The 35th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Centerpiece film is the extraordinary documentary film Francesco on Pope Francis.
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
NAME OF FESTIVAL: Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
SINCE: 1986
WHERE: Fort Lauderdale FL, USA
WEBSITE: www.fliff.com
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THE COMEBACK TRAIL Starring Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman will Open 35th Fort Lauderdale Film Festival
The comedy film The Comeback Trail, starring Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones, will open the 35th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in November.
Visually Stunning Documentary CUBA to Open Fort Lauderdale Intl Film Fest 2019 + Fest Unveils Lineup
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival returns for its 34th year, with an exciting line-up of more than 150 films, kicking off with the S. Florida premiere of visually stunning film Cuba.
33rd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Announces Lineup of 150+ Films
The 33rd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival today announced the film line-up of more than 150 films for the 33rd annual event held from November 2 to 18, 2018.
It’s Election Time!! Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival to Host Socio-Political Comedy, CHIEF ZABU
On the eve of the Presidential election, the 31st Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLiFF) aptly presents the East Coast Premiere of the audacious socio-political comedy, Chief Zabu.
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Announces 2014 Film Festival Lineup; Opens with “Lucky Stiff” Starring Jason Alexander
Actor Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame, will be honored with the Career Achievement Award on Friday, November 7 at the 29th annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) Opening Night film, the East Coast Premiere of Lucky Stiff, in which he stars with Pamela Shaw (also attending). Lucky Stiff marks the first time the festival debuts with a musical comedy. Directed by Christopher Ashley, the zany and fast-paced Lucky Stiff follows a down and out British shoe salesman who, in order to receive his inheritance of $6 million, must fulfill his deceased Uncle’s request of taking him for the best time of his “life” in Monte Carlo for a week of fun, sun, dancing, and gambling. Book writer/lyricist, Lynn Ahrens adapted her clever 1988 New York stage hit for the screen with additional songs written by her and composer Stephen Flaherty.
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Unveils 2013 Lineup; Open with FREE RIDE and Closes with WALKING WITH THE ENEMY
Mark Schmidt’s WALKING WITH THE ENEMY
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLiFF) revealed the official line-up of over 175 American Independent films and World Cinema for the 28th annual event, October 18 to November 11, 2013. The festival opens on October 18 with the Southeast Premiere of FREE RIDE. Actress, Anna Paquin, who won the Oscar® for her role in The Piano and writer/director, Shana Betz, will be in attendance. Free Ride is Betz directorial debut and is based on her childhood in Fort Lauderdale. October 18 also happens to be her birthday. In Free Ride, Paquin stars as a single mom caught up in the Florida drug trade during the late 1970s while trying to make a better life for her two girls.
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Unveils New Website
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival has unveiled its new website design just in time for the 26th edition which runs October 21 – November 11, 2011 The festival kicks off with the film, About Fifty, previously titled Fifty Nothing, directed by Thomas Johnston. The film is described as “A “coming-of-age story about the coming of age,” Thomas Johnston’s comedy tackles a very timely subject in these times of aging baby-boomers: what happens when youth, […]
Jane Russell to receive Lifetime Achievement in Acting Award from Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Actress Jane Russell will be honored with The Lifetime Achievement Award by Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. The event is SOLD OUT. She was working as a receptionist at a doctor’s office when discovered by producer and studio mogul Howard Hughes and director Howard Hawks. Hughes signed her to a seven-year contract at his RKO Studios and she was cast as the female lead in “The Outlaw.” Russell followed “The Outlaw” with a number of […]