQ1iss2JHqugT4VoMy4SuTDxnYyad6XroxvS%2Bxw13L%2FRmokCIpg0x18mEr%0AgqZtTauMR65ZVy41rujVggISPY0Ie1aeTEBq9MT%2FUNi4MRiywBWkVBPNMEzqlkYToDl9CSaUheEX%0Apgv4vs9CDXRloFZHzcmzvx%2F5s0drPgGZJQT%2BppL0WO4RK3iR5g%3D%3D |title=Hollywood Reporter on The Liberty Film Festival |publisher=Login.vnuemedia.com |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref>; the LFF was also featured numerous times on ABC,<ref>[http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/atm/reviews.html?sec=1&subsec=5202 LFF's Govindini Murty Co-Host's ABC's "At the Movies"]{{dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref> CNN,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0511/24/sitroom.05.html |title=LFF's Jason Apuzzo on Wolf Bliter's "Situation Room" |publisher=Transcripts.cnn.com |date=November 24, 2005 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> Fox News,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,148198,00.html |title=LFF on Fox News |publisher=Fox News |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |date=December 1, 2011}}</ref> Fox Business,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGE5ZDgzMWJlNjBiMGU4NTczMTQ4NDNjNWUxOGYwZjA= |title=National Review comments on LFF's Govindini Murty appearances on Fox Business |publisher=Media.nationalreview.com |date=October 22, 2007 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> MSNBC,<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8485049/ LFF's Govindini Murty on [[MSNBC]]'s ''Scarborough Country'']</ref> AMC, [[C-SPAN]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Santora |first=Marc |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/us/politics/06thompson.html?ex=1179979200&en=c26203fc1e09a178&ei=5070 |title=LFF and Fred Thompson on C-SPAN |publisher=''NY Times'' |date=May 6, 2007 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> NPR, and also on the UK’s [[BBC]], France's [[Canal Plus]], Japan's [[NHK]], Italy's [[RAI]], and Dutch national TV.
The Liberty Film Festival received extensive media coverage in: the ''LA Times'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/nov/07/entertainment/et-goldstein7 |title=The LA Times on The Liberty Film Festival |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=November 7, 2006 |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |first=Patrick |last=Goldstein}}</ref> ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Ulmer |first=James |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/movies/26ulme.html |title=The N.Y. Times on The Liberty Film Festival |work=The New York Times |date=June 26, 2005 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> ''Washington Post'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4846-2004Oct3.html |title=The Washington Post on The Liberty Film Festival |work=The Washington Post |date=October 4, 2004 |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |first=William |last=Booth}}</ref> ''USA Today'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Karen |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-09-30-Celsius-moore_x.htm |title=USA Today on The Liberty Film Festival |work=USA Today |date=September 30, 2004 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> ''Variety'',<ref>{{cite news|author=By |url=http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_review&reviewID=VE1117925171&cs=1 |title=Variety reviews "In the Face of Evil" at 2004 LFF |work=Variety |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |date=October 7, 2004}}</ref> and ''Hollywood Reporter'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/hr/login/login_subscribe.jsp?id=SGIG2OX0VAwojjpMJWPMWwb7H8XdlFSn3RiqdqfFWbr61ed9WSOr6OQ59fPpr3LeqmK5ynCLZygx%0Ah8KkNNMJTrMx1Qj2JWoQ1iss2JHqugT4VoMy4SuTDxnYyad6XroxvS%2Bxw13L%2FRmokCIpg0x18mEr%0AgqZtTauMR65ZVy41rujVggISPY0Ie1aeTEBq9MT%2FUNi4MRiywBWkVBPNMEzqlkYToDl9CSaUheEX%0Apgv4vs9CDXRloFZHzcmzvx%2F5s0drPgGZJQT%2BppL0WO4RK3iR5g%3D%3D |title=Hollywood Reporter on The Liberty Film Festival |publisher=Login.vnuemedia.com |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> the LFF was also featured numerous times on ABC,<ref>[http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/atm/reviews.html?sec=1&subsec=5202 LFF's Govindini Murty Co-Host's ABC's "At the Movies"]{{dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref> CNN,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0511/24/sitroom.05.html |title=LFF's Jason Apuzzo on Wolf Bliter's "Situation Room" |publisher=Transcripts.cnn.com |date=November 24, 2005 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> Fox News,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,148198,00.html |title=LFF on Fox News |publisher=Fox News |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |date=December 1, 2011}}</ref> Fox Business,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGE5ZDgzMWJlNjBiMGU4NTczMTQ4NDNjNWUxOGYwZjA= |title=National Review comments on LFF's Govindini Murty appearances on Fox Business |publisher=Media.nationalreview.com |date=October 22, 2007 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> MSNBC,<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8485049/ LFF's Govindini Murty on [[MSNBC]]'s ''Scarborough Country'']</ref> AMC, [[C-SPAN]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Santora |first=Marc |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/us/politics/06thompson.html?ex=1179979200&en=c26203fc1e09a178&ei=5070 |title=LFF and Fred Thompson on C-SPAN |publisher=''NY Times'' |date=May 6, 2007 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> NPR, and also on the UK’s [[BBC]], France's [[Canal Plus]], Japan's [[NHK]], Italy's [[RAI]], and Dutch national TV.


