Helen Hunt to Receive Honor at Las Cruces Film Festival

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Oscar and Emmy award winner Helen Hunt is set to receive the “Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment” award at New Mexico State University‘s 10th annual International Film Festival. The festival will take place from [start date] to [end date].

Ross Marks, the executive director of the Las Cruces International Film Festival (LCIFF) and a professor at NMSU’s Creative Media Institute, praised Hunt saying, “Helen Hunt is an extraordinary actress with incredible range. She has excelled in comedy, drama and everything in between.”

Hunt’s extensive career spans decades across film, theater, and television. She earned an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in “As Good As It Gets,” in addition to a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

This year’s five-day festival will feature more than 100 films, including narrative and documentary features, short films, animations, and music videos from 50 different countries. Organizers anticipate approximately 14,000 attendees during the event.

<p“Nobody does it quite like us,” said Natalie Streander, the artistic programming director of the International Film Festival. “It really brings the community together. And it celebrates independent film in our community. Filmmaking in southern New Mexico is a very growing and exciting industry. This is a chance to highlight our beautiful area and all of the amazing local filmmakers that are a part of it, as well as national filmmakers and international filmmakers.”