Winners announced at the 2012 Voices of Local Film!
The 2012 Voices of Local Film Poster By Alexia Hemingway
The Palm Beach Film Society is pleased to announced the movies for the 2012 Voices of Local Film at the Palm Beach International Film Festival. The event will take place during the PBIFF on April 15, 2012, 8 PM, at the Cultural Arts Center in Boca Raton (201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432). You can purchase tickets here. The films, in no particular order:
The Single Girl’s Guide to Travel in Paris, directed by Dawn Dubriel. Join host Dawn Dubriel on a Tour de Paris, the city of love. Take a riverboat cruise down the Seine river, smell the frankincense and see the magical stained windows in the Gothic Notre Dame cathedral. Climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower then head on the metro to Montemarte to bask in Paris’ local artists’ ambiance.
Let Yourself Be Heard, directed by Talina Adamo. Plot: A young couple worries how their other half will react if they passed gas in front of each other. To find out if it true love, they must let themselves be heard.
Changing Seasons, song by Lucas Feigenbaum, directed by Bruce Feigenbaum. Plot: Music video highlighting the beauty of South Florida.
Opportunist, directed by Phillip Wong-Kuon. Plot: An inexperienced thief, Wayne, breaks into a Boca Raton townhouse and is caught by an older man, Marvin, the owner of the home.
Crazy House, directed by Robert Goodrich. Plot: Three deadbeats, struggling to survive a miserable Minneaoplis winter and the faceless oppression of The Man, consider selling their vital organs for a taste of financial freedom and the promise of unlimited painkillers.
Hey everyone, it’s time to get ready for the 2012 Voices of Local Film at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, presented by the Palm Beach Film Society. The 2011 Voices was a great success, carrying on the tradition of past events, and it’s the 10th Voices event! That’s right! We started Voices in 2003 with our first annual event, and 2012 marks the 10th Voices of Local Film.
We’ll have details on how we’ll be celebrating, but for now, it’s time to submit your local films, produced in South Florida and the Treasure Coast, for a chance to make it into the 2012 Voices of Local Film at the Palm Beach International Film Festival. Click here to download the submission guide, which I updated to clear up that we don’t need mini-dv tapes. You’ll need the free Adobe Reader app to view the PDF.
The Palm Beach International Film Festival, where we hold our annual Voices of Local Film event, is presenting a monthly screening for local films shot in South Florida, by local filmmakers. You can download the submission form here (it’s in PDF, so you’ll need the free Adobe Reader app). You can find out more information on PBIFF’s site — it’s below the official Film Festival submission information. The Palm Beach Film Society will be helping out, and we hope to see you there!
The Brown Ultimatum co-directors Don Morton and Chris Ng Mon discuss their film.
The 2011 Voices of Local Film at the Palm Beach International Film Festival was a big hit! We had a great audience, and each filmmaker discussed their films after they screened at the CityPlace Muvico in West Palm Beach, Florida. Michelle Hillery, Director of Operations and Programs at the Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission talked about filmmaking in South Florida, while Executive Director Jim York discussed film education at the Palm Beach and Miami Film Schools.
On March 28, Palm Beach Film Society President Heath McKnight handed out the 2011 Voices of Local Film awards during the special PBI Film Festival ceremony in Delray Beach. The winners include:
Best Short/Director: House of Heartbreak, directed by V. Alex Marquez
Best Documentary: The Garbage of Jupiter Beach, directed by Cyndi Lenz
Best Feature/Picture: Confessions of a Paralyzed Robot, directed by Alex Haney
Congratulations to all the 2011 Voices of Local Film directors! We look forward to seeing your future work, and we look forward to more events during the years and, of course, the 2012 Voices of Local Film! Director Cyndi Lenz was nice enough to take some beautiful photos, which you can see here. Also, be sure to Like our official Facebook page.