2009
October 23 - November 11

Film Awards

President’s Awards

Feature: ENTRE NOS, Directed by Paola Mendoza & Gloria La Morte
Documentary: TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY directed by Nick Stringer
Short: LOVER directed by Aldo Paternostro

Juried Awards

The Seashell Award for Best Film: ENTRE NOS - directed by Directed by Paola Mendoza & Gloria La Morte
Best American Indy: PUNCHING THE CLOWN – directed by Gregori Viens
Best Foreign Film: QUEEN TO PLAY – directed by Caroline Bottaro
Best Documentary: MOUNT ST ELIAS – directed by Gerald Salmina
Best Short Film (tie) PIGEON IMPOSSIBLE directed by Lucas Martel, THANK YOU FOR WASHING -directed by Camille Brown
Best Children’s Film: AZUR AND ASMAL – directed by Michel Ocelot
Best First-Time Director: TRUCKER /James Mottern
Best Director of an American Indie: PUNCHING THE CLOWN /Gregori Viens
Best Director of a Foreign Film: HERE & THERE/ Darko Lungolov
Best Actor in an American Indie: PUNCHING THE CLOWN/ Henry Philips
Best Actor in a Foreign Film: AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK / John Hurt
Best Actress in an American Indie: TRUCKER / Michelle Monaghan
Best Actress in a Foreign Film: ENTRE NOS /Paola Mendoza
Best Florida Documentary: CIRCUS ROSAIRE, directed by Robyn Bliley
Best Florida Film: ROUGH WINDS directed by Andrea Olabarria
Special Jury Prizes:

Feature Production: BEYOND THE POLE
Short Subject Production: MIRACLE FISH
Screenplay: PANDORA’S BOX
Acting Ensemble: FAILING BETTER NOW
Debut Performance by a Child: Sebastian Villada for ENTRE NOS
Debut Performance by a Child: Laura Montana for ENTRE NOS

Audience Favorites

American Indie Feature: IN MY SLEEP – directed by Allen Wolf
Documentary: OFFICIAL REJECTION - directed by Paul Osborne
Audience Favorite Short: THE FINDING – directed by Alonso Alvarez Barreda
Audience Favorite Foreign Feature: ITALIANS – directed by Giovanni Veronesi

Spirit of Independent Awards:

Black Dynamite - directed by Scott Sanders
Wonderful World - directed by Josh Goldin
Dear Lemon Lima - directed by Suzi Yoonessi
Don McKay - directed by Jake Goldberger
Failing Better Now - directed Keren Atzmon
Here and There - directed by Darko Lungulov
When The Evening Comes - directed by Craig Geraghty
Article 32 - directed by Don Sikorski and Douglas Stewart
A Bridge Life - directed by Joshua Grossberg
A Chemical Reaction - directed by Brett Plymale
Cody - directed by Chris Schueler
Ingelore - directed by Frank Stiefel
Official Rejection - directed by Paul Osborne
Paddle to Seattle - directed by Josh Thomas and J.J. Kelley
Gashole - directed by Jeremy Wagener and Scott D. Roberts
Circus Rosaire - directed Robyn Bliley

Special Guests
Kevin McCarthy, cinematographer Mario Tosi, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Monaghanon, Michael Jai White, Frank Vincent and Katherine Narcducciend dad as well as the most negative man alive.

Year in Review
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2008
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest

Juried Awards
The Seashell Best of Fest Award: GOSPEL HILL - directed by Giancarlo Esposito
International Film Guide Award: BART GOT A ROOM – directed by Brian Hecker
Best American Indy: LIFELINES – directed by Rob Margolies
Best Comedy: I DO & I DON’T – directed by Steve Blair
Best Director: Mark Mahon (STRENGTH AND HONOUR)
Best Actor Comedy: Melik Malkinson (THE AUTEUR)
Best Actress Comedy: Jane Lynch (I DO AND I DON’T) Best Actor Drama: Joe Anderson (THE 27 CLUB)
Best Actress Drama: Kristin Scott Thomas (I LOVED YOU SO LONG)
Best On Screen Couple: Amy Huberman & Adam Fergus (SATELLITES AND METEORITES)
Best First-Time Director: Chris Mason Johnson (THE NEW TWENTY)
Most Creative Concept: COURTING CONDI – directed by Sebastian Doggart: Best Short Film: ANIMATED AMERICAN - directors James Baker and Joe Haidar
Best Documentary Film: NESHOBA - directors Micki DIckoff and Tony Pagano


