Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 9, 2009 under Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival | 
ENTRE NOS, President's Award Winner / Best of the Fest
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2009 doesn’t wrap until Wednesday but the festival award winners were announced on Sunday. Entre Nos was awarded the President’s Award Winner / Best of the Fest. In the film, Mariana (Paola Mendoza) is determined to keep her family together. Her children, Gabriel (Sebastian Villada Lopez), 10, and Andrea (Laura Montana Cortez), 6, have grown up in Colombia without their father. Finally after years of separation, the family is reunited in New York City.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 7, 2008 under Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival |
In honor of the women and men who have served in our military, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) wraps up the festival dedicated to the sacrifices made by these individuals. These screenings are free of charge to any veterans or active servicemen and women.
Monday, November 10
No Time For Sergeants - 6:30pm - FREE
Top Gun (outside) - 7:30pm - FREE
Tuesday, November 11
The Road Home - 11:30am
Death March to Bataan - 12:35pm
Speed and Angel - 1:45pm
Mayday: Tugs of War - Europe - 3:20pm
Baghad Diary - 5:15pm
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Monday, November 10
No Time For Sergeants
For our final ”JM Back 50″ tribute to the films of 1958, we present ”No Time For Sergeants” starring Andy Griffith.
Sunday, November 10 6:30PM FREE
Top Gun
The festival moves out to the street in front of Cinema Paradiso for an outdoor screening of Tom Cruise at his best!!
Sunday, November 10 7:30PM FREE
Tuesday, November 11
These films are FREE for active and retired service personel, regular cost for everyone else.
THE ROAD HOME
How do you come back from the worst blow you’ll ever receive? We profile six key subjects - veterans from the Iraq, Afghan Wars - who return home missing arms, legs, many with traumatic brain injuries, and follow them as they meet, join and train with the Achilles Track Club.
Tuesday, November 11 11:30 AM 
DEATH MARCH OF BATAAN
The forced march, involving 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines from the Bataan peninsula to prison camps, was characterized by wide-ranging physical abuse and murder, and resulted in very high fatalities inflicted upon the prisoners and civilians along the route by the Japanese soldiers. Beheadings, cut throats and casual shootings were the more common and merciful actions - compared to bayonet stabbings, rapes, disembowelments, numerous rifle butt beatings and a deliberate refusal to allow the prisoners food or water while keeping them continually marching for nearly a week in tropical heat.
Tuesday, November 11 12:35 PM
SPEED & ANGELS
In 2003, Peyton Wilson entered the world of U.S. Navy fighter pilots. With unprecedented access granted by the Navy, Peyton created the most intimate film ever made on fighter pilots. Epic High Definition aerial footage and stunning cockpit photography provide a dramatic backdrop for the larger story of fighting for your dreams.
Tuesday, November 11 1:45 PM
MAYDAY: TUGS OF WAR-EUROPE
Deep Sea Rescue Tugs were assigned to save ships that were torpedoed in World War II convoys. Filmmaker Robin D. Williams found the men who were on those rescue tugs and made sure the men had a chance to tell their story. The film takes the audience from the Battle of the Atlantic through the Normandy invasion and D-Day, June 6, 1944. A story that has never been told.
Tuesday, November 11 3:20 PM
BAGHDAD DIARY
Written and directed by Sandra and Joseph Consentino, “Baghdad Diary” is a cautionary tale of war’s human toll from two unique perspectives. From 2003-2007, Iraqi taxi driver Fadil Kadom’s video diary records his family’s wartime survival. And in nine dangerous trips to Iraq, NBC News cameraman Craig White embedded with the U.S. Army chronicles everything from combat to the disintegration of Iraqi civil society.
Tuesday, November 11 5:15 PM
A Special screening will be held at 7pm for active or retired service personal, along with FLIFF members only. A BBQ at 6pm will precede the screening.
Seats are limited and RSVP’s are needed.
Please RSVP to haxler@aol.com
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 17, 2008 under Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival |
The 2008 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival kicks off tonight with the independent film Coyote starring Brian Petersen, Brett Spackman, Carley Adams, Marina Valle, Osvaldo Hernandez, and David C. Thompson. In the film, J. and Steve, best friends forever, stumble into an opportunity when a Mexican pal, recently deported, needs their help to get back across the border. Surprised at how easy it is to fool the Border Patrol agents in Nogales, the guys see it as a chance to corner the market as the ‘Kinder, Gentler People Smugglers,’ while beating the Minutemen at their own game in the process. Soon enough, J. and Steve learn the real danger in crossing boundaries.
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival runs through November 11 and brings 27 days of movies, parties, galas, seminars, and stars from all over the world to Fort Lauderdale, Florida .
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