Parkes

/ pɑːks /

noun

1. Sir Henry. 1815–96, Australian journalist and politician born in England, five times premier of New South Wales, advocate of free trade and Federation, and a founder of the public education system

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Christian Parkes, cofounder of Beyond Fest, pointed to the wide-ranging tastes of younger audiences who use the online platform Letterboxd and might place Panahi and Carpenter next to each other on a shelf of Blu-rays.

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“There’s a very loose seal of approval that we’re putting on this,” Parkes says.

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The origins of the festival go back to 2013, when Parkes, who had been a regular at the Egyptian, approached Moninger and said he could book the Italian band Goblin, known to film fans for their scoring work with director Dario Argento on films like “Suspiria” and “Deep Red,” for their first-ever L.A. shows.

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“I walked up to Grant and I told him I had a film festival,” Parkes recalls.

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Parkes notes that the film was among the very first to sell out when tickets for this year’s festival went on sale.

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