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Palm Beach
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A&E HAS EYE ON FESTIVAL FILMS FOR NATIONAL BROADCAST... |
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The 2008 Palm
Beach International Film
Festival (PBIFF) will be the
first to participate in the new
"A&E IndieFilms Spotlight"
campaign. As part of this
campaign, select films from the
festival will be featured in
short segments on the A&E
network and on their
website, with one film being
chosen to be televised
nationally. |
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Palm
Beach County Board of County Commissioners

Chair Addie L. Greene
Burt Aaronson
Jeff Koons
Karen T. Marcus
Mary McCarty
Jess Santamaria
Robert J. Kanjian |
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FTC Staff

Chuck Elderd
Film
Commissioner
Michelle Hillery
Director of Operations & Programs
TBD
Production Manager
Jill Margolius
Production Coordinator
Kimberly Cooke
Location Coordinator
Amy Peterson-Berry
Administrative
Assistant
Alex Marquez
Education
Consultant
Christine Tieche
Office Coordinator |
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13TH
Annual
Coming April 15, 2008
Palm Beach County Film Festival Information
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Student Showcase of Films
Coming April 15, 2008 |
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Piers and Jetties
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 Two
locations that are unique to
coastal counties include piers
and jetties. Piers extend out to
sea and can be used to capture a
romantic sunrise over the ocean.
Couples frequent the Juno Beach
Pier which is 990 feet with a
tee end two shade structures,
and a bait shop. |
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LOST MUSIC SCENE SUBJECT FOR AREA FILMMAKERS’ DOC |
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Rock and a
Hard Place (Another Night at
the Agora),
will premiere
at the 2008 PBIFF on
April 12th at Mizner Park
in Boca Raton.
Producer/Writer Diane
Jacques and Director
Aaron Wells follow the
rise and fall of seven South
Florida bands including The
Kids featuring Johnny
Depp, Z-Cars, Critical Mass,
Tight Squeeze, and
others. |
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FESTIVAL FILM LANDS FLORIDA COWBOYS ON BIG SCREEN… |
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Cracker - The
Last Cowboys of Florida
was directed by Victor
Milt and has already met
with enormous popular
approval in limited
screenings around Florida
and New York. The film
examines the little known
history of cattle ranching
in Florida through the
intimate life of the Florida
cowboy on the range, in the
rodeos, and in dozens of
revealing interviews. |
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LOCAL BEACH SPARKLES WITH TALENT WHILE CAMERAS ROLL... |
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BET’s Spring
Bling
’08 hit Singer
Island Beach in
Riviera Beach for a
repeat performance from
March 28-30. Thousands
of people stayed at local
hotels and enjoyed
a Get
to Steppin’ competition and
hip-hop and R&B acts like
Wyclef Jean,
Soulijah Boy, and
Lil’ Wayne.  |
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AMAZING CARS SPEED TO AUCTION…
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The SPEED
Channel broadcast 19
reved-up hours of coverage
of the 6th Annual
Barrett-Jackson Collector
Car Event which rolled
into the South Florida
Fair Grounds & Expo Center
in West Palm Beach. |
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LILLY PULITZER COMES HOME TO PALM BEACH
COUNTY, AGAIN!... |
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According
to Megan Neiner,
Account Executive at
Catalogs by Lorel, "Lilly
always shoots in Palm Beach
County because the locations
are beautiful, the weather
is almost always gorgeous,
and the local people we work
with are lovely."  |
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