==''Libertas Film Magazine''==
==''Libertas Film Magazine''==
The Liberty Film Festival has continued on in the form of its on-line film magazine ''Libertas'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/ |title=Official Libertas website |publisher=Libertasfilmmagazine.com |date=December 6, 2011 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> originally founded in January 2005 by Jason Apuzzo and [[Govindini Murty]]. ''LA Times'' film columnist Patrick Goldstein has called ''Libertas'' "a must read",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/nov/07/entertainment/et-goldstein7 |title=LA Times on Libertas |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=November 7, 2006 |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |first=Patrick |last=Goldstein}}</ref> and ''New York Times'' film critic A.O. Scott has called ''Libertas'' “insightful as well as provocative.” In 2007, the site was voted one of the top three culture blogs on the internet.<ref>[http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-culture-blog-1.php ''Libertas'' No. 3 Culture Blog at Weblog Awards 2007]</ref> ''Libertas'' went on hiatus in the summer of 2008, returning in 2010 as ''Libertas Film Magazine (LFM'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/ |title=Libertas Film Magazine |publisher=Libertas Film Magazine |date=December 6, 2011 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> In recent years, <em>Libertas</em> has focused its coverage increasingly on independent film festivals, and such progressive themes as women's rights, human rights, science, and technology.
The Liberty Film Festival has continued on in the form of its on-line film magazine ''Libertas'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/ |title=Official Libertas website |publisher=Libertasfilmmagazine.com |date=December 6, 2011 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> originally founded in January 2005 by Jason Apuzzo and [[Govindini Murty]]. ''LA Times'' film columnist Patrick Goldstein has called ''Libertas'' "a must read",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/nov/07/entertainment/et-goldstein7 |title=LA Times on Libertas |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=November 7, 2006 |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |first=Patrick |last=Goldstein}}</ref> and ''New York Times'' film critic A.O. Scott has called ''Libertas'' “insightful as well as provocative.” In 2007, the site was voted one of the top three culture blogs on the internet.<ref>[http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-culture-blog-1.php ''Libertas'' No. 3 Culture Blog at Weblog Awards 2007]</ref> ''Libertas'' went on hiatus in the summer of 2008, returning in 2010 as ''Libertas Film Magazine (LFM'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/ |title=Libertas Film Magazine |publisher=Libertas Film Magazine |date=December 6, 2011 |accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> In recent years, ''Libertas'' has focused its coverage increasingly on independent film festivals, and such progressive themes as women's rights, human rights, science, and technology.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 08:53, 18 June 2014

Liberty Film Festival
LocationLos Angeles, USA
LanguageInternational
WebsiteLiberty Film Festival, hosted at LFM

The Liberty Film Festival was an American film festival founded by independent filmmakers Jason Apuzzo and Govindini Murty in July 2004 and was active until 2008, but the efforts of the organization continue via Libertas Film Magazine.

