02-19-2012

 COMING UP:

Not one but Two festivals of film to choose from are showing on the Island... providing a virtual smorgasbord of delight!

First, on February 16-19th, 2012, Fernandina Little Theatre (FLT), will screen short films that have been nominated for Oscars.  

Check out their website for more details:  www.ameliaflt.org. FLT, is located at 1014 Beech St. in Fernandina Beach, on Amelia Island.

Then on February 23rd, another magical time on the Island will occur when the Amelia Island Film Festival rolls out the

Red Carpet to welcome VIP Guests, Actors, Directors, Producers, and more to the 4th Annual Amelia Island Film Festival.

"Gospel Train" a delightful music video, produced and shot by Amelia Island filmmakers in 2011 has been selected to show at

 the Amelia Island Film Festival on February 25, 2012, at 1:00pm, so be there... and hold onto your hats! According to  "Gospel Train"  

producer, Nadine Vaughan, this "toe-tapping, fun-filled video, starring Joey Daddario and Jeanie Scheff is bound to leave you wanting more."  

It was excellently co-produced and directed by amazing Amelia Island filmmaker, Dave D'Ardenne, with Jacksonville Director of Photography, 

Don Flynn!   Jeanie and Joey will perform their title song, LIVE, following the film. It's called  "I Grew up on Gospel".

The Amelia Island Film Festival runs through the weekend and is sure to be a great success with a new, energized staff.    

GREAT NEWS: 

"The Diary of Preston Plummer" a feature film shot on Amelia Island during the summer of 2010 has its WORLD PREMIERE at the 

Miami International Film Festival, March 5, 2012! According to DOPP producer, Jane Kosek, "We absolutely support and are

extremely grateful for everyone’s help from the island and we are providing a clip for the [Amelia Island Film] festival. "  

The clip and a SKYPE interview with the DOPP Director, Sean Ackerman, will take place at the AIFF Oscars' Party on 02/26/2012. 

CONGRATULATIONS 

To all of the folks at FilmAmelia!  Now called FilmAmelia! Inc., it is a non profit organization that offers classes with the following purpose:

"To educate, inform, and promote the many resources and talents available on and around Amelia Island,

as a way of attracting the international filmmaking community and its investors to this location.

Veteran filmmakers Dave D'Ardenne, Nadine Vaughan, and Rick Traum are all members of the Board of Directors.   

 See www.IMDB.com for more on their backgrounds. March 2, 2012 marks the completion of the first series of classes for filmmakers,

 offered by FilmAmelia! Inc., called  "Acting for the Camera" and has attracted some of the best and the brightest attendees from the Island

 and beyond. Drama teachers, stage play directors and others, already producing creative works, gather their substantial talents as they

reflect some of Stanislavsky's basic teachings.