Weekend Films:
On Friday, Sept. 22, all four films in the Healing Perspectives shorts program will participate in the discussion after the films – representatives from two films in person and two on Zoom. (Bush Auditorium at Rollins College, 5:30pm). Director Deborah Riley Draper will join via Zoom after the screening of Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution. (Winter Park Library, 5:30pm). Local environmental activist Chuck O’Neal will speak after Stewart Udall and the Politics of Beauty (Crummer Auditorium, 6pm).
Also on Friday, welcome director Alison Millar who is coming from Northern Ireland to share her film Lyra about investigative journalist Lyra McKee. Alison will be joined by Lyra’s partner, Sara Canning and WorldOrlando Executive Director Sarah Gal. (Bush Auditorium, 7:30pm). The team from It’s Basic will be at the Winter Park Library (7:45pm) to share information about the film and their work.
[Visit peacefilmfest.org for times and tickets]
Saturday is packed with films, filmmakers and special guests.
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Keys Bags Names Words, director Cynthia Stone will Zoom in (Bush Auditorium, noon)
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Filmmaker Rakel Aguirre and a representative from the Lunenburg Doc Fest in Canada will join a three-country discussion of the film Sew to Say (Winter Park Library, noon)
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Director Aleem Karmali will join us to discuss his film, Thrown into Canada (Crummer Auditorium, 12:30pm)
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Both filmmakers from the Breaking Through shorts program (Black Women on Boards and Developing our Future) will join via Zoom (Bush Room 176, 2pm)
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Don’t miss a live piano performance by Hannah Sun following the screening of Chopin: I Am Not Afraid of Darkness at the Timucua White House, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. (2pm). Ticket link.
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Filmmakers from both films in the Profiles in Democracy program (Deciding Vote and Halls of Power will be joining us and the League of Women Voters of Orange County (Winter Park Library, 2:30pm)
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Local filmmaker Erin Laine will be on hand to discuss her film We Support You?, part of the Helping Hands shorts program. See article in the Orlando Sentinel.
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Another local filmmaker, Lisa Mills, will discuss her film, Marching Forward.
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Gili Getz, Executive Producer of Israelism will join the discussion via Zoom (Bush Auditorium, 5pm) and for Jerry’s Last Mission, Michael Yellin – one of Jerry’s sons and a producer of the film – will also join by Zoom (Crummer Auditorium, 5:30pm.
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Finally, Director Lori Miller will be on hand to discuss Living Wine (Winter Park Library, 7pm); Director Rick Minnich is coming from Germany to present The Strait Guys. He will be joined on Zoom by the two “strait guys” for a lively discussion (Crummer Auditorium, 7:30pm); and twelve short films by local filmmakers tell the stories of people from around the world who have made Central Florida their home in MYgration Films (Bush Auditorium, 7:30pm).
[Visit peacefilmfest.org for times and tickets!]
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