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Orlando Film Festival

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Orlando Film Festival
LocationOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Established2005
LanguageInternational
Websitehttps://www.offvirtual.com/

The Orlando Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Orlando, Florida, for independent filmmakers to showcase their work. The festival attracts upwards of 300[1] entries from filmmakers in more than 30[citation needed] countries every year. The festival culminates in an award ceremony presenting over 40 filmmaking and screenwriting awards, with a combined value of prizes and in-kind services estimated at more than $1 million.[1]

History

The festival was established in 2005.[1]

The festival is open to film of all lengths and genres, including experimental, narrative, animation, documentary and genre hybrids.

Past celebrity attendees are Marcia Gay Harden (2006),[2] Joe Pantoliano (2007),[3] Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment and Alison Brie (2010).[4]

The 2015 festival ran from 21 to 25 October and began with the 45-minute documentary about the rise to prominence of the Orlando City Soccer Club.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Orlando Film Festival - FilmFreeway". Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Marcia Gay Harden at the Orlando Film Festival", Orlando Sentinel Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Douglas Lorah, "Joe Pantoliano at the Orlando Film Festival", Green Room Orlando, 24 October 2007
  4. ^ "Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment, & Alison Brie at the Orlando Film Festival". Montana Amazon - The Tribute Site. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.[unreliable source?]