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March FilmSlam Gets the “Jitters”

Despite glorious sunshine and much-anticipated warmer temps in the mid-70s, this past weekend’s FilmSlam—Enzian’s monthly showcase for “locally produced” shorts—drew a healthy 80+ indie film enthusiasts to its diverse 7-film program. First Place Audience Award winners under 10 minutes get an automatic bye into December’s Brouhaha, the 2-day Florida shorts-only event that yields a “Best of” 90 minutes to play in next year’s Florida Film Festival, so there’s always some suspense and competitive flavor to the proceedings, which this time included films from Parkland, DeLand, Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland, and Oviedo. Congratulations go out to Jason Williams and Elizabeth June…

“CROOKED” Takes a Bite Out of February Slam

Last weekend may have been a Chamber of Commerce kind of weekend in Central Florida with bright sunshine and warmer temperatures getting into the 70s for what felt like the first time in weeks (of course now we’re right back in the frosty 40s), but it didn’t prevent nearly 100 die-hard indie film fans from attending the monthly FilmSlam. This month’s eclectic lineup of 8 Florida films from Orlando, Boynton Beach, and Celebration proved to be a strong one, with a lot of familiar names from our local filmmaking community represented including Elizabeth Anne, Craig Richards, Banks Helfrich, and Todd…

Enzian Turns 25!

It was twenty (five) years ago today, when Tina Tiedtke opened the doors to play! Tina’s dream of a very special kind of art cinema celebrates a big one today, since it was 25 years to the date, February 15,…
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BLACK DYNAMITE a “Solid” Hit

It’s been an unusually busy early February at Enzian, with more special programming and events than at any time since probably last Spring’s 2009 Florida Film Festival. From the return of Rollins College’s “Winter with the Writers” program featuring author…
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Enzian and Oscar

Congratulations to all of this year’s Academy Award nominees, many of which had (or will have) their exclusive exposure in Central Florida at Enzian. Currently the theater is showing Tom Ford’s A SINGLE MAN, which earned the wonderful Colin Firth…
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