Film festival tickets available, schedule released

Submitted by Ryan Robinson
Posted 3/23/08

FAIRHOPE, Ala. — The First Annual Fairhope Film Festival has announced advance ticket-passes are now available for purchase at www.fairhopefilmfest.com.

•Full Romance Pass, $50 — Weekend admission into everything; …

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Film festival tickets available, schedule released

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FAIRHOPE, Ala. — The First Annual Fairhope Film Festival has announced advance ticket-passes are now available for purchase at www.fairhopefilmfest.com.

•Full Romance Pass, $50 — Weekend admission into everything; this includes Premiere Night, admission to all films, and Awards Social with filmmakers.

•Daily Passion Pass $20 — An admission for one day to all films.

•Ticket for One $10 — One admission that can be used at any one screening.

•Opening Night on Fairhope Beach $10 — One admission into this screening only.

•Awards Social, $30 — A V.I.P. event, mingle with the filmmakers.

Directors, producers, writers and actors of these films have made plans to attend the festival. They will be available to answer questions from the audience after each screening.

Upon closing of the festival, these filmmakers will be available at the Awards Social to mingle with ticket holders, and to share their insight in the world of independent film-making.

• April 3

7–10 p.m. — Welcome to the Fairhope Film Festival at the Fairhope Beach, “Jim & Jung (short film), showing at the Fairhope Beach.

“Racing Daylight” (opening feature film), showing at the Fairhope Beach.

• April 4

1 p.m. — “In the Wake of the Assassins,” showing at the University of South Alabama Baldwin County Performance Center (documentary world premiere)

3:30 p.m. — “Dark Devotion” (short), “Forgotten Coast” (documentary), showing at the University of South Alabama Baldwin County Performance Center.

6:30 p.m. — “Boyfriend Latte” (short world premiere), “All Along” (feature), showing at Faulkner State Community College Centennial Hall.

9 p.m. — “The Gift Wrapper” (short world premiere), “Cold Play” (world premiere feature), showing at the Faulkner State Community College Centennial Hall.

• April 5

9:30 a.m. — “Taste of June” (short), “Train Master” (family feature), showing at the University of South Alabama Baldwin County Performance Center.

12:30 p.m. — “Creepers” (short), “A Thousand Hills (family feature), showing at the University of South Alabama Baldwin County Performance Center.

4 p.m. — “Finding Harvey” (short), “The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance” (documentary), showing at Faulkner State Community College Centennial Hall.

7 p.m. — Awards Social: Mingle with the filmmakers at the French Quarter in downtown Fairhope.

This new festival has received numerous entries from all over the world and, has selected 15 great pictures that boast a wide variety of dramatic, documentary, short and student films.

Among these films, four of them are world premieres, one feature, one documentary and two short films.

The FFF will also showcase “Racing Daylight,” an independent feature starring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn as the opening night premiere film.

At the heart and soul of every festival, you can find the volunteers. The FFF truly believes that volunteering is extremely important, and they are currently looking for more people willing to be part of this new film world and culture.

Visit www.fairhopefilmfest.com for more information on how to become a FFF volunteer.

The Fairhope Film Festival is striving to create a truly unique experience in the world of cinema. The FFF will bring a collection of films to the local community on the Gulf of Mexico — movies centered on a central theme, romance.

The FFF is also determined to become an ongoing, annual tradition, showcasing talented filmmakers from around the world.

The FFF is committed to giving filmmakers the best experience possible; extensive promotion of their films which are screened several times in theaters packed with attentive audiences.