Audience Favorites Audience Favorite American Indie Feature: PLAY THE GAME – directed by Marc Fienberg
Audience Favorite Documentary: THEY CAME TO PLAY - directed by Alex Rotaru
Audience Favorite Short: FRANK’S LAST SHOT – directed by Andrew Disney
Audience Favorite Foreign Feature: PARAISO TRAVEL – directed by Simon Brand

Spirit of Independent Features: THE 27 CLUB – directed by Erica Dunton, THE MAP READER – directed by Harold Brodie
Spirit of Independent Documentaries: TRUTH IN 24 – directed by Keith Cossrow, AN UNLIKELY WEAPON – directed by Susan Morgan Cooper, KASSIM THE DREAM – directed by Kief Davidson

Sunshine Celluloid Awards (Films Made In Florida)
Best Florida Drama: THE WRITER - Directed by Marko Sanginetto
Best Florida Comedy: CAPERS - Directed by Julian Mark Kheel
Best Florida Film: KILLER MOVIE - Directed by Jeff Fisher
Best Florida Short: CASPER & KITTY - Directed by Franco Parente
Best Florida Doc: AIRPLAY - Directed by Chris Fox Gilson and Carolyn Travis
Audience Award Florida Favorite: LOST EVERYTHING - Directed by Kim St. Leon

Special Guests
John Ratzenberger, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Richard Chamberlain, Jane Lynch, Alexie Gilmore, Paul Campbell, Corey Feldman, Brandon Routh

Year in Review
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2007
October 15 - November 44

Film Awards
Best Feature Film - THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY
Best Documentar - CHOPS
Best Short Film - WEDNESDAY
Best Comedy - MAGICIANS
Best Experimental Film - THE CHOSEN ONE
Best Director - Paolo Virsi for NAPOLEON ET MOI
Best 1ST Time Director - Charles Oliver for TAKE
Best Actor & Best Actress - Phillip Seymour Hoffman & Laura Linney for THE SAVAGES
Renaissance Award - D.B. Sweeney for writing, producing, directing & starring in TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE.
Best Gay/Lesbian Film - LOOKING FOR CHEYENNE
Best FX Feature - THE BANQUET
Best FX Short - LUCIFER
Best Dadamentary - CERTIFIABLY JONATHAN


AUDIENCE AWARDS

Audience Award for Best American Indie - THE CAKE EATERS
Audience Award for Best In World Cinema - MANUALE D’AMORE 2
Audience Award for Best Documentary - AUTISM THE MUSICAL
Audience Award for Best Short & The Peoples Choice Award - THE STREET CLEANER
Audience Award Florida Feature - ON THE JOB TRAINING

SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE

Comedy - BODY/ANTIBODY, FLOAT
Originality - BOOK OF NOAH
Drama - STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
Ensemble - STILL GREEN
Direction - RESERVATIONS
Science Fiction - SUSPENSION
Script - MIDNIGHT CLEAR
Production - PORTAGE
Florida Film Mentions - ELIXIR, EXPLORING LOVE, BLACKWATER


HUMANITARIAN AWARDS

Documentary - THE HIDDEN CHILDREN
Short Film - MOST THE BRIDGE

FLORIDA FILM AWARDS

Best Florida Short - JUST DESSERTS
Best Florida Doc - UNDERWATER: THE MAKING OF THE KEY WEST NUTCRACKER

