Highlights
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, which in 2007 celebrated its 22nd year, is a competitive annual event that runs each October and November for about a month in South Florida. It was founded on June 3, 1986, as the Greater Fort Lauderdale Film Festival; the current name was bestowed in 1991. It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running film festival. Since 1999, the home base of the festival has been Cinema Paradiso (503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale), a converted playhouse that also shows movies year-round. Gregory von Hausch is the president and CEO. He had been executive director since 1989. Bonnie Leigh Adams is the senior program director and...
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, which in 2007 celebrated its 22nd year, is a competitive annual event that runs each October and November for about a month in South Florida. It was founded on June 3, 1986, as the Greater Fort Lauderdale Film Festival; the current name was bestowed in 1991. It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running film festival. Since 1999, the home base of the festival has been Cinema Paradiso (503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale), a converted playhouse that also shows movies year-round. Gregory von Hausch is the president and CEO. He had been executive director since 1989. Bonnie Leigh Adams is the senior program director and Hal Axler, executive director. Part of the festival's program is the "Sunshine Celluloid" category, featuring work from Florida directors. The festival is on the Web at www.fliff.com.
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FAB! Films for Kids starts with free screening of American Girl
Sun SentinelThe Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and Funding Arts of Broward present 2009's first FAB! Films for Kids on Jan. 3 with a free 10 a.m. screening of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, starring Abigail Breslin. It's at Cinema Paradiso (503 SE...Tags: Abigail Breslin, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (movie), Movies, Fort Lauderdale
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Party with a celebrity on New Year's Eve
Sun Sentinel.comNo matter where you come down on this whole bailout thing, it's hard not to feel for those who suddenly find consumers no longer able or inclined to buy what they're selling. But it's also fair to wonder how U.S. celebrity makers, for so long the...Tags: Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (movie), Celebrity, Donald Trump, New Year's Day, John Legend
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Bart Gets a Room is a film to check out
South Florida Sun-SentinelBrian Hecker is not the only locally bred filmmaker whose work was showcased at this year's Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. But he is the only one who secured the plum closing-night slot with his made-in-Broward comedy, Bart Got a Room. It'...Tags: William H Macy, Movies, Tribeca, Cheryl Hines, Family
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Election parties make the 'who won?' fun
After enduring two years of nonstop presidential campaigns, many voters and political junkies might be looking for a party while they await the returns. If so, venues across Broward County are eager to help, with Election Day specials and gatherings....Tags: Local Elections, Broward County, Election Day, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Fort Lauderdale
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Get Your Volunteer Hours Done
Need to rack up on those service hours? Here is a list of the most current volunteering opportunities. EcoAction Days Jan. 10. You can help the environment by volunteering to clean natural areas of garbage and invasive plants.Volunteers are asked to...Tags: Charity, Dania Beach, Boca Raton, Halloween, Fort Lauderdale
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Oct. 22 at FLIFF
Oct. 22 at FLIFF "Looking for Cheyenne" (Oublier Cheyenne) is a tempestuous love story, and a lot more. Writer-director Valerie Mineto manages with unstinting sardonic bravura to comment on the evils of globalization and the decline of opportunity and...Tags: Movies, Fort Lauderdale
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Film Preview
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe five-year anniversary of 9-11 might have seemed like the perfect time for Hollywood to address the terrorist attacks – and indeed, last year brought both United 93 and World Trade Center. But the ways the world has changed since that fateful...Tags: Ben Affleck, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Robert Redford
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Movie capsules
South Florida Sun-SentinelA summary of the movies playing Oct. 11 to Nov. 15, 2007 at the 22nd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Most tickets are $10 general admission; $5 for members and free for holders of FLIFF Fast Pass. Parties and special events are priced...Tags: Werner Herzog, Minnie Driver, Disasters, Philip Bosco, Museum of Modern Art
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Oct. 20 -21 at FLIFF
The 22nd annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival runs through Nov. 11; this weekend's screenings take place at Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale; and the Rose & Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center at Nova Southeastern...Tags: Illnesses, Movies, Mental Illness, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale
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Oct. 21 at FLIFF: Two trips into space
The Houston ChronicleIn the '60s, reaching the moon meant not only science but also politics — a space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, which the U.S. won when Neil Armstrong walked the moon on July 20, 1969. This year has brought another space...Tags: Illnesses, Space Programs, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Cinema Industry, Mental Illness
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Best Film Booster
Gregory von Hausch President and CEO of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Fliff.com After 19 years overseeing the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, von Hausch is still presenting the most established film festival in Florida....Tags: Movies, Festive Event, Fort Lauderdale
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Face to Face: A Conversation with Gregory von Hausch
Sun-SentinelThe executive director of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival talks about his organization and the competitive field of film fetivals. Q. What role does a film festival have here, given all the other entertainment options? A. We have a...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Florida Atlantic University, Broward County, Theater, Cinema Industry
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