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FLIFF On Location: Grand Bahama to close with the film THE ROCKET
By The Bahamas Weekly News Team
Nov 3, 2013 - 12:10:59 AM

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Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - The third installment of FLIFF on Location: Grand Bahama Island 2013 will play its closing film, THE ROCKET on Sunday, November 3rd at 11:30AM at the Pelican Bay Hotel's Canal House Delphine room. 

THE ROCKET has been winning awards around the globe at film festivals.
It is from the country, Laos and is about  a boy (Ahlo, 10), who is believed to bring bad   luck, is blamed for a string of disasters. When his family loses their home and are forced to move, Ahlo meets the spirited orphan Kia (9) and her eccentric uncle Purple: an ex-soldier with a purple suit, a rice-wine habit and a fetish for James Brown. Struggling to hang on to his father's trust, Ahlo leads his family, Purple and Kia through a land scarred by war in search of a new home. But bad luck seems to follow Ahlo, and in a last plea to prove he's not cursed, Ahlo desperately feels the need to prove himself to his family, village and himself.


THE ROCKET
Director: Kim Mordaunt
Laos /2013 /96 min /Laotian w/English sub-titles
Screenwriter: Kim Mordaunt Principal Cast: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam, Bunsri Yindi, Sumrit Warin, Alice Kohavong  



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Hosted at the Canal House, Pelican Bay Hotel, from October 31st to November 3rd , FLIFF on Location will feature international and Bahamian films in the open, college and high school categories.

Ticket prices are Day Pass $7.00; All Movies $10.00 and All Access Pass (movies, workshops, wrap party), $20.00  and can be purchased at the Pelican Bay Hotel. 

FLIFF On Location: Grand Bahama Island is a collaboration between the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board. The event has been made possible through the generous support of the following sponsors: Pelican Bay Hotel; TheBahamasWeekly.com; Mackey Media Ltd; Bahamas Celebration Cruises;  The Grand Bahama Port Authority Limited; Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board; FLIFF; and the Grand Bahama Ministry of Tourism.


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