Special Guests
Joe Pantoliano, Dennis Farina, Richard Kind, D.B.Sweeney, Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Eric Roberts, Brendan Hines, Davy Jones, Vonzell Solomon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Gary Sinise, Stephen Baldwin

Year in Review
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2006
October xx - November xx

Film Awards
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMATIC ROLE - Joe Pantoliano(Canvas)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING was presented to director Mel Stuart CAREER ACHIEVMENT AWARD - Ernie Hudson.
STAR ON THE HORIZON AWARD - Trevor Morgan
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE AWARD - Shiva Rose (David and Layla)
RENAISSANCE AWARD - George Gallo (Local Color)
THE FLORIDA AWARD - writer/director Joe Greco (canvas)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AWARD was presented to festival sponsor and owner of La Playa Mediterranean restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Steve Savor.

SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENTS AWARDS. These awards exemplify the determination, courage and fortitude of the independent filmmaker.
Recipients in the documentary category were - TELL ME CUBA, SHARKWATER, THE LIFE OF REILLY, AND THE SEA TOOK US.
Recipients in the Features category were - CALLBACK, HALFWAY DECENT, DAVID & LAYLA, JUST LIKE THE SON, TEN TIL NOON, FLANNEL PAJAMAS, and DONSOL.
Recipients in the Shorts category were - THE SHOVEL, ACROSS THE HALL, A LITTLE LIGHT, CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN SAVES THE WORLD

JURIED AWARDS:
· Best Short: AVATAR, Lluis Quilez
· Best Doc : SHARKWATER, directed Rob Stewart
· Best American Indie: THE BIG BAD SWIM directed by Ishai Setton
· Best Film: VOLVER, written and directed by Pedro Almodovar
· Best Director: David Wall for MRS WORTHINGTON'S PARTY
· Best Screenplay: George Gallo for LOCAL COLOR
· Best Cinematography : Michael Negrin for LOCAL COLOR
· Best Actor: Joe Pantoliano for CANVAS
· Best Actress: Monic Hendrickx for LEEF!
· Best Low Budget Feature: DONSOL directed by Adolfo B. Alix Jr.
· The FLIFF Humanitarian Award: SON OF MAN directed by Mark Dornford-May.

AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARDS
Narrative, CANVAS directed by Joe Greco
Documentary, SHARKWATER directed by Rob Stewart
Short Film, MAN VS MONDAY, directed by Ian Ziering

Special Guests
Connie Francis, Ernie Hudson, Bridget Moynahan, Geri Jewell, director Mel Stuart, Michelle Phillips, Purvis Young, Ana Lucia Dominguez

Year in Review
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2005
October 14 - November 20

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
Arthur Penn, Joshua Jackson, Veronica Cartwright, Michael Moore, and Irene Cara.

Year in Review
Began with our annual presentation of the Director's Guild of America nominees for Best Directed Films (THE AVIATOR, FINDING NEVERLAND, SIDEWAYS, RAY, and MILLION DOLLAR BABY).

Our Outreach program took films to Labelle (in Florida's Everglades) and three days to Fort Myers. We also presented two nights of films at The Art Deco Festival in Miami and one night at the Ford Classic at Doral. In March, FAU's Latin Festival at Cinema Paradiso celebrated the films of Colombia.

In April we created the first ever, FLIFF Florida High School Competition. Over 150 entries from all over the State came in and for three days we presented the winning films, hosted seminars and handed out awards. The winning films will screen at the Festival in October.

In June, Nova's Common Ground Film Festival played for two weeks. In July, FLIFF working with the Broward Creative Industries Council honors the professional videographers with The Best of Florida - Made in Florida.

The 2nd Annual Perrier Fr ench Film Festival ran July 22 - Aug 7. In August Cinema Paradiso went digital partnering with Emerging Cinemas.

In Sept a monthly program began at FAU's DeSantis Center for Motion Picture Industry Studies' screening room.

