Action On Film Festival Success Story Returns to Present at the 2007 Award Show

AOF Festival 2005 award winner will be presenting awards at the 2007 ceremony.

Long Beach, Calif. (PRWEB) June 24, 2007 -- The producers of the Action on Film Festival announced today that director, writer and producer Mark Mahon will be a presenter at the 2007 festival award show.

This year's award ceremony will also feature an award named after him, which he will present. The award will be given annually to a screenplay which displays excellence in writing and the indomitable spirit of the filmmaker.

"This is a dream come true," he said. "Winning the AOF award is responsible for everything that has happened to me."

Mahon is a true example of an AOF success story. In 2005, he flew from Ireland to California for the festival because his work "Freedom Within The Heart" had been nominated for the Best Screenplay Unproduced Award. His script took home the award and since then, opportunities have flooded the director.

In 2006, he completed shooting "Strength & Honour" which he wrote, directed and produced. At first glance, the film seems to revolve around the world of boxing but digging deeper, the feel-good movie turns into a magical experience where the audience will be left with a sense of deep satisfaction. In the movie, which stars Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones, Patrick Bergin and Richard Chamberlain, Madsen plays Sean Kelleher, an Irish man forced to break the last promise he made to his dying wife in order to save their son's life. The film will be released worldwide before the end of this year.

"Having Mahon come back to the festival will really make this year something special," said Miriam Morris, the AOF Festival Director of Marketing. "We're really looking forward to it."

The AOF Festival, which celebrates the action of movie making as well as the struggle and process that filmmakers must follow to become successful, will take place at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center July 27-29, 2007.

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