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President Robin Greenspun said, “This year's Festival has
seen both a rise in attendance and enthusiasm. Not only
has the acceptance increased in the local community, but
nationally as demonstrated by a remarkable line-up of
honorees and the national media attention garnered.”

Festival Director of Programming Trevor Groth said, “We
are extremely excited about the response to this year’s
films, especially the world premieres which generated an
incredible response from audiences and film industry
attendees. Our Festival award winners also resonated
artistically and inspired insightful dialogue amongst festival
goers.

This Years Award Winners Are:

Grand Jury Prize - “G.I. Jesus Receives”

Audience Award - “Park”

Special Award for Cinematography - “5 Up 2 Down”

Two Films Received Honorable Mentions - “The Favor” and
“The 4th Dimension”

The following Short Films were selected for exceptional
recognition: "Holidays With Heather," "Voicemail,"
"Transaction," "One Rat Short," "Bugcrush," "The Pretty
Boy Project," and "K-7" (winner).

Unfortunately we did not see the all the films/shorts at the
festival.    Can’t see them all in one week as some are
opposite each other. We picked the ones we wanted to
check out and some we should have forgotten. I did hear
wonderful thins about “Park” and “The Favor” from many
people. I did not hear anything about “G.I. Jesus Receives”
and had wanted to see that film. I do feel that “5 Up 2
Down” did have good cinematography and was a very well
done film. Also, “The 4th Dimension” was an interesting
film.

“One Rat Short” was one of the shorts we thought was a
winner. We did not see some of the other shorts.

"19 Miles to Vegas" won the Best Nevada Filmmaking Short
at this year's festival.   The short was originally made for the
48 Hour Film Festival in 2005.

We liked this short, it was quite cleaver.

“One of the greatest thrills of programming a festival as unique and diverse as CineVegas is being able
to honor actors and filmmakers who have made lasting marks in the varied kinds of films that we thrive
on. Whether in massive studio films or no-budget independents, our honorees all have the ability to
unleash an impressive force that elevates them to the stratosphere of their respective fields,” says
Trevor Groth, Director of Programming for the festival. “Having Laurence, Sylvester, Taylor, Helen and
Christina join us this year to celebrate their remarkable careers is an extraordinary honor and privilege,
and having filmmakers as fearless and wildly innovative as the ones on the ‘Outlaw Cinema’ panel adds
to the excitement.”

Laurence Fishburne can currently be seen on screens in the critically-acclaimed Lionsgate release
Akeelah and the Bee and the worldwide blockbuster Mission: Impossible III. The actor received an Oscar
nomination for his performance as Ike Turner in 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do With It, and has received
two Emmy Awards, for producing the 1997 HBO film “Miss Evers’ Boys” (in which he also starred with
Alfre Woodard) and for Guest Actor in a Drama Series in the 1993 Fox series “Tribeca.” Fishburne’s list of
diverse credits also includes the phenomenally successful The Matrix Trilogy; Clint Eastwood’s Academy
Award-winning Mystic River; Assault on Precinct 13; Hoodlum; Othello opposite Kenneth Branagh; and
his star-making role in John Singleton’s Oscar-nominated debut film, Boyz N the Hood.

Sylvester Stallone made a landmark contribution to film with 1976’s Rocky, which garnered the actor
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay, putting him in such prestigious
company with writer/actors such as Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen and Warren Beatty. He
also garnered Golden Globe, BAFTA and Writers Guild Award nominations for the film, which went on to
win the 1976 Academy Award for Best Picture. Stallone soon became one of the most successful movie
stars in the world with credits including the Rocky series, the Rambo series, Tango & Cash, Cliffhanger,
Demolition Man and Cop Land. Stallone also has over ten screenplays to his credit and has directed five
films, including three in the beloved Rocky series.

Taylor Hackford won an Academy Award in the Best Live Action Short Film category for his first dramatic
effort, 1979’s Teenage Father. He went on to make his feature debut with the musical drama The
Idolmaker, starring Ray Sharkey and Peter Gallagher, and followed that success with the 1982 romantic
classic An Officer and a Gentleman, starring Richard Gere and Debra Winger. Hackford’s other credits as
both a producer and director include the Jeff Bridges thriller Against All Odds; White Nights, starring
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren and Isabella Rossellini; Everybody’s All-American,
starring Jessica Lange and Dennis Quaid; the acclaimed documentary Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock n’Roll;
Dolores Claiborne, starring Kathy Bates; The Devil’s Advocate, starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves; and
Proof of Life with Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan. Hackford most recently received Academy Award and
DGA nominations for the Ray Charles biopic Ray, which featured an Oscar winning performance by Jamie
Foxx.