The 20th Annual FLIFF ran Oct 14 - Nov 20, biggest fest ever: 38 days, 200+ films, seminars, student film competition, Sunshine Celluloid and guests director Arthur Penn, Whoopi Goldberg, Juliette Lewis, Joshua Jackson, Cuba Gooding, Jr, James Woods, Veronica Cartwright, Irene Cara, Kellie Martin, and filmmakers from nearly 40 countries.

FLIFF receives 3rd grant from The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, 1st time for any Florida film festival. The CAN Film Festival for Charity ran Dec 9-11. The 2nd semi-annual Key West Mini Fest ran Dec 15-18.



2004
October 14 - November 21

Film Awards
Best Film: THE CHORUS
Best Documentary: SEOUL TRAIN
Best American Indie: 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER
Best Short: RECYCLING FLO
Best Director: Paolo Virzi, for CATERINA VA IN CITTI
Best New Talent: Alice Teghil, CATERINA VA IN CITTI
Best Actor(s): (tie) Fele Martinez and Gael Garcia Bernal, BAD EDUCATION
Best Actress American Indie: Eleanor Hutchins, STAY UNTIL TOMORROW
Best Florida Film: THE EMPTY MIND
Special Jury Award/ Performance: Penelope Cruz NON TI MUOVERE
Special Jury Award/Comedy: TERRORISTS
Special Jury Award/Drama: BEAT THE DRUM
Special Jury Award/Directing, American Indie: Laura Colella, STAY UNTIL TOMORROW
Special Jury Award/Most Accomplished with No Budget: SOMEWHERE
Mercedes Benz Most Moving Experience Award: THE SNOW WALKER
Special Jury Award: PIAF: HER STORY HER SONGS
Special Jury Award/Writing, Short Category: TOUGH CALL
Special Jury Award/“Gay/Lesbian”: DORIAN BLUES
Special Jury Award/Documentary “The Human Condition”: THE WATERSHED
Special Jury Award/Documentary “Passion”: THE ACCIDENTAL DIVA
Special Jury Award/Documentary “Our World”: GANGES RIVER TO HEAVEN
Special Jury Award/Documentary Research: IMAGINARY WITNESS: HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST
President’s Award for Short Subject: NEWS FOR THE CHURCH
Humanitarian Award: TURTLES CAN FLY
Career Achievement: CHRISTOPHER McDONALD
Career Achievement: FRED WILLARD

Special Guests
Andrew McCarthy, Fred Willard, Christopher McDonald, JoAnn Pflug, Cara Buono

Year in Review
5th consecutive year, FLIFF presents monthly free outdoor screenings of The Maroone Moonlight Movies (May - Oct at Huizenga Plaza downtown Ft Lauderdale and Oct - April at Weston Regional Park).

The Asian Pacific sidebar celebrates its 10th year.

Cinema Paradiso begins new program with Florida Atlantic University's Latin American Studies Dept, an annual festival dedicated to Latin American Cinema. Inaugural year celebrated Venezuela with 20 films. Nova Southeastern Univ collaborated with Cinema Paradiso to present the Common Ground Film Festival in June.

FLIFF created The Perrier French Film Festival which ran for 3 weeks in July and August. The Festival also increased its reach by taking a 4-day film fest to Highlands, North Carolina.

The 19th Annual Festival ran Oct 14 through Nov 21. Guests were: Andrew McCarthy, Fred Willard, Christopher McDonald, JoAnn Pflug, Cara Buono plus filmmakers from Nepal, South Korea, India, Sweden, Scotland, France, Croatia, Checkoslavaki, ,Italy, Spain, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Canada, and throughout the US. Venues and cities included: Weston, Coral Gables, Delray Beach, Sunrise, and Fort Lauderdale.

In Dec, FLIFF went on the road again, this time taking 20 films for 4 days to Key West. Also in December we launched the 1st Annual CAN Film Festival for Charity which presented Christmas films with admission two cans of food or one new toy per person. Proceeds benefited The Broward Partnership for the Homeless and The Haitian Relief Effort. We also began a monthly film for The City of Hollywood.



