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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
Freeport Bahamas - Due to Hurricane Sandy, the
outdoor screening and opening ceremony originally planned for this evening has been
relocated to Canal House, Pelican Bay Hotel.
The
Friday night screening of Sammy 2 planned for Port Lucaya Marketplace will now be
screened on Sunday, October 28th at 7pm.
Tickets are on sale in foyer of Canal House at Pelican Bay Hotel.
FLIFF On Location: Grand Bahama Island is a 4-day event from
October 25th through 28th.
All Access passes are now
on sale for FLIFF On Location: Grand Bahama Island and the other passes will be available onward from Monday, October 15th.
All Access Pass $50 (All movies, Career Tribute, VIP Receptions, Awards and Wrap Party);
All Movies Festival Pass $10; and
All Movies - 1 Day Pass $7, and can be purchased at
the Ministry of Tourism office at
Fidelity Financial Centre, Poinciana Drive; or at the Pelican Bay Hotel reception.
Hosted at
the Canal House, Pelican Bay Hotel, ‘FLIFF On Location: Grand Bahama
Island will
feature international and local films, outdoor screenings of
Sammy 2: Escape from Paradise at Taino Beach and Port Lucaya Marketplace;
presentation of a Career Achievement Award to Giancarlo Esposito, a filmmakers' workshop, location scouting for
international filmmakers, and an awards presentation and
wrap party at the
Grand Lucayan Resort.
“We look forward to building on last year’s inaugural, and the visiting
filmmakers are anxious for their upcoming visit to Grand Bahama
Island,” said Mr. Gregory von Hausch, CEO, FLIFF.
"The purpose of the festival
is
to feature Grand Bahama Island as a film location of choice, with
emphasis on proximity (to the United States), year-round good weather
and an available crew base, and (to) build a strong international
relationship with a tradition partner located nearby," said Craig Woods, Bahamas Film Commissioner.
There
is something for everyone, and locals as well as visitors are
encouraged to come out and be film buffs for the weekend. Not only will
they see the work of acclaimed actors and directors, but they will be
supporting the developing Bahamian film making industry.
Guests of the
Pelican Bay Hotel who book a
FLIFF Package will receive an All Movies Festival pass!
Giancarlo Esposito and his daughter enjoy a Bahamian breakfast at Pelican Bay after arriving for FLIFF On Location. Meet the NBC Revolution star at FLIFF and in particular on Saturday night at 7:45 for his Career Achievement award. Tickets can be purchased in the foyer at the Canal House. Photo: TheBahamasWeekly.com
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FLIFF On Location: OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 25th
7:00pm:
Official Opening Ceremony
Canal House, Pelican Bay Hotel
7:15pm:
Bahamas High School Film Competition Winner
Canal House
7:30pm:
Sammy 2: Escape From Paradise, USA, (100 min)
Canal House
(PASSES for this night are on a first come first served basis)
While helping a dozen or so
hatchlings into the sea,
Sammy and Ray are captured by poachers. Our heroes are sold to a hi-tech aquarium belonging to a restaurant. As
soon as they get to the aquarium,
Sammy and Ray start planning their escape, no easy task in this state-of-the-art facility.
Friday, October 26th
7:45pm
Una Noche (Cuba) 89 min
Pelican Bay Canal House
(Special Guest: Writer/Director Lucy Mulloy &
Producer Yunior Santiago)
Floridians
are acutely aware of the situation that is the day in-day out life of
people virtually imprisoned on the island of Cuba. The US embargo
created a life in a bubble where remnants of the 1950's pervades
existence. Living with just the modicum of convenience is not easy and
escaping is fraught with peril.
9:00pm
Deadfall (USA), 94 mins
Pelican Bay Canal House
(Special Guest: Director Stefan Ruzowitzky)
Winter.
Somewhere near the Canadian border on the U.S. side. A pair of robbers
are on the run with bags of cash from a freshly held up casino. With the
heat gettin' hotter, the pair split up in the frozen landscape. Not so
far away, we meet Jay, a boxer who just finished doing time in the state
pen and decides to head home to Ma 'n Pa for tomorrow's Thanksgiving.
Pa is the retired sheriff and their homestead is quite a trek from
civilization out in the snow covered country.
Saturday, October 27th
10:30am
Filmmakers' Workshop with Ian Strachan
Pelican Bay Canal House
1:00pm
The Black Miami (USA) 104 mins
Pelican Bay Canal House
(Special Guest: Co-Directors Carlton Smith & Michael Williams)
Take
a journey through history and learn the importance and significance
that blacks played in the creation and progress of America’s Magic City.
