Tuesday, April 8-------The 2008 edition of the Bermuda Interntional Film Festival came to a close this past weekend, with its Gala Awards Ceremony and dazzling After Party at The Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel. The Festival, celebrating its eleventh season, has one of the most ambitious and energetic film slates in North America, as well as the one of the most beautiful environments for its many special events and receptions. Lucky attendees not only could experience Bermuda’s legendary pi...
Monday, March 31------When you host a well-organized film event on a beautiful island in the Atlantic Ocean, the appeal is instantaneous. For the Bermuda International Film Festival, which kicked off its eleventh season this past Friday, the mix of top flight films and a genial atmosphere make for a winning combination. The Festival opened on Friday night with the audience pleaser ST. TRINIAN'S, a comedic farce by director Oliver Parker, best known for his film adaptations of the Oscar Wilde...
Monday, March 26------The 10th edition of the Bermuda International Film Festival came to a smashing close on Saturday night with its legendary Wrap Party at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel. Winners were announced for both juried and audience awards. The French Canadian film A SUNDAY IN KINGALI, by director Robert Favreau, won the Bacardi Limited Audience Choice Award. This emotional and highly effective drama of love, loss and regret as experienced by a French Canadian journalist ...
Sunday, March 25------The 10th edition of the Bermuda International Film Festival came to a smashing close last evening at its legendary Wrap Party at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel. Winners were announced for both juried and audience awards. The French Canadian film A SUNDAY IN KINGALI, by director Robert Favreau, won the Bacardi Limited Audience Choice Award. This emotional and highly effective drama of love, loss and regret as experienced in the tragic love story between a Canadian ...
Friday, March 23----Four films from the Czech Republic are being spotlighted at this year's Bermuda International Film Festival. Few countries have a cinematic history as rich as the Czech Republic, which has maintained a consistent output of films stretching from the silent era to today,” says BIFF deputy director Duncan Hall. “The Czech New Wave era of the 1960s was the high point – two films from then-Czechoslovakia won the Best Foreign Film Oscar between 1965 and 1968. Some observe...
Thursday, March 22----Online film critic and industry raconteur David Poland hosted A Conversation With....Richard Dreyfuss and Carrie Fisher, the acclaimed actors who are also co-chairs of the Bermuda International Film Festival Jury, on Wednesday afternoon in front of a packed audience of filmmakers, Festival guests and local film buffs. Sandy Mandelberger, Bermuda FF Online Dailies Editor...
Wednesday, March 21-----Acclaimed actors Carrie Fisher and Richard Dreyfuss are serving as the co-chairs of the Jury at the 2007 Bermuda International Film Festival. The Jury is charged with the duty of deciding the winning films in three categories: Mary-Jean Mitchell Green Award for Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, and the M3 Wireless Bermuda Shorts Award. Carrie Fisher is the actress/novelist/television personality daughter of singer/actress Debbie Reynolds and singer/actor...
Tuesday, March 20-----Eight documentary features from first or second time directors are competing for Jury Prizes at the Bermuda International Film Festival, which has come to its mid-way point. The Award for Best Documentary Film, along with other prizes, will be announced at the Gala Awards Ceremony to be held on Saturday night, March 24. NEW REALITIES – COMPETITION DOCUMENTARIESBEYOND THE CALL(Adrian Belic, United States)In an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged ...
Sunday, March 18-----On the eve of the Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF), which began its tenth celebration on Friday, Online Dailies Editor Sandy Mandelberger had an exchange with Duncan Hall, BIFF Deputy Director, about this year's special celebration.Sandy Mandelberger: What are some of the exciting events being planned for the Festival’s 10th anniversary?Duncan Hall: The centerpiece event of the festival is A Conversation With…Earl Cameron, the Bermudian actor whose film...
Monday, March 19-----Actor Earl Cameron, a Bermuda native son who found fame as the "English Sidney Poitier" in several trailblazing English films of in the late 1950s and early 1960s, is being honored at the Bermuda International Film Festival. On Saturday evening, A Conversation With Earl Cameron featured the distinguished actor, who discussed his career and the changing role for black talents in the film industry.From the moment he first appeared on screen, as a young Jamaican...
Saturday, March 17-----Actor Earl Cameron, a Bermuda native son who found fame as the "English Sidney Poitier" in several trailblazing English films of in the late 1950s and early 1960s, is being honored at the Bermuda International Film Festival. This evening, A Conversation With Earl Cameron will feature the distinguished actor, who will discuss his career and the changing role for black talents in the film industry.From the moment he first appeared on screen, as a young Jamaican ...
Saturday, March 17-----Actor Earl Cameron, a Bermuda native son who found fame as the "English Sidney Poitier" in several trailblazing English films of in the late 1950s and early 1960s, is being honored at the Bermuda International Film Festival. This evening, A Conversation With Earl Cameron will feature the distinguished actor, who will discuss his career and the changing role for black talents in the film industry.From the moment he first appeared on screen, as a young Jamaican ...
Saturday, March 17-----Actor Earl Cameron, a Bermuda native son who found fame as the "English Sidney Poitier" in several trailblazing English films of in the late 1950s and early 1960s, is being honored at the Bermuda International Film Festival. This evening, A Conversation With Earl Cameron will feature the distinguished actor, who will discuss his career and the changing role for black talents in the film industry.From the moment he first appeared on screen, as a young Jamaican ...
Friday, March 16----The 10th edition of the Bermuda International Film Festival opens this evening, with a series of film premieres, including screenings of Paul Verhoeven's World War II epic BLACK BOOK, the Mexican drama THE VIOLIN (which just won the Grand Jury Prize at last week's Miami International Film Festival), the Cannes Film Festival Camera D'Or winner 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST, Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic's acclaimed debut GRBAVICA: LAND OF MY DREAMS, and a speci...
