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Celebrating 15 years, the highly acclaimed festival is the largest statewide film competition and awards ceremony for Florida student filmmakers. The juried competition recognizes outstanding high school and college students by presenting over $15,000 in scholarships and awards in 6 film categories: Feature/shorts, Documentary, Animation, Commercial/PSA, Music Video, and Audience Award. The Competition also includes a screenwriting and poster competition. Honoring the legacy of Mr. Burt Reynolds, the festival also awards annual scholarships bearing his name. Each year, organizers produce a sizzling live awards show for more than 800 attendees from around the state. Guests have included such notables as Steven Bauer, Amanda Bynes, Vincent Cecere, Clint Howard, Jonathan Krane, Louis Lombardi, Vincent Pastore, Burt Reynolds, Al Sapienza, Tico Torres, and Nick Zano The 15th Annual Student Showcase of Films awards ceremony was held on April 23, 2010, at Palm Beach Gardens Community High School Theatre in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Winning student films were also screened in their entirety at the students' own premiere during the film festival. For information on this years competition, the awards ceremony and the winners join us on facbook or email us at ssof@pbfilm.com.
The PBIFF is a not for profit 501 (c) 3 founded in 1996 with the vision of offering an exciting cultural venue for the community and to be a tremendous fundraisers for educational film and television programs. The festival hosts moe than 20,000 filmgoers annually, has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Independent Film Festivals in the world and has screened more than 150 World Premieres. The PBIFF has welcomed a bevy of top celebrities and filmmakers including: Academy Award Winners Adrien Brody, Anthony Hopkins, Tommy Lee Jones, Faye Dunaway, Dennis Hopper, Louise Fletcher and Michael Caine; Academy Award Nominees Salma Hayek, Edwards Nortan, Robert Ecans, Sylvester Stallone, Woody Harrelson and Burt Reynolds. Along with countless other legends, stars and filmmakers that have created movie magic for the past 8- years, including: Roger Moore, Faye Wray, Esther William, Anouk Aimee, Samuel L. Jackson, Cyd Charisse, Richard Zanuck, William Friedkin, Brett Ratner, Jacqueline Bisset, Michael Clarke Duncan and Rod Steiger. To date, the PBIFF has donated over one million dollars of proceeds film and television programs. For more information about the PBIFF visit pbifilmfest.org. This program is funded by the PBIFF, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, the Palm Beach County Economic Development Office and the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission. |
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