2003
October 17 - November 16

Film Awards
Other award winners included: Miffo as Best Overall Film; Best Foreign Film honors went to Cleopatra; the Humanitarian Award went to Perlasca; Best Documentary – This Is A Game Ladies; Best Short – Mrs. Meitlemehr; Best Florida Film – Café and Tobacco; Best Florida Documentary – Beyond the Sea. Best Actor honors went to Luca Zingaretti for his performance in Perlasca and Best Actress to Norma Aleandro for her performance in Cleopatra.

Michael Pressman won the Renaissance Award for acting, directing and producing Frankie & Johnny are Married, Laurien van der Broeck won the Young Actor’s Award for her role in Moonlight, and Valentina de Angelis received the Star of Tomorrow Award for her role in Off the Map.

Special Guests
Nestor Carbonnell, Jacqueline Bissett and Sir Ben Kingsley

Year in Review
The 18th Festival ran from October 17 - November 16. A new format of using Cinema Paradiso for Sunshine Celluloid, American Indies, Shorts, and Documentaries; and Parker Playhouse for the World Cinema and Competition screenings. Special guests included Nestor Carbonnell (Star on the Horizon recipient), Jacqueline Bissett and Sir Ben Kingsley (both Career Achievement recipients).



2002
October 18 - November 24

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
Matt Damon, Leslie Nielsen, Steve Guttenberg, Irvin Kershner, Maria Bello

Year in Review
Cinema Paradiso finishes renovation with new seats, seating areas, platter, screen, sound system (Dolby Digital), carpeting, handicap bathroom, painting, and caf? equipment were installed or constructed.

A weekly outdoor movie was launched at Beach Place as was a monthly program at Weston.

The 17th Film Festival took place from October 18 - November 24th. Special guests included Matt Damon, Leslie Nielsen, Steve Guttenberg, Irvin Kershner, Maria Bello and more than 150 independent filmmakers around the world.



2001
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
Paul Mazursky, Paul Sorvino

Year in Review
Cinema Paradiso officially opened. From January thru August over 350 screenings. In Feb we began a nine week intensive filmmaking course at Northeast High School. In June we launched LOCAL FILMMAKER NIGHT, providing up-and-coming filmmakers with opportunities to screen their movies. In July we began Movies in the Park at DDA Plaza, presenting free films for families. The 16th Film Festival ran Oct 17 - Nov 11 in Miami, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach and Fort Lauderdale. Special guests included Jonathan Silverman, Paul Mazursky, Paul Sorvino, Lorri Bagley, Peter Hewitt, Laura Frasier.



2000
October 16 - November 12

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
Tim Roth, George Sidney, Howard Keel, John Waters, Jonathan Silverman

Year in Review
FLIFF partners with Convention & Visitors Bureau, presents a four-day celebration for the new millennium with films from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. The 15th Film Festival ran Oct 16 - Nov 12, again the world's longest film festival. Guests included Peter Falk, John Waters, Howard Keel, Rob Morrow and director George Sidney (Bye Bye Birdie, Kiss Me Kate, Showboat, Viva Las Vegas, Annie Get Your Gun). Festival interrupted a bit as Florida mulls over who it will choose as our new President (wanna know weird?...Opening Night Nov. 3 featured Sec of State Katherine Harris a key figure in the infamous vote recount and funnyman John Waters on-stage...4 days before election). 66,000 people attended. A Cultural Facility Grant was funded just under $200,000. FLIFF receives 1st of three grants from Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.



