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 plays THE IMPORTANCE OF ...

 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...

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 journalist and a local Rwa...

    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 ...

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 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...

On the eve of the Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF), which began its tenth celebration on Friday, filmfestivals.com and fest21.com 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 ...

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...

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 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...

Thursday, March 15----The Bermuda International Film Festival celebrates a milestone tenth anniversary this year, offering an intriguing mix of film premieres, special tributes, information seminars and, of course, legendary parties that showcase the natural beauty and serenity of this island nation in the Atlantic Ocean. The Festival opens on Friday evening, March 16 and runs through Saturday, March 24. Sixteen films, a mix of 8 feature dramas and 8 feature documentaries, will compete for the...

The Bermuda International Film Festival marks its tenth anniversary with a lineup that includes 85 films from 32 countries, including several award-winning entries from other fests. The BIFF opens Mar. 16 with Paul Verhoeven's recent best foreign language film Oscar shortlist entry "Black Book," and closes with Taika Waititi's comic love story from New Zealand, "Eagle vs. Shark." Carrie Fisher, Richard Dreyfuss and documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson are among the six jurors who will select...