Freeport, Grand Bahama Island -
FLIFF on Location: Grand Bahama Island is a 2011 outreach initiative through the collaboration between the Grand Bahama Ministry of Tourism and the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, now in its 26th year. The event is set to kickoff this
Thursday, October 27th featuring a FREE for all event at Taino Beach park grounds with the outdoor screening of the family feature-length film,
Beneath the Blue which was shot entirely on Grand Bahama Island and much in a close proximity to the Taino Beach area in the Smith's Point Settlement.
Alyssa
Harker, an 18-year-old dolphin researcher works with her famous
scientist father Hawk on Grand Bahama developing a dolphin language.
Beneath the Blue picks up where Eye of the Dolphin left off, showing
Alyssa's powerful bond with the wild dolphin Rasca. Having assimilated
to the island, the research center and the dad she never knew, Alyssa is
now tested when she meets a somewhat mysterious tourist named Craig.
BENEATH
THE BLUE features Paul Wesley, who stars in the smash CW hit television
series “Vampire Diaries." He was recently named one of Cosmopolitan’s
“Fun Fearless Males of 2010". Caitlin Wachs (Alysssa) was named one of
People Magazine’s “20 Teenagers Who Will Change The World” and received
the Young Star Award from The Hollywood Reporter. David Keith (Hawk) is
currently starring in the new hit Fox TV Series “Lonestar”, and is best
known for his work in “An Officer and a Gentleman” and “Behind Enemy
Lines”. The majority of the shoot took place in the quaint, friendly
town of Smith’s Point, Grand Bahama, where Director Michael D Sellers
worked creatively intertwining the actors and story with the Bahamian
community both on land as well as beneath the ocean. Sellers captured
researched developments of human-dolphin interaction while bridging
fictional elements with actual ongoing supreme court rulings. Bahamian actress Leah Eneas landed a good role in this film.
7 PM
– Dennis Haysbert Tribute & Reception – Neptune’s Pool
Saturday, October 29th
10 AM - 6 PM
– Made in The Bahamas –
Canal House
10 AM
–
Legend of Ivan Tors
–
Canal House
10:30 AM
–
Filmmaker Tour – Canal House Lobby
Noon
–
Cairo Exit –
Canal House
2 PM
–
Abandon Ship: The Sinking of SV Concordia
–
Canal House
2:30 PM
– Student Films
– Canal House
4 PM
–
About Fifty –
Canal House
6 PM
–
Islands of Life –
Canal House
8 PM
–
Silver Case –
Canal House
10 PM
–
Hanging Your Shorts - Count Basie Square
10 PM
– Catamaran Party - Port Lucaya Marina
Sunday, October 30th
Noon
–
Andros: Living Off the Sea & Land
–
Canal House
1:45 PM
–
Late Bloomer –
Canal House
2 PM
– Awards & Closing Party
– Grand Lucayan Resort
“All Movies All
Day,” “All Access” and “Function Tickets” are now available for the Fort
Lauderdale International Film Festival on location at Grand Bahama
Island. In addition, organizers have released the full schedule of films
and special events to take place during the occasion, which will run
from Thursday, October 27 to Sunday, October 30. In addition to two
workshops: Underwater Cinematography and Filmmaking in the Caribbean,
more than 25 films will be shown over three days during the inaugural
FLIFF On Location at the state of the art Canal House at Pelican Bay
Resort. Two films will be shown free of charge to the public in an
outdoor setting at Taino Beach and Count Basie Square.
Celebrated actors,
directors, producers and writers will arrive by sea and air for the
weekend event. Visitors and residents are encouraged to participate.
All Movies All Day tickets will sell for $7.00, Function tickets for
$15.00 and All Access tickets for $50.00 per person.