History

Founded in July 2004 by American independent filmmakers Jason Apuzzo and Govindini Murty, the Liberty Film Festival took place primarily in West Hollywood, CA and was active between 2004 and 2008. The LFF screened over 80 films, of which approximately fifty were premieres and thirty achieved distribution,[1] with events attracting over 12,000 attendees. Best Film winners at the Liberty Film Festival included: In the Face of Evil: Reagan’s War in Word and Deed, Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West, and Border War. During its active years the LFF also hosted tributes to directors Cecil B. DeMille, Raoul Walsh, John Ford, and Fritz Lang, actors John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and Charlton Heston.[2] Festival speakers included Frank Price, former President of Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios, Joel Surnow, Creator and Executive Producer of the Emmy Award-winning TV series 24, actors Robert Davi (License to Kill) and Morgan Brittany (Melrose Place), writer/director David Zucker (Airplane!), writer/director Cyrus Nowrasteh (ABC's The Path to 9/11), film critics Richard Schickel and Michael Medved, screenwriter Paul Guay (Liar Liar), Kurdish-Iraqi director and human rights activist Jano Rosebiani (Jiyan), and a number of other film and media professionals.

The Liberty Film Festival received extensive media coverage in: the LA Times,[3] The New York Times,[4] Washington Post,[5] USA Today,[6] Variety,[7] and Hollywood Reporter;[8] the LFF was also featured numerous times on ABC,[9] CNN,[10] Fox News,[11] Fox Business,[12] MSNBC,[13] AMC, C-SPAN,[14] NPR, and also on the UK’s BBC, France's Canal Plus, Japan's NHK, Italy's RAI, and Dutch national TV.

Libertas Film Magazine

The Liberty Film Festival has continued on in the form of its on-line film magazine Libertas,[15] originally founded in January 2005 by Jason Apuzzo and Govindini Murty. LA Times film columnist Patrick Goldstein has called Libertas "a must read",[16] and New York Times film critic A.O. Scott has called Libertas “insightful as well as provocative.” In 2007, the site was voted one of the top three culture blogs on the internet.[17] Libertas went on hiatus in the summer of 2008, returning in 2010 as Libertas Film Magazine (LFM).[18] In recent years, Libertas has focused its coverage increasingly on independent film festivals, and such progressive themes as women's rights, human rights, science, and technology.

References

  1. ^ "Festival record". Libertasfilmmagazine.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  2. ^ "LFF events, honorees". Libertasfilmmagazine.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (November 7, 2006). "The LA Times on The Liberty Film Festival". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  4. ^ Ulmer, James (June 26, 2005). "The N.Y. Times on The Liberty Film Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  5. ^ Booth, William (October 4, 2004). "The Washington Post on The Liberty Film Festival". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  6. ^ Thomas, Karen (September 30, 2004). "USA Today on The Liberty Film Festival". USA Today. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  7. ^ By (October 7, 2004). "Variety reviews "In the Face of Evil" at 2004 LFF". Variety. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  8. ^ "Hollywood Reporter on The Liberty Film Festival". Login.vnuemedia.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  9. ^ LFF's Govindini Murty Co-Host's ABC's "At the Movies"[dead link‍]
  10. ^ "LFF's Jason Apuzzo on Wolf Bliter's "Situation Room"". Transcripts.cnn.com. November 24, 2005. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  11. ^ "LFF on Fox News". Fox News. December 1, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  12. ^ "National Review comments on LFF's Govindini Murty appearances on Fox Business". Media.nationalreview.com. October 22, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  13. ^ LFF's Govindini Murty on MSNBC's Scarborough Country
  14. ^ Santora, Marc (May 6, 2007). "LFF and Fred Thompson on C-SPAN". NY Times. Retrieved December 16, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Official Libertas website". Libertasfilmmagazine.com. December 6, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  16. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (November 7, 2006). "LA Times on Libertas". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  17. ^ Libertas No. 3 Culture Blog at Weblog Awards 2007
  18. ^ "Libertas Film Magazine". Libertas Film Magazine. December 6, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
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