The Black Miami revisits the past to understand how the race lines in
South Florida were created and eventually transcended. The Black Miami
takes you into a history that is rarely told but is not forgotten.
3:15pm
How do you write a Joe Schermann Song (USA), 104 mins
Pelican Bay Canal House
(Special Guest: Writer/Director Gary King)
Joe
dreams of hitting it big on Broadway. After landing an opportunity to
write for an Off-Broadway musical, he is forced to cast either the love
of his life Evey or his newly discovered muse Summer. The realities of
show business prove to Joe that writing is easy, living is hard.
4:00pm
On The Wings of Men (USA/Bahamas) 123 mins
Pelican Bay Canal House
(Guest: Calvin Dwight Harris)
Life and times of the late Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling; the first Prime
Minister of the Bahamas born in Nassau in 1930.
5:00pm
The Blame (Bahamas - Sunland Baptist) 8mins
5:05pm
En Route (Bahamas - COB) 28 mins
5:10pm
Teenage Pregnancy (Bahamas -
Sunland Baptist)
7 mins
5:15pm
Sex, Lies & Surgery (France), 90 mins
Pelican Bay Canal House
(Special Guest: Writer/Director/Star Artus de Penguern)
When ER and GREY'S ANATOMY turn into a DALLAS kind of comedy, with love
and money-related plots, a HANGOVER atmosphere, and A FISH CALLED WANDA
characters, the result is THE LOVE CLINIQUE: a crazy (but classy) comedy
for all!
5:20pm
Good News
(Bah
amas - COB)
30 mins
5:40pm
I Love Life, But Life Has A Boyfriend
(Bahamas -
COB) 15 mins
6:00pm
Last Week Tuesday: Proper Treatment On Depression
(COB)
19 mins
6:05pm
Who Are We? (Bahamas - COB)
27 mins
6:30pm
Blended
(Bahamas - Hampshire College)
9 mins
6:40pm
5 Bones (Bahamas) 5 mins
6:40pm
The Price of Being a Man (Bahamas) 61 mins
6:50pm
Thriving Encounter (Bahamas) 33 mins
7:00pm
Supporting Characters (USA), 87 mins
(Guests: Dir/Co-Writer Daniel Schechter, Co-Writer/Star Tarik Lowe)
A
comedy about two New York film editors (and best friends) who attempt
to hold on to their significant others while reworking a film in crisis.
7:40pm
Tony The Shotta (Bahamas) 70 mins
8:45pm
Career Achievement Award Presentation and Reception
Pelican Bay Canal House
(Special guest honouree: Giancarlo Esposito)
*All Access Pass entrance only
9:30pm
VIP Reception
Pelican Bay Canal House
*All Access Pass entrance only
Meet director Lucy Mulloy with her film shot in Cuba at her screening on Friday at 7:45pm at the Canal House. Tickets on Sale in the foyer at Pelican Bay Hotel. Photo: TheBahamasWeekly.com
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Sunday, October 28th
12:45pm
Del Lado Otro (Dominican Republic) 14 mins
Pelican Bay Canal House
(Special Guest: Director Yanillys Perez)
Spanish w/English sub-titles
In
Santo Domingo, when some are dreaming of pursuing another life in the
U.S., Miguel, earns a living selling food on the street, dreams of
building his household on his island with his childhood love Laura, who
lives under her grandmother's authority.
1pm
Ninah's Dowry (Cameroon) 95 mins
Pelican Bay Canal House
(Special Guest: Writer/Director Victor Viyouh)
At 20, Ninah is a
veteran wife of 7 years and a mother of 3. She is stuck in an abusive
relationship with no hope of change. Her family lives off her meager
earnings from farm work while her husband, Memfi, drinks away his
equally meager earnings as a shepherd. When news of her
gravely ill father reaches Ninah she decides to go speak her peace to
her father even as her husband commands her to stay and get the farm
ready before the rains come. Ninah disobeys Memfi by packing and
attempting to leave.
2:30pm
Awards and Wrap Party
Pelican Bay Canal House
*All Access Pass entrance only
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;
Bahamasair; Balearia Bahamas Express; Grand Bahama Port Authority and
Group of Companies; Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board; FLIFF; Ministry
of Tourism and SkyBahamas Airlines.
7:00pm
Sammy Sammy 2: Escape From Paradise, USA, (100 min)
Port Lucaya Marketplace
While helping a dozen or so
hatchlings into the sea,
Sammy and Ray are captured by poachers. Our heroes are sold to a hi-tech aquarium belonging to a restaurant. As
soon as they get to the aquarium,
Sammy and Ray start planning their escape, no easy task in this state-of-the-art facility.
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Pelican Bay Hotel guests who booked a FLIFF Package will each receive a FAST PASS!
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