Film Festival Red carpet party

Thursday | October 31 | 6PM

We’re kicking off this year’s festival with an old Hollywood-themed Red Carpet Party on Thursday, October 31!

Dress to impress in your most glamorous “Great Gatsby” style attire, and join us for an evening of glitz, glamour, and a touch of nostalgia.

"Ullberg: Wind in the Sails"

Synopsis:

Please join us as we present the premiere of Ullberg: Wind in the Sails, a new documentary featuring the life and works of Kent Ullberg directed and produced by Rockport Film Festival alum Matthew Thornton. The fun continues Friday through Sunday with film screenings, filmmaker Q & As, meet-and-greets, and social events throughout downtown Rockport.

KENT ULLBERG BIO:
A native of Sweden, Kent Ullberg is recognized as one of the world's foremost wildlife sculptors. He studied at the Swedish University College of Art in Stockholm and worked at museums in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Africa and Denver, CO. After living in Botswana, Africa, for seven years he has made his home permanently in the United States where he now lives on Padre Island, Corpus Christi, TX. He also maintains a studio in Loveland, CO.

Ullberg is a member of numerous art organizations and has been honored with many prestigious awards. In 1990 his peers elected him a Full Academician (NA), thus making him the first wildlife artist since John James Audubon to receive one of the greatest tributes in American art. A selection of his memberships include the National Sculpture Society; the American Society of Marine Art; the Allied Artists of America; Nature in Art, Sandhurst, UK; the National Academy of Western Art in Oklahoma City, OK which awarded him the Prix de West, the foremost recognition in Western Art. In 2010 he received the Briscoe Legacy Award and in 2016 the lifetime achievement award from the Society of Animal Artists.

Best known for his monumental works executed for museums and municipalities across the globe, his Fort Lauderdale, FL, and his Omaha, NE installations are the largest bronze wildlife compositions ever done, spanning several city blocks. Both earned him the coveted Henry Hering Medal Award from the National Sculpture Society, NYC. His most recent monumental installation is "Snow-Mastodon," a life-size bronze Mastodon placed outside the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

The fun continues Friday through Sunday with film screenings, filmmaker Q & As, meet-and-greets, and social events throughout downtown Rockport.

UNDERWRITE THE RED CARPET PARTY

As an underwriter, you are a VIP at the festival!  With your VIP status, you'll enjoy exclusive access to all festival activities including the Red Carpet Party and priority seating for all film blocks. Choose from two underwriting options: a $500 level, which includes access for two to the Red-Carpet Party and two VIP Passes for priority seating at any screening, or a $1,000 level, which offers access for you and three guests.

Your support plays a vital role in the success of the Rockport Film Festival and in supporting the artistic programs of Rockport Center for the Arts and the humanitarian and scholastic efforts of the Rotary Club of Rockport.   We hope you will join us as an underwriter today and support independent cinema in Rockport!

Looking forward to seeing you on the Red Carpet!

Thank You to Our Underwriters

Teresa and Larry Beavers
Lynne V. Bergmann
Patti and Brink Brinkerhoff
Glenda Krottinger Cotner
Gretchen Evans
Pam and Mike Frost
Sally Huff
Vicki Totten and Stan Irvin
Janet and Gary James
Amanda and Ken Kellar
Patricia and Judd Jr. Miller
Pat and Cecil Rousseau
Ann and Stan Smith
Susan and CJ Wax
Cisco Willison
Melba and Tom York