Orlando, Florida: Film Festival Encompasses Fee Outdoor Movies

. The 19^th Florida Film Festival gets underway tonight, with 164 features,В documentaries and short films of every stripe. This year, films will be shown atВ The Enzian (the home theater of the FFF), theRegalВ Winter Park 20 and downtown'sВ Plaza Cinema CafГ©, as well asВ Central Park in Winter Park and inВ Lake Eola Bandshell in downtown Orlando. The must-see event? "An Evening withВ Gena Rowlands andSeymour Cassel," following an April 16 (7:30 p.m., Enzian) screening ofВ Faces, one of the first films to accurately be labeled "indie." They were co-stars inВ Faces, directed by Rowlands' late husband, filmmakerВ John Cassavetes. Must-see movies? How aboutВ Winter's Bone, The Secret of Kells, No. 4 Street of Our Lady, New Low, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Solitary Man, Harry Brown, Racing Dreams, Punching the Clown, Best Worst Movie for starters? The theme is "Film Sweet Film," with a nod to movies that say "Home." Some 25,000 people attend FFF movies, parties, forums andВ special events every year, which tells you there's something for every taste and every budget. What are you waiting for, an invitation? Forums,В book signings and outdoor "popcorn" movies are the best bargains of all. They'reВ free. Roger Moore Read more...