1999
October 20 - November 14

Best of the Fest

Special Guests
Eva Marie Saint, Richard Attenborough, Norman Jewison

Year in Review
Fest attracts over 66,000 attendees and presented over 120 films including world and national premieres. Among those were GREY OWL, a true historical drama starring Pierce Brosnan, and directed by Lord Richard Attenborough. Prior to the film screened Lord Attenborough was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award on-stage at Parker Playhouse. Closing the Festival at our Luminaries Black Tie Gala were special guests Norman Jewison, Eva Marie Saint, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas and Tim Roth. Festival moves into year-round home, the former Vinnette Carroll Theatre. The 200-seat horseshoe-shaped auditorium, built as a church and renovated as a live performing arts theatre in '86 needed much repair as well as retro-fitting for film.



1998
October 26 - November 15

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
Amand Assante

Year in Review
Film Society named the fifth inductee as a Broward Major Cultural Institution as designated by the Broward Cultural Affairs Council. The other organizations are Florida Philharmonic, the Florida Grand Opera, the Museum of Discovery and Science and the Museum of Art. Fest broke all records with 62,000 attendees. Special guests included John Frankenheimer, David Arquette, Christina Applegate, Armand Assante and many others. Seventeen world premieres and 120 films from 35 countries were featured in 300 screenings.



1997
October 27 - November 16

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
Arthur Hiller, Ben Affleck, Ben Gazzara, Christina Applegate, David Arquette, Gena Rowlands, Fairuza Balk, John Frankenheimer, Amanda Plummer, Nick Nolte, Robert Foster

Year in Review
Festival honored director Robert Wise (West Side Story, Sound of Music), Arthur Hiller, Ben Gassara, Peter Bogdanovich, Gena Rowlands, Nick Nolte, Leonard Rosenman, Amanda Plummer, Fairuza Balk and Robert Forster. Our first Black Tie Gala on the beach under a crystal clear tent under a full moon...in between two incredibly rainy, blustery days...whew!



1996
October 30 - November 17

Best of the Fest

Special Guests
Karen Black, Kevin Spacey, Seymour Cassel

Year in Review
Fest featured 110 films from 30 countries and drew 57,000 admissions. Guests included: Tony Curtis, Gian Carlo Esposito, Noah Taylor (Shine) and Kevin Spacey. Taylor introduces SHINE at Parker Playhouse in a white undershirt...Fine Line reps take him shopping at Galleria before Opening Party. Spacey draws a crowd on Las Olas after introducing his directorial debut at Amaturo.



1995
NOvember 1 - November 19

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
Dana Delany, Gregory Hines, Giancarlo Esposito, George Hickenlooper, Kim Catrall, Mia Sara, Piper Laurie

Year in Review
Fest launched the first ever Film Festival in the Sky with Carnival Air Lines (every Lauderdale bound flight included a Festival film). An unprecedented Media Reception at JFK and a press conference held 30,000 feet aboard a special flight made cinema history. Special guests included Michael Caine, Roger Moore, Dany Delany, JT Walsh, Mia Sara, Tim Reid, Jason Connery, Jon Cryer, Robert Wuhl and Gregory Hines.



1994
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
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Year in Review
Festival exceeded the cash receipts of the '92 and '93 festivals combined. More than 35,000 people attended the event which proved to be a major coup as Tropical Storm Gordon roared in and remained through the first five days of the festival. Regardless, Fest produced more sell-outs than anytime in its short nine year history and presented six U.S. premieres and one world premiere. Special guests included Treat Williams, Shane Black (Lethal Weapon) and Martin Donovan.



1993
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest

Special Guests
Ashley Judd, Elizabeth Shue,

Year in Review
Fest's student film competition went national. Students from Yale, USC, North Carolina, NYU, UCLA, Florida State Univ. and Columbia won awards. An Art On Film documentary series was added to the program list as was an Academy Award Documentary series. Guests included Ashley Judd, Elisabeth Shue and Roger Corman who received the Lifetime Achievement Award.



