28th Fort
Lauderdale International Film Festival Oct. 18-Nov. 11
By Skip Sheffield
The 28th annual Fort Lauderdale Film Festival
runs Oct. 18 through Nov. 11, bringing more than 175 American independent films
and World Cinema to our area. Screenings take place at FLIFF’s own Cinema
Paradiso, 503 S.E. Sixth St Fort Lauderdale 2315
N. Federal Highway , Pompano Beach Boca Raton .
Spotlight films include “August: Osage
County ,” “Last Vegas,” “Nebraska ,” “One Chance,”
and “Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom.”
Special guests coming to Fort Lauderdale to be honored include Lea
Thompson, star of “The Trouble with Truth,” who will attend the Cinema Paradiso
screening at 7 p.m. Oct. 19. Honored with Lifetime Achievement awards are Tab
Hunter (Oct. 29), Ed Asner (Oct. 23) and Ann-Margret Nov. 9). Also honored but
not attending due to her age (96) and frail health is Zsa-Zsa Gabor. Zsa-Zsa
and her sisters Magda and Eva are profiled in the book “Those Glamorous Gabor
Sisters.” Publisher and co-writer Danford Prince visited FLIFF Oct. 15 to speak
and sign his book at a pre-festival event.
The opening night film, “Free Ride” starring a grown-up Anna Paquin,
will be screened at Cinema Paradiso at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18. The film’s
producers will be on hand. An opening night party will be held at Villa de
Palma.
Other special events include author Aphrodite Jones for
“Boys Don’t Cry” at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 and a Wrap Party Nov. 10 at Cinema Paradiso.
There is so much going on at FLIFF it is best to go to their
web site at www.fliff.com. Call
954-760-9898 for more information.
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