Florida Film Festival

Reeling in film fans

2013-05-23 07:53:00

If, like me, you have Netflix or any premium cable service, it won't surprise you to find out that summer movie ticket sales have been on a slow decline since 2002 (according to Hollywood.com). As the size of our televisions grow along with the options on...

Cheshire's Jonny Orsini To Receive Dorothy Loudon Award

2013-05-09 11:55:00

Cheshire’s Jonny Orsini, who is featured opposite Nathan Lane in Broadway’s “The Nance,” won TheaterWorld’s Dorothy Loudon Award for excellence in the theater on or off-Broadway. TheaterWorld annually honors debut...

Florida Film Festival names award winners

2013-05-01 14:41:00

Did your favorite movie win an award at this year's Florida Film Festival? Each year, jury and audience awards are presented after the festival wraps up in April. A record number of films — 173 from 22 countries — were part of this year's...

Florida Film Festival family movies highlight talented kids

2013-04-10 11:48:00

I giggled a little when high-schooler Ruby, an aspiring actress, confessed to the camera: "It's hard to do Shakespeare… especially when you're 13." Some actors would argue it never gets easier. But watching youngsters grapple with their budding...

Tippi Hedren: She's for 'The Birds' and movie history

2013-04-08 07:25:00

Actress Tippi Hedren offers several theories for the enduring fascination of "The Birds," Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 shocker. "It isn't explained why the birds attack," she said. "You see birds everywhere all over the world. What if they decided to mass...

Florida Film Festival stars: Cary Elwes, Tippi Hedren ... and the U.K.

2013-03-13 17:16:00

At this year's Florida Film Festival, the rallying cry could be borrowed from history: "The British are coming! The British are coming!" For the first time, a special program of short films from the United Kingdom is part of the annual 10-day festival...

April edition of "Go See Do Orlando" ready for download

2013-03-28 08:17:00

The April edition of the Orlando Sentinel's monthly iPad entertainment magazine, "Go See Do Orlando," is now ready for download. In this issue, I wrote about theme-park attractions that locals should check out before it gets too dang hot. (That we're...

2013 Florida Film Festival: Film, fun and food

2013-03-13 21:40:37

Florida Film Festival announces Midnight Movies, Music Sidebar films

2013-03-08 14:58:03

The 2013 Florida Film Festival, sponsored by Full Sail University, today announced its popular Midnight Movies and Music Sidebar programs. These special programs screen in addition to competition films during the festival, which runs April 5-14....

Competition films announced for 2013 Florida Film Festival

2013-02-28 16:13:00

The 2013 Florida Film Festival is shaping up to be the biggest one yet: Enzian Theater, which hosts the festival, says a record-breaking 170 films representing 23 countries have been selected from more than 1,500 entries. Of the 170 films, 143 are...

Highlights from the Florida Film Festival preview

2013-01-31 08:57:00

Even the screen itself seemed excited at the Florida Film Festival preview party Wednesday night. "It's like 3-D!" exclaimed Enzian president Henry Maldonado as the theater's inflatable outdoor screen pitched forward in the stiff breeze. Some of the...

Highs, lows — and a graceful exit

2012-12-27 10:38:00

It's my final column of the year and, for that matter, the new millennium — not to mention of all time. Unless it isn't. I'm so confused. Anyhow, let's look at the highs and lows of 2012 — not that you have much choice if you're going to...

Staten Island schoolchildren sing their hearts out in 'Once in a Lullaby,' playing at the Florida Film Festival.

2013-04-10 12:05:00

Federico Fellini's "8 and a Half" will be featured at the festival's Italian Cinema Night.

2013-03-13 17:55:00

Rick Springfield at 2012 Florida Film Festival

2012-04-20 00:00:00