1992
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest

Special Guests
Elliot Gould, Audrey Hepburn, Edward James Olmos, Jennifer Beals, Jerry Lewis, John Rudolph, John Schlesinger, Michael Caine

Year in Review
Fest presents a special retrospective for honoree Audrey Hepburn, other guests included Jennifer Beals, Alexandre Rockwell, Les Blank and Matthew Harrison. 1992 also marked our first year of screening IMAX film. Other guests that year included Elliot Gould and Edward James Olmos. /i>



1991
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest

Special Guests
Vincent Price, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Claude Atkins, Donald O’Connor, Emerson Fittapaldi, Peter Bogdanovich

Year in Review
Festival changes name to Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Launches Lifetime Achievement Awards. Honored Peter Bogdanovich, Mark Rydell, Donald O'Connor, Vincent Price, Van Johnson, Jerry Lewis and Burt Reynolds. Presenters included Charles Durning, and Patrick O'Neal. Guests included Claude Atkins, Alan Rickman, and Samuel Z. Arkoff. Entre Nous the support committee for the Film Festival is formed. In February, Fest hosts first reception at LA's American Film Market and its first Cannes Party at The American Pavilion in May. Both parties become annual events.



1990
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest

Special Guests
Darren McGavin, Saul Robinek, Marlo Thomas, Martin Scorsese

Year in Review
In 1990 the Festival became a three-week event, taking place from Miami to Boca Raton. Martin Scorsese presented our Student Film Awards. Guests included Marlo Thomas and Darren McGavin. Back by popular demand, THE OUTSIDE CHANCE OF MAXIMILLIAN GLICK screened along with FALLING OVER BACKWARDS; LOCAL HERO; AMERICAN BLUENOTE; APARTMENT ZERO; THE NASTY GIRL; THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD; and THE WHOLE TRUTH were highlights of the l990 Festival.



1989
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest

Special Guests
Michael Moore

Year in Review
Opening at Parker Playhouse with the Academy Award winning actress Lynn Redgrave in attendance for her film DEATH OF A SON, the celebration continued at the opening of the new Guest Quarters Hotel (now Gallery One). Daniel Day Lewis attended with his film MY LEFT FOOT; THE OUTSIDE CHANCE OF MAXAMILLIAN GLICK with Saul Rubinek as Rabbi Teitelman delighted audiences; Spike Lee’s DO THE RIGHT THING; Judy Davis appeared with her film GEORGIA; APARTMANT ZERO with Colin Firth; and headlining the Children’s Festival was the delightful animated film, THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER, with the voice of Jon Lovitz.

Among the many Festival firsts was a special screening of the l954-restored version of A STAR IS BORN. Ron Haver, director of Films for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, discussed the restoration process. America’s foremost theatre organist, amazed audiences on the organ keyboards with screenings of the original 1925 Lon Chaney PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and two silent cartoons: DON QUIXOTE and the charming, PIN CUSHION MAN. The classic Buster Keaton comedy, THE GENERAL, was screened in l990 at Bailey Hall. To celebrate the Florida Filmmaker, the Film Society added Florida Treasures featuring A FLASH OF GREEN, CEASE FIRE, and AND BARBAROSA. Free Eastman Kodak seminars completed the week. Noteworthy was the first ever OFF-THE-WALL competition where home videos were selected for competition.

Tributes to Natalie Wood, Chuck Workman and to producer Edward R. Pressman with Pressman in attendance to screen TRUE STORIES and WALL STREET. San Francisco based animator, author and animation scholar, Karl F. Cohen, presented two programs MASTERS OF ANIMATION and SURREAL ANIMATION: A LOOK AT THE FAR SIDE OF SCIENCE



1988
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
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Year in Review
The Fest begins screenings at AMC Coral Ridge. Fest's Opening Party is Doubletree Galleria's opening party too.



1987
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
xx

Year in Review
Festival was named one of seven original Vital Cultural Institutions of the State of Florida by the legislature, the Governor and the Florida Arts Council.



1986

director Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
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Year in Review
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Film Festival was founded to introduce independent cinema to a South Florida audience base of more than four-and-a-half million people.



1985
October xx - November xx

Best of the Fest
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Special Guests
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Year in Review
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