Orlando Film Festival Kicks OFF This Wednesday

1 year ago I attended the best festival I have ever been to as a filmmaker. All the movies were free. The location was beautiful. The people were amazing. And apparently I inspired them to create an Independent Spirit Award just to give to me.

Well the Orlando Film Festival is back and it kicks off Wednesday November 3^rd at the Plaza Cinema Café in Downtown Orlando. While I won’t be screening anything at the festival, I will still be on hand checking out some films and promoting my own. I will also be handing out the Independent Spirit Award, which has been named after me this year.

The festival runs from Wednesday November 3^rd through Sunday November 7^th. All the film screenings are free but you must get a ticket for each at the booth in front of the theater. The Plaza Cinema Café is located at 155 South Orange Avenue in the heart of downtown Orlando. If you plan on coming out to the festival, be sure to say hi. I’ll be the one wearing a STUCK LIKE CHUCK t-shirt.

The official website for the festival is www.OrlandoFilmFestival.com.

Here are some of the events I’m looking forward to at OFF 2010

– Opening Night Party / Film – The Frost

– In and Out of Hollywood Panel featuring Haley Joel Osmont and Alison Brie

– Alison Brie (Besides the panel I am really looking forward to meeting her. Love her on Community)

– Labyrinth Sing-a-long hosted by Heather Henson (Jim Henson’s daughter)

– Wrap Party featuring Edwin McCain (I just want to hear him sing “I’ll Be” and “I Could Not Ask For More”)

And here are a few of the films that will be screening FREE

ACTION!!! – USA – 82 MINS.

Saturday Nov. 6th – 7:00pm – Theater 12

A small-town peek between the sheets – er, um, behind the scenes of Hollywood! Directed By – Hillary J. Walker

BONES – USA – 100 MINS.

Thursday Nov 4^th – 5:00pm – Theater 12

Saturday Nov. 6th – Noon – Theater 8

Four teens meander through love and tragedy, bonded by the secret that would seal their fate.  Their lives are molded by the tension and brutal reality of teenage life in 1989 blue collar New York. Directed By – Frank Pestarino

CHASE THOMPSON, A FILM BY CHASE THOMPSON – USA – 12 MINS.

Thursday Nov 4^th – 2:30pm – Theater 8

Friday Nov 5^th – 2:30pm – Theater 8

Chase Thompson makes a film about Chase Thompson making a zombie film written, produced, directed, and starring Chase Thompson. Directed By – Vincent Lin

IN MY SLEEP – USA – 104 MINS.

Thursday Nov 4^th – 8:00pm – Theater 9

Sunday Nov 7^th – 5:00pm – Theater 9

A taut psychological thriller, In My Sleep is about a man who believes he may have murdered a good friend while sleepwalking.  Directed By – Allen Wolf

LUNOPOLIS – USA – 98 MINS.

Thursday Nov 4^th – 4:00pm – Theater 9

Sunday Nov 7^th – 8:30pm – Theater 8

Two documentary filmmakers accidentally uncover the greatest moon secret our world has never known, and the mysterious cult organization determined to keep it that way.  Directed By – Matthew Avant

MONTANA AMAZON – USA – 88 MINS.

Friday Nov 5^th – 7:30pm – Theater 7

Sunday Nov 7^th – 6:30pm – Theater 10

The Dunderheads are an eccentric Montana family who’ve been in the mountains for far too long. Now one step ahead of the law, matriarch Grandma Ira flees to Canada with her two wildly dysfunctional teenage grand kids.  Directed By – D.G. Brock

MY BLOODY WEDDING – USA – 85 MINS.

Saturday Nov 6^th – 10:00pm – Theater 7

A demon possessed bride and her attendants are on a killing spree and it’s up to the groom and his groomsmen to stop them on the day of the bloodiest wedding ever. Directed By – Morgan Mead

NOT EVEN THE DEVIL – PUERTO RICO – 97 MINS.

Friday Nov 5^th – 3:30pm – Theater 12

Jack Freeman an obsessed bounty hunter will risk everything including the love of his life to catch the ultimate bounty.  Directed By – Andres Ramirez

SUDDEN DEATH! – USA – 20 MINS.

Friday Nov 5^th – 3:00pm – Theater 7

Saturday Nov 6^th – 10:00am – Theater 8

Los Angeles has been overtaken by a virus known as Sudden Death Syndrome, a disease that causes its victim to die suddenly and has only one symptom… spontaneously breaking into well-choreographed song and dance. Directed By – Adam  Hall

THE DRUMMOND WILL – UK – 81 MINS.

Thursday Nov 4^th – 7:00pm – Theater 7

Friday Nov 5^th – 11:00am – Theater 7

This black comedy set in decaying rural England follows estranged brothers Marcus and Danny Drummond as they find themselves on a surprisingly dangerous undertaking to unravel the mystery surrounding their father’s unlikely wealth. Directed By – Alan Butterworth

Jerry Cavallaro – www.StuckLikeChuck.com