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 GIFF announces "Green the Screen" Contest
GIFF partners with Repower America, inviting filmmakers to submit short films on Clean Energy, with the winning films to screen on 2010 Opening Night.
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TAMPA - December 2, 2009 - The Gasparilla International Film Festival is calling all filmmakers for its 2010 "Green the Screen" contest. GIFF is partnering on this contest with Repower America, a non-profit and non-partisan advocacy group, promoting good stewardship of the Earth and Clean Energy. GIFF is accepting submissions of short videos, no longer than 5 minutes each, from filmmakers, students, advocates, and local celebrities, anyone and everyone who wishes to be heard on stewardship of the Earth and Clean Energy. The deadline for mailng DVD submissions to GIFF (see address below) is December 31, 2009. Videos will be posted on Repower America's website and select videos will be posted on GasparillaFilmFestival.com. Winners of the contest will screen at Opening Night 2010. All are welcome to participate, there is no fee to submit, and there is no limit on the number of submissions. |
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GIFF announces the fourth annual Children's Festival on December 5, 2009 at the brand new CineBistro Hyde Park theaters. 
Featuring the Tampa Bay Real Ghostbusters, who will zap a few ghosts and entertain the children before the screening of the Ghostbusters movie. The festival will also screen The Muppet Movie and a recent children's classic for the younger kids earlier in the morning and will have filmmaker demonstrations and games for kids of all ages!
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When: Saturday, December 5, 2009 
What: The Real Ghostbusters make their dramatic appearance at 12:15, followed by the film at 1 pm.
The Muppet Movie and 2006 Oscar-winner Happy Feet will start at 10 am. There will also be filmmaker "hands on" demonstrations throughout the day, a presentation by a children's film and television casting director, and face painting by a movie special effects director.
Vote for which film you want to see on our poll on the home page!
Admission: Free! (donations welcome)
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Gasparilla International Film Festival Celebrates the Independents
what: GIFF/Brokenmold Entertainment presentation
where: Market on 7th, Ybor City
who: Visioneers movie at 7pm
Matt Butcher at 9pm
Poetry 'n Lotion
when: Thursday, October 22, 2009
cost: $10
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TAMPA - October 12, 2009 - The Gasparilla International Film Festival in conjunction with Brokenmold Entertainment is proud to present a special performance by acclaimed singer/songwriter Matt Butcher live in concert at the Market on 7th Ave in Ybor City on October 22. The show will benefit the Gasparilla International Film Festival and will be preceded by a screening of the independent film, Visioneers, starring Zach Galifianakis, who was most recently seen in The Hangover and the new series on HBO, Bored to Death. Tampa fusionists Poetry 'n Lotion will close out the evening.
"We are thrilled to have an artist of Matt's caliber playing at a GIFF event," said GIFF board member David Cox. "We set out this year to not only continue to our tradition of quality independent film programming, but also to reach out to artists in other disciplines."
In September, GIFF held a fundraiser at the Ritz in Ybor City where it auctioned off original works of art inspired by film and created by local artists.
"These events allow us to bring groups together that have common interests," said Cox.
Matt Butcher is an emerging 25 year old singer-songwriter who is quickly gaining critical acclaim for his debut album Me and My Friends. According to the Orlando Sentinel, “the Orlando singer-songwriter and his band, the Revolvers, specialize in evocative alt-country. In that realm, songs such as the title track and ‘Giving My Sadness a Name’ are as good as it gets.” Butcher resides in Orlando but has been a fixture in the Tampa Bay music scene. He was most recently seen in Tampa opening for the Avett Brothers at the Cuban Club in Ybor City.
Poetry ‘n Lotion are a local Tampa band who was recently named “best fusionists” and “best instrumentalists” in Creative Loafing’s 2009 Best of the Bay edition. According to CL's Leilani Polk, "Poetry n' Lotion incorporate elements of jazz, psychedelia, acoustic roots, and even metal into their sound." PNL can regularly be found playing a number of different venues around the Bay area and are currently working on a new album.
First time feature filmmaker Jared Drake makes his directorial debut with Visioneers. Set in the near future, the film takes an existential look at the corporate workplace and an employee, George Washington Winsterhammerman (Zach Galifianakis). Judy Greer, Missi Pyle, and James LeGros co-star in this existential black comedy featuring music by Tim DeLaughter of the Polyphonic Spree.(read more)
The event will be held at Demi’s Market on 7th located at 816 E. 7th Avenue, Ybor City. The screening will begin at 7pm followed by performances by Matt Butcher and Poetry ‘n Lotion beginning at approximately 9pm. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door or in advance at www.gasparillafilmfestival.com.
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If you would like more information about this event, please contact David Cox at [813-787-6757] or visit www.gasparillafilmfestival.com.
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Join us to honor Emmy award winning and four-time Golden Globe nominated actor ARMAND ASSANTE in a private reception at La Dolce Vita Lounge at Channelside Cinema. Meet a true Hollywood star, Mr. Assante, up close and personal as he receives the Gasparilla Career Achievement Award! Tickets are only $25 each! The reception will include beer and wine and a career highlight reel for Mr. Assante, including clips from THE JURY, GOTTI, THE MAMBO KINGS, STRIPTEASE, and AMERICAN GANGSTER. The reception will be followed by Mr. Assante's latest effort, THE STEAM EXPERIMENT, starring Val Kilmer, at 7 PM. When: March 1, 2009 at 5:00 PM Where: La Dolce Vita Lounge at Channelside Cinema Tickets only $25 Buy your tickets NOW!!
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GIFF's Opening Night Gala and Film are brought to you by Knopik Varner Moore and Lydian Bank & Trust
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