FILM FESTIVAL

Stars come out in Miami

C.M. GUERRERO / EL NUEVO HERALD STAFF

Patrick de Bokay, left, director of the Miami International Film Festival, poses with actress Demi Moore and director Michael Radford of the movie Flawless at a press conference Sunday at the Royal Palm Hotel in Miami Beach. The film, in which Moore with Michael Caine, will be screened as part of the 25th annual Miami International Film Festival.

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Hollywood descended on the Miami International Film Festival in a big way this weekend. Sunday night, Demi Moore walked the red carpet at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts along with director Michael Radford for the U.S. premiere of her heist thriller Flawless.

Although festival organizers said Renée Zellweger, Jennifer Aniston, Cuba Gooding Jr. and some other famous names were expected to attend the screening, they were all no-shows, rumored to have opted to attend a party instead.

But Friday, Patricia Clarkson and Oscar winner Chris Cooper did show up at the Gusman for the dark comedy-drama Married Life. On Saturday, it was Helen Hunt's turn. She attended the screening of her directorial debut, Then She Found Me.

Sunday afternoon at the Royal Palm Hotel, Moore adopted an I'm-too-famous-for-you attitude and granted no interviews. But she did participate in a press conference where she was asked if she thought the old-lady makeup she sports in a scene in Flawless was realistic (''I'm planning and hoping that I look better than that!'') and whether she has ever felt the sting of corporate sexism, as her character in the film does. ''There are discrepancies between men and women, but I don't look at them as anything that would get in my way,'' said Moore, managing to sound confident yet humble.

Unlike Moore, director David Gordon Green (George Washington, Undertow) spent Saturday talking with the press, following a screening of his latest film, Snow Angels, at the Colony Theatre on Friday.

Green said he was pleased with the audience reaction to his difficult film, which opens in South Florida theaters on April 4. The film centers on three couples and their difficulties. ''A lot of people stuck around for the Q&A after the screening, and they really seemed to be thinking about it,'' Green said. 'I got a sense of dramatic reaction to the movie, and the humor got across to the crowd. But more importantly than any of that, I heard people talking to each other about it when I was walking down the street later. Regardless of what they're saying, the fact that they weren't just like, `Let's go get a beer and a pizza' when it was over is the most rewarding part to me.''

Also on Sunday afternoon, Kate Hudson and Marisa Tomei were surprise attendees at a festival screening of film shorts at the Regal South Beach -- one of which, Cutlass, marked Hudson's directorial debut. The festival runs through March 9. For a complete schedule, go to miamiherald.com/entertainment.

-- RENE RODRIGUEZ