The 26th Boston Film Festival Presents Joshua Newton With Visionary Filmmaker Award for Motion Picture 'Iron Cross'

BOSTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Joshua Newton, whose motion picture "Iron Cross" will sneak preview as the Closing Night Movie of the Boston Film Festival, will be presented with the Visionary Filmmaker Award, it was announced today by Robin Dawson, executive director.  The festival runs September 17-23 at the Stuart Street Playhouse.

Voted by the Boston Film Festival Advisory Board, the Visionary Filmmaker Award will be presented to Newton at the party following the presentation of the movie.  Newton will participate in a Q&A session following the Sneak Preview.

Newton directed, wrote and produced the thriller "Iron Cross" in which the late Roy Scheider stars as Joseph, a retired New York police officer and Holocaust survivor, who travels to Nuremberg following the death of his wife to reconcile with his son Ronnie (Scott Cohen). The reunion is quickly overshadowed by Joseph's insistence that living in the apartment above, under a false name, is the now aging SS Commander (Helmut Berger) who murdered Joseph's entire family during World War II.

Certain of the neighbor's true identity, Joseph draws his reluctant son into a plan to exact justice and vengeance. With flashbacks to the past, revealing Young Joseph's (Alexander Newton) narrow escape from the massacre and his teenage love for a heroic Polish girl, Kashka (Sarah Bolger), the story reaches a gripping and unforgettable climax.

Written and directed by Joshua Newton and produced by Joshua Newton and Kevin Farr, the Calibra Pictures presentation was executive produced by Alex Finney and Andrew Martin. The film features an original score by Joshua James Field and Roger Bellon performed by The London Symphony Orchestra.

"Iron Cross" stars Roy Scheider ("Jaws"), Alexander Newton, Scott Cohen ("Love and Other Impossible Pursuits"), Helmut Berger ("The Godfather, Part III") and Sarah Bolger ("The Tudors," "The Spiderwick Chronicles").  "Iron Cross" will be released nationwide in 2011.  

This year's BFF sponsors are:  NBC Universal, Disney ABC, AdvanceMovieReviews.com, Bravo, Liberty Hotel, Landmark Theatres, Bloomingdale's, Fairmont Battery Wharf, Charles Hotel, Park Plaza Hotel, and the Renaissance Hotel.  Hospitality sponsors: House of Blues and The Foundation Room, Ruby Room, Hotel Marlowe, and Stella.  

For more information, please call the 26th Boston Film Festival, 617-523-8388 or visit the web site at www.bostonfilmfestival.org.

SOURCE Boston Film Festival

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