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Festival Attracts High Profile Industry Players For Jury and Panels

Nassau, Bahamas – November 11, 2010 – The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) announced today the members of the jury that will preside over the 7th edition of the Festival, which takes place December 1-5, 2010. The jury was revealed today by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool.

This year, the Festival will showcase 56 films from 17 different countries, including 27 features of which several are world or international premieres and all Bahamian premieres. The four competition categories at BIFF are Spirit of Freedom; Narrative; Spirit of Freedom; Documentary; New Visions; and Short Film. Special sections include Caribbean and Environmental sidebars as well as a World Cinema showcase. Jury members are:

New Vision
Peter Belsito – Executive Vice President of Film Finders Division at IMDb
Scott Budnick – Producer (The Hangover,Starsky & Hutch)
RJ Millard – Vice President of Publicity at Focus Features

Spirit of Freedom: Narrative
Morris Ruskin – CEO of Shoreline Entertainment
Rani Sitty – Paradigm Talent Agency
Hannah Fisher – Veteran Film Festival executive

Spirit of Freedom: Documentary
Loredana Boboli de Lama – Owner of Duna Film International
Sandy Cioffi – Documentary Filmmaker (Crocodile Tears, Sweet Crude)
Karina Rotenstein – Programming Manager at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

Short Film
Norman Golightly – Producer (Ghostrider, Shadow of the Vampire)
Sara Nodjoumi – Film Producer/Programmer (Santa Smokes, Duke’s House)
Craig Woods – Bahamas Film Commissioner

Filmmaker Residency Program
Raymond Forchion – Actor/Writer/Producer/Director (Will and Grace, Last Breeze of Summer)
Kelly Moore – Independent Producer
Andrew Trapani – Producer (The Haunting in Connecticut)

For more info please visit: http://www.bintlfilmfest.com/