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Sarasota Film Festival Gets Under Way

Sarasota Herald-Tribune photo by CHIP LITHERLAND

"The Messenger" actor Woody Harrelson, actress Jena Malone and actor Ben Foster chat as they pose for photographers during opening night of the Sarasota Film Festival at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Friday.

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Published: March 28, 2009

Sarasota - The 11th annual Sarasota Film Festival opened Friday with a screening of Oren Moverman's "The Messenger" and the traditional opening night gala. Here are some highlights of today's schedule.

DON'T FORGET: Writer-historian Shawn C. Bean discusses how humble cow-town Jacksonville, not glitzy Hollywood, Calif., was America's first filmmaking capitol during the early 20th Century at the "Florida — The First Hollywood" panel discussion at 11 a.m. at Esca, 1888 Main St., Sarasota.

DON'T MISS: The screening of "Umbrellas," featuring Christo and Jeane-Claude's environmental project of 3,100 umbrellas. 11 a.m. at Hollywood 20. Also, the festival's homage to director Hal Ashby begins with a 2 p.m. screening of the cult classic "Harold and Maude" at the Hollywood 20.

FUN STUFF: It's all about the kids at youthFEST, which kicks things off with Shorts 1: Against The Odds, screening "The Morse Collectors," "Alba (Dawn)," "Losing the Elephants," and "Light Feet: A Raramuri Tale." Recommended for ages 10 and older. 11 a.m. at the Hollywood 20. The program is followed at noon by a showing of "Egon and Donci," an animated Hungarian film about the friendship between Egon, an absent-minded amateur scientist, and Donci, his meddling feline friend.

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