2008 Woodie Awards
Florida Film Festival Hits Rollins
Kelly McNoldy
Issue date: 4/7/06 Section: News
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The Florida Film Festival took place at the Enzian Theater and the Winter Park Regal Cinemas from March 24 to April 2. The FFF featured over 150 films from all over the world and United States, including some from Central Florida. The featured guests of the FFF were John Waters, writer of "Hairspray," and Christopher Masterson, Francis from TV's "Malcolm in the Middle."
The FFF opened on March 24 with an Opening Night Party where, for the right price, future audience members met with actors, directors and producers of the films that were featured in the Festival. Several films also opened up the night and question and answer sessions were held after some films with the director.
For those who have never been to a film festival, it is actually quite simple. A film festival can last a couple of days or a couple of weeks. There is a schedule of films being played, all of which are categorized into groups. A festival does not only show feature-length films but short, animated and documentary films as well. Each film has a specific time and location as to where it is being played and tickets are bought to see the film.
For the FFF, there were several groups including, but not limited to, national feature-length films, international feature-length films, documentaries, animated shorts, and shorts. The Festival received entries from all over the world, although most of them were from the United States. For most films, this was the first or second time that they had played even though the film could have been around for five years. "The Florida Film Festival shows a neglected selection of films that are actually pretty good and there are so many films that so many people can come and enjoy something there," said Maria Petrakos.
Some films featured at the Festival were "Loverboy" directed by Kevin Bacon, "Lonesome Jim" directed by Steve Buscemi, "Intellectual Property" directed by Nick Peterson, "American Stag" directed by Ben Meade and "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" directed by Jeff Feuerzeig.
The FFF opened on March 24 with an Opening Night Party where, for the right price, future audience members met with actors, directors and producers of the films that were featured in the Festival. Several films also opened up the night and question and answer sessions were held after some films with the director.
For those who have never been to a film festival, it is actually quite simple. A film festival can last a couple of days or a couple of weeks. There is a schedule of films being played, all of which are categorized into groups. A festival does not only show feature-length films but short, animated and documentary films as well. Each film has a specific time and location as to where it is being played and tickets are bought to see the film.
For the FFF, there were several groups including, but not limited to, national feature-length films, international feature-length films, documentaries, animated shorts, and shorts. The Festival received entries from all over the world, although most of them were from the United States. For most films, this was the first or second time that they had played even though the film could have been around for five years. "The Florida Film Festival shows a neglected selection of films that are actually pretty good and there are so many films that so many people can come and enjoy something there," said Maria Petrakos.
Some films featured at the Festival were "Loverboy" directed by Kevin Bacon, "Lonesome Jim" directed by Steve Buscemi, "Intellectual Property" directed by Nick Peterson, "American Stag" directed by Ben Meade and "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" directed by Jeff Feuerzeig.