The Florida Film Festival returns for a “blockbuster” 33rd year, with a slate of adventurous cinema and special events taking over Maitland’s Enzian Theater
as well as some screens at Winter Park Village’s Regal Cinemas.
The fest’s theme this year is “A Road Trip for Yer Mind,” and FFF organizers are presenting more than 170 different films from 41 countries around the world. Films on offer include long-form narrative features, documentaries and shorts (including the infamous midnight showcase).
The big-ticket events include a screening of the wonderfully gay dark comedy But I’m a Cheerleader, with stars Clea DuVall and Natasha Lyonne in the actual house. With Lyonne in the midst of her 99th career renaissance on the back of a starring role in Poker Face, this is a very cool highlight of the Fest. Also, the timeless Monty Python and the Holy Grail gets a screening with Python John Cleese in attendance. (Buckle up! He has some surely lukewarm takes on “cancel culture”!)
Other highlights include oddball music doc Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story; the world premiere of comedy Lady Parts, about a woman who has to move back with her parents to recover from surgery on her vagina; and the Donn of Tiki documentary premiere, complete with folks from Don the Beachcomber coming out to sling original Donn tiki liquid-gold at Eden Bar. And that’s the merest scratch of the surface.
The Florida Film Festival happens April 12-21 at Enzian Theater and Regal Cinemas Winter Park Village. Tickets and schedule info are available through the FFF website.
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This article appears in Mar 20-26, 2024.