Beaufort International International Film Festival Announces 2014 Festival Dates

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The 8th annual Beaufort International International Film Festival (BIFF) will be held February 12 - 16, 2014, in Beaufort, SC.  The festival is now accepting entries from filmmakers; Categories for competition are: Features , Documentaries, Short Films, Student Films, Animation, and Screenplays.  The Early Bird deadline for submissions is July 31, 2013 with the final deadline being October 31, 2013. 

RIP: Producer and director Chris Brinker Dies Suddenly

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Producer and director Chris Brinker, best known for producing The Boondock Saints died suddenly Friday morning in Los Angeles California. According to reports, the 42-year-old producer was rushed to a Marina Del Rey hospital late Thursday night after experiencing a sharp pain in his chest and then later transferred to Kaiser’s Los Angeles Medical Center where his 4 a.m. surgery was unable to fix an aortic aneurysm he’d suffered. Chris is survived by his family and longtime fiancee, Erika Bruun-Anderson.

Chris Brinker will still be honored at this week’s Beaufort International Film Festival with the first ever Robert Smalls Indie Vision Award. The 7th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival runs February 13 - 17 in Beaufort, South Carolina.

2013 Beaufort International Film Festival to run February 13 – 17, Announces Finalists

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The Beaufort International Film Festival scheduled for February 13 – 17, 2013 in Beaufort, South Carolina, is gearing up to be a huge event. Tickets officially went on sale earlier this week.

Ron Tucker, President of the Beaufort Film Society, the organizer of the festival, said more than 7,000 people participated in last year’s festival and he expects an even greater turnout this year. “We will present more than thirty screenings to include shorts, documentaries, animated films and student productions and we look forward to hosting some exciting special guests and celebrities again this year. This may be our best festival yet.”  

Among the events, Mike Tollin, Director of the film, Radio, which was shot in the Lowcountry (Walterboro) in 2003, will accept the Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Filmmaking. The real life “Radio”, James Robert Kennedy (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.), and Coach Harold Jones (played by Ed Harris), will also attend the festival.

Indie filmmaker Chris Brinker, producer and director of the soon-to-be-released motion picture, Whisky Bay, will conduct a Q and A on the making of the film along with the film’s star, Tom Berenger. Brinker will also be honored by the festival with the inaugural Robert Smalls Indie Vision Award, named after the Civi War hero who rose from being a slave to a U. S. Congressman. 

 And for the films, the festival announced the finalists in categories including Animation, Documentary, Shorts, Student Films, Screen Play, Best Actor and Best Director. 

Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony to be held the evening of February 16.

BIFF 2013 Finalists

Beaufort International Film Festival Announces 2013 Dates

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The Beaufort International Film Festival returns to the historic waterfront city for its seventh year and will feature approximately 30 independent films and screenplays between February 13 and 17, 2013 at the University of South Carolina Beaufort's Center for the Performing Arts.  The festival concludes with an awards ceremony on February 17. The schedule will be announced in early 2013

Happy New Year and Awaken the Dragon Win at 2012 Beaufort International Film Festival

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New York filmmaker K. Lorrel Manning's Happy New Year won the Best Feature Film award at the 6th Beaufort International Film Festival in Beaufort, South Carolina. In Happy New Year, Sgt. Cole Lewis, mentally and physically scarred by his time served in Iraq and Afghanistan, finds humanity, compassion and friendship in a group of similarly injured veterans in the psychiatric ward at a remote Veterans Hospital. Through humor and pathos, Lewis becomes a ray of hope in the ward, as the men find a way to combat their post-war grief. However, just as their luck starts to change, Lewis soon faces his fiercest battle yet. Happy New Year will also screen at the upcoming South by Southwest Film Festival.

Awaken the Dragon directed by Liz Oakley won the award for Best Documentary. Awaken the Dragon, a 90 minute documentary, filmmaker Liz Oakley introduces us to an unlikely crew of cancer survivors who have found an unconventional path to wellness through the ancient Chinese sport of dragon boating. Through a stunning array of colors and sounds, nail-biting competition, and intimate revelations, the film will take viewers on a journey of hope and healing. Awaken the Dragon is a story beyond survival… a story of reclaiming life… a story of awakening the dragon within.

2012 Beaufort International Film Festival Winners

Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Acting
Powers Boothe

Jean Ribaut Award for Excellent in Stunt Coordination
Cal Johnson

Jean Ribaut Award for Excellence in Editing
Craig McKay

Best Screenplay
"The Wedding Photographer," Teresa Bruce, Beaufort

Best Animated Film
"Stitched and Sown," Austin Taylor, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Best Student Film
"The Road to Jacob," Matt Allen," Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah.

Best Short Film
"Quirk of Fate," Marco J. Riedel, Cologne, Germany

Best Documentary
"Awaken the Dragon," Liz Oakley, Charleston.

Best Feature Film: "Happy New Year," K. Lorrel Manning, New York, N.Y.

Audience Choice Award
"Awaken the Dragon," Liz Oakley, Charleston.

Best Director
Feliz Martiz, Southgate, Calif., "Santiago"

Best Actor
Jesus Guevara, "Santiago"

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