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5th Annual Delray Beach Film Festival
- (www.dbff.us)
March 22-28, 2010
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• Founded in 2006 by Delray Beach resident, film
buff and veterinarian, Dr. Michael Posner, the DBFF is a non-profit
organization (501) (c3) dedicated to providing the local community
and international visitors with a diverse presentation of
independent films from around the world.
• Barry Bostwick, known for his role as Brad Majors in The Rocky
Horror Picture Show, is the 2010 Creative Chair and received the
DBFF Lifetime Achievement award in 2008.
• 2010 Lifetime Achievement Awards will honor both Sharon Gless and
Jessica Walters.
Gless, an Emmy Award winner most known for her character Christine
Cagney in the 1980s TV series Cagney & Lacey, is currently playing
Madeline Westen on Burn Notice.
Walters is best known for the film Play Misty for Me and for her
role as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development. As a
tribute to Walters’ body of work, the festival will screen Walters’
1971 film, Play Misty for Me, starring Walters and Clint Eastwood,
who also directed the film.
• A grassroots effort, the first film festival in 2006 was a
success, screening more than 400 films over a 2-week period
attracting more than 15,000 attendees.
• Annual script-to-reel contest. This year’s script winner is
Michael Knowles, an award-winning filmmaker and actor, writer,
director, editor, producer, as well as cinematographer.
His feature films, Room 314, One Night, Nikki: A Girl with Rett
Syndrome and his short films, Nick and Stacey, Acting 101, The
Lesson, Argo and The System, have played in over 60 domestic and
international film festivals, winning many awards along the way.
• Knowles’ script will be filmed by 8 teams of filmmakers in and
around the City of Delray Beach during the festival and the winning
film will win $500.00.
• DBFF awards Film Festival trophies and awards including the Stella
Artois Awards. Awards range from $1000-2500 to winners of the Film
Competitions.
• Programming includes: Independent feature films, foreign films,
including programming relevant to the community: Spanish-language
and Brazilian films, Haitian films, Jewish and Israeli films,
shorts, documentaries, (including a ‘green program’) animation,
Xtreme sports, children’s films and a day of children’s events.
• Movie stars who have made an appearane at past festivals include:
Giancarlo Esposito, Robert Davi, who received the Stella Artois
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, Alexander Nevsky (the Russian
Schwarzenegger), who received the Stella Artois Rising Star Award
Roger (King of the B Movies).and Julie Corman, who received a
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 and Michael Tucker and his wife
Jill Eikenberry who screened and starred in a short film three years
ago.
• 2010 Workshops (Free and Open to the Public)
• Adam Montgomery, Programming Manager of the Sundance Institute
will host a workshop on the best way to submit films into festivals.
• Steve Menkin from the direct marketing firm wydapro.com will
present a seminar on how to direct market a film.
• Lori Wyman, Emmy-nominated Artois-award winning Miami casting
director will share her casting secrets.
• Ellen Jacoby of Ellen Jacoby Casting International will present a
casting workshop.
• Alan Metter, Back to School Director will offer his take on
filmmaking.
• Victor Basuk, Argentina film commissioner will discuss what it
takes to shoot a film in Argentina.
• Michelle Hillery from the Palm Beach Film and Television
Commission will host a filmmaker brunch.
• Alyn Darnay, local actor and scriptwriter, will share his insights
on how to write and market your original script.
• Other Events
• Battle of the Bands
• Tango Lessons with Marcello Mazzarello star of Ugly Me
• Golf Tournament with a chance to win a new Mercedes
• Daily cocktail and after-parties
• Beach Clean-Up & Surfing Contest
Press Contact: Jan Engoren/Jana Media Relations
Tel: (561) 302-6402
jengoren@hotmail.com
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