Now in its seventeenth exciting year, the Florida Film Festival showcases the best American Independent and Foreign Films. The Festival has become one of the most respected regional film events in the country, recently being named among the Best Regional Festivals in the U.S., Best Party Festivals, and Best Vacation Festivals, by festival guru Chris Gore (www.FilmThreat.com) in his book The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide, 3rd edition.

Past years' guests include Oliver Stone, Gabriel Byrne, Famke Janssen, Jason Lee, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Buscemi, Campbell Scott, William H. Macy, and John Waters. Festival seminars have included such film industry notables as Mike Medavoy, Bingham Ray, Allison Anders, Oliver Stone, Victor Nunez, Tom Prassis, Richard Shamban, Bob Berney, and Blair Witch creators Dan Myrick and Ed Sanchez; cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Bill Butler; animators Bill Plympton and Corky Quakenbush; screenwriters Shane Black and Ed Neumeier; and producers Gale Anne Hurd and Roger Corman.