From:TheBahamasWeekly.com

FLIFF on Location: Grand Bahama Island
FLIFF On Location Underway at Pelican Bay Hotel
Oct 26, 2012 - 4:03:39 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!



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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


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


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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

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.

** Pelican Bay Hotel guests who booked a FLIFF Package will each receive a FAST PASS!



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