Annual John Ford Ireland event set

EastwoodThe Irish Film and television Academy as well as the John Ford Estate are creating the John Ford Ireland Symposium, an annual event praising the existence and work in the legendary director and also the ongoing relation to the. The inaugural confab, due to exist in Dublin in June, features the very first people receiving the event's John Ford Award is Clint Eastwood, who recognized very good from Michael Collins, Ireland's ambassador for the U.S., and IFTA chief professional Aine Moriarty, inside a reception in Burbank on 12 ,. 6 attended by people of Ford's family. The planned symposium, which will add a competitive component, may have a retrospective of Ford's films, a spotlight on Eastwood's work, plus tests, shows, discussions, master classes, lectures and public interviews designed to attract public and industry participation from around the world. Requested guest experts will probably be selected according to either Ford's influence on their own work, their connection with filmmaking or utilizing their working relationship while using John Ford Award recipient. In 2013, John Ford Ireland will introduce a scholarship with eight first-time filmmakers from around the world selected to learn the Ford Film School. Ford, an Irish-American whose parents were elevated round the west coast of Ireland, will be a cinema pioneer who made 136 films within the nearly 60-year career. He stressed his heritage such films as "The Quiet Guy," starring John Wayne. Contact Bobbie Whiteman at bobbie.whiteman@variety.com