JIM SHERIDAN, MORGAN FREEMAN TO RECEIVE AWARDS AT DEBUT CARIBBEAN FILM FESTIVALNovember 13-20, 2004.Academy Award-nominated director Jim Sheridan (IN AMERICA) and actor Morgan Freeman (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) are among the luminaries who will receive Career Achievement Awards at the 1st Annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival from November 13-20, 2004, event organizers have announced. Sheridan and Freeman have three Oscar nominations apiece.Also scheduled to attend and receive a Care...

‘DEATH & TEXAS,’ A MOCKUMENTARY THAT TAKES A STAB AT THE DEATH PENALTY, TO SCREEN AT CARIBBEAN FESTWhat if a star football player – and convicted killer – was set to die by the death penalty but wanted to play in the big game before his execution? That’s the compelling question behind Kevin DiNovis’ feature film, “Death & Texas.”The satirical mockumentary, starring Charles Durning (“Tootsie”), Steve Harris (“The Practice”), Mary Kay Place (“The Big Chill”), and Corbin...

SUN, SAND, SEA AND CINEMA STAR IN PREMIERE TURKS & CAICOS FILM FESTIVAL NOV. 13-20, 2004Turks and Caicos isn’t just for divers anymore. Filmmakers, movie lovers and industry professionals from all over the globe will descend on the divers’ paradise for the 1st Annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival & Screenwriting Competition from Nov. 13-20, 2004.Feature, documentary, short, animated, student, foreign, and Caribbean/Bahamian films will be screened at the 360-seat, state-of-the-ar...