At the 2nd Annual Aruba International Film Festival this year, AIFF 2011, there was a series of short films called"THE COFFEE PROJECT ('Coffee – Between Reality and Imagination') is a series of eight short films made by Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, each film about the universally consumed exotic bean. As 'The Coffee Project' is all about coffee we see how these beans transcend diversity, reminding us of

This year at the 2nd annual AIFF (Aruba International Film Festival) 5 films competed in the 'CSS' section. The director of this competition was Aruban director Aaron Hose and the winner of this year's competition was VOICES FROM MARIEL (2011). Here: (left to right) Director of the AIFF Claudio Masenza, AIFF Producer Jonathan Viera, AIFF Programmer Margherita de Paola, Director AIFF CSS Aaron Hose. this photo from A

Fantastic fashion figure, costume designer Michael Kaplan attended the 2011 Aruba International Film Festival for a 'Conversations With' session. He spoke at length to press and film aficionados about his illustrious career in Hollywood as costume designer for some of the most renown films of cinematic history. In this photo- Costume Designer Michael Kaplan, Festival Programmer Margherita de Paola and Festival Direc

Red carpet at the opening ceremony to the 2nd annual Aruba Film Festival!Festival programmer Margherita De Paola and journalist Wendy Mitchell and me 

Red carpet at the opening ceremony to the 2nd annual Aruba Film Festival!Festival programmer Margherita De Paola and journalist Wendy Mitchellphoto by Vanessa McMahon