The 26th Annual Florida music Festival, created by Enzian Theater and hauled during Central Florida every April, provides almost 200 feature and short films from countries around the planet, as well as star guests, special events, movie forums, and celebrations. This season "s festival comprises competing movies in storyline features and documentary programs, and special screenings of food films, international films, midnight movies, family programming, and Florida movies. A little sampling of movies appears below.
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Circus Kid
Actor-director Lorenzo Pisoni looks back in his life growing up in his dad "s traveling series, The Pickle Family Circus, in this touching documentary. Lorenzo"s career started at age two when he drifted into the ring in a performance. From that point, he discovered clowning from his dad, Larry, and in a few years that they had been clowning partners doing a crowd-pleasing Pinocchio-inspired act by which a dad desires his sanity to develop into a real boy. The Pickle Family Circus, that comprised Lorenzo"s mom and step-sister, conducted around the nation throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Presently a successful actor in television, film, and theatre, Lorenzo assesses his youth and the events leading up to Larry"s death from the circus as well as the breakup of their Pisoni family. Circus Kid is a part behind-the-scenes show business and part personal essay. Utilizing archival footage and current interviews with other former Pickle Family Circus actors to find the complete story, this movie provides some laughs and a couple of moments. 5 / 5.
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
In its Southeast Premiere, this animated story feature displays from the Independent Competition. It includes a warning for all those who have epilepsy the vivid strobe-like effects may cause seizures. Best suited to audience members in their teens and "20s, this initial mixed-media invention by graphic novelist Dash Shaw really literally depicts the drama surrounding a whole high school (built on a fault line and not up to code), sinking to the sea following an earthquake. Dash along with his very best friend Assaf round an oddball range of survivors and make an effort to get into the roof of their building so that they may be rescued. Pictures of severed limbs and pupils swept to sea could be disturbing occasionally, but a wealth of humor keeps things from becoming too thick. School politics, first-love, along with the bonds of friendship are one of the subjects briefly researched one of the turmoil in this odd film (encouraged by exceptional vocal skills ) where fashion earns a higher tier than material. Directed by Dash Shaw. Stars the voice talents of Jason Schwartzman, Reggie Watts, Lena Dunham, Maya Rudolph, Susan Sarandon, Alex Karovsky, John Cameron Mitchell. Run time: 75 minutes. MPAA rating: PG-13. 5 / 5.
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
This ambitious documentary traces Native American influence on rock and roll, blues, and folk music. Crossing decades in time and places across the country (like some areas in Toronto, Canada) and full of intriguing historical data, the movie provides profiles of almost a dozen musicians of Native American warrior, starting with Link Wray, whose infamous 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble" was banned from radio due to its perceived capacity to incite violence. Employing live interviews particularly for the movie (Stevie Salas, Robbie Robertson, Tony Bennett, Iggy Pop, Slash, Steven Tyler, Buffy Saint Marie, Taj Mahal, Martin Scorsese, etc.), as well as archival interviews and concert footage, the filmmakers offer a wide picture of the evolving music scene and how it relates to Indian culture and history. The exhaustive quantity of research and clear good intentions to deliver little-known info to the public, make this an important movie for all music fans. Directed by Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana. Run time: 103 minutes. 5 / 5.