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GASPARILLA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES GLOBAL LENS 2008

5/9/2008

The Gasparilla Film Festival is partnering with the Global Film Initiative (GFI) to host 'Global Lens 2008', a GFI-sponsored traveling film series. GFI promotes cross-cultural understanding and diversity by presenting developing world feature films in over forty major U.S. Cities, with their prestigious film series entitled "Global Lens." GFI is considered one of the foremost leaders in funding and distributing world cinema. Its Film Board is comprised of well known, accomplished international filmmakers, such as Pedro Almodóvar, Lars von Trier, Mira Nair & Lucy Barreto, to name a few.



CONSOLIDATED SCREENING SCHEDULE:



Friday, May 23rd (Bunny Chow, South Africa), Studio @ 620, St. Petersburg

Friday, June 6th (movie title TBD), U of Tampa, Reeves Theater

Friday, June 27th (The Kite, Lebanon), Studio @ 620, St. Petersburg

Friday, July 11th (All For Free, Croatia), Studio @ 620, St. Petersburg

Friday, July 25th (movie title TBD), U of Tampa, Reeves Theater

Friday, August 22nd (The Fish Fall in Love, Iran), Studio @ 620, St. Petersburg

Friday, August 29th (movie title TBD), U of Tampa, Reeves Theater

Friday, Sept 26th (The Bet Collector), Studio @ 620, St. Petersburg



MINI-FESTIVAL #1:

University of Tampa, Reeves Theater

Fall 2008, TBD., 7 screenings



MINI- FESTIVAL #2:

Studio @620, St. Petersburg

Friday, October 4th: Argentine doubleheader: The Custodian, Kept & Dreamless

Saturday, October 5th: "Celebration of Asia": (1) Let the Wind Blow (India), (2) Luxury Car

(China) + (3) Opera Jawa (Indonesia)

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