One of the world’s most illustrious actresses, Helen Mirren is a two-time Academy Award nominee for her
performances in Nicholas Hytner’s The Madness of King George and Robert Altman’s Gosford Park. The
actress has also won multiple Emmys, BAFTAs, SAG Awards and a Golden Globe for a film career that
includes the internationally acclaimed “Prime Suspect” series and such high-profile television films as
“The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone” co-starring Olivier Martinez and Anne Bancroft; “Door to Door”
opposite William H. Macy; “The Passion of Ayn Rand” co-starring Peter Fonda; “Losing Chase” and the
recent HBO miniseries “Elizabeth I” co-starring Jeremy Irons and Hugh Dancy. Mirren’s extensive list of
feature credits includes Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; The Clearing
opposite Robert Redford, the hit comedy Calendar Girls and she has just completeded filming The Queen
directed by Stephen Frears in which she portrays Queen Elizabeth II.

Since her film debut at the age of 10 in Mermaids opposite Cher and Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci has
amassed an impressive roster of credits, working with some of the industry’s top actors and filmmakers.
Ricci received Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations for her acclaimed performance
in Don Roos’ black comedy The Opposite of Sex, along with the award for Best Supporting Actress from
the National Board of Review. Ricci stole scenes in the highly successful Addams Family films before
working with such renowned directors as Ang Lee in 1997’s The Ice Storm opposite Kevin Kline and Joan
Allen, and Tim Burton in 1999’s Sleepy Hollow, in which she co-starred with Johnny Depp. Her other
credits include Vincent Gallo’s Buffalo ’66, John Waters’ Pecker, the Emmy-nominated telefilms “Bastard
Out of Carolina” and “The Laramie Project,” and Monster, opposite Academy Award winner Charlize
Theron. Ricci will next appear in Craig Brewer’s Hustle and Flow follow-up Black Snake Moan co-starring
Samuel L. Jackson and Justin Timberlake, and Penelope co-starring Reese Witherspoon.

The 2006 CineVegas Film Festival, self-described as “The World’s Most Dangerous Film Festival,” offers
a breadth of world and U.S. premieres, advance screenings of high-profile films, the best new
independent films seeking distribution, movies from the underground, and homegrown Nevada film fare.
The festival will open with the Paul Dinello comedy Strangers With Candy, the prequel to the critically
acclaimed Comedy Central series of the same name starring Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Matthew
Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker and Phillip Seymour Hoffman; and will close with the U.S. premiere of
Lies and Alibies, a drama/comedy-tinged romance from Matt Checkowski and Kurt Matilla, starring Steve
Coogan and Rebecca Romijn.

Since its inception in 1998, the CineVegas has established itself as one of the hottest and fastest
growing film festivals in the world, being mentioned in a TIME Magazine cover story as well as listed as
one of the top 5 small fests to visit by Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper. The 8th annual festival will be
held June 9-17, 2006 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas highlighting the most exciting offerings
from up and coming filmmakers and visionary veterans. CineVegas combines the glamour and energy of
world premiere films and the intensity of in-depth celebrity tributes.

Among its milestones, CineVegas has hosted the world premieres of such films as George A. Romero’s
Land of the Dead, The Devil’s Rejects, Spun, The Talent Given Us and Bubba Ho-tep, as well as
screenings of other great films such as Napoleon Dynamite, Riding Giants, The Aristocrats, Me, You and
Everyone We Know and Gus Van Sant’s Last Days. Robin Greenspun serves as the festival’s President
and Dennis Hopper serves as the Chairman of the Creative Advisory Board, which has selected this year’
s honorees and honored such film greats as Jack Nicholson, Nicolas Cage, Ann-Margaret, Sean Penn,
Dustin Hoffman, Holly Hunter, Christopher Walken and David Lynch in the past. For more information
please call (888) 8VEGAS8 or visit www.